To investigate the probable ictal origin of unexplained episodic chest pain and if possible to lateralize and localize the epileptic focus.A 14 year old boy presented with episodic short lasting localized chest pain. His cardiac and other systemic work-up were normal. MRI brain did not reveal any structural pathology.
Sudhir Peter+4 more
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Prevalence, incidence, primary care burden and medical treatment of angina in Scotland: age, sex and socioeconomic disparities: a population-based study [PDF]
Objective: To examine the epidemiology, primary care burden and treatment of angina in Scotland. Design: Cross-sectional data from primary care practices participating in the Scottish continuous morbidity recording scheme between 1 April 2001 and 31 ...
Chalmers, J.+5 more
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Gingival overgrowth (GO) is among one of the most important clinical features of gingival pathology frequently seen in periodontal clinic. Amlodipine is a comparatively new calcium channel blocker and is being used with increasing frequency in the ...
Mohan Kumar Pasupuleti+3 more
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Efficacy profile of ivabradine in patients with heart failure plus angina pectoris [PDF]
Objectives: In the Systolic Heart Failure Treatment with the If Inhibitor Ivabradine Trial (SHIFT), slowing of the heart rate with ivabradine reduced cardiovascular death or heart failure hospitalizations among patients with systolic chronic heart ...
Borer, Jeffrey S.+9 more
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Heart or Mind? Unexplained chest pain in patients with and without coronary disease
Patients with unexplained chest pain continue to present a difficult challenge for clinicians, especially for cardiologists. Approximately 20% of patients undergoing diagnostic coronary arteriography for acute or chronic cardiac ischemia have ...
Dina Garroni, Gabriele Fragasso
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The Role of Ivabradine in the Management of Angina Pectoris [PDF]
Stable angina pectoris affects 2–4 % of the population in Western countries and entails an annual risk of death and nonfatal myocardial infarction of 1–2 % and 3 %, respectively.
De Silva, R, Giavarini, A
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Angina pectoris and oesophageal angina [PDF]
Editor,—I enjoyed the prospective study by Cooke et al ( Gut 1998; 42 :323–329) on the relation between oesophageal abnormalities and chest pain in patients with normal coronary angiograms and with angina pectoris. This study confirms the findings of previous studies1 2 that the oesophagus is responsible for chest pain in a high percentage of patients ...
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Hypocapnia Alone Fails to Provoke Important Electrocardiogram Changes in Coronary Artery Diseased Patients [PDF]
Background: There is still an urgent clinical need to develop non-invasive diagnostic tests for early ischemic heart disease because, once angina occurs, it is too late. Hypocapnia has long been known to cause coronary artery vasoconstriction.
Broch+35 more
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The review describes mechanisms of action of metabolic myocardial cytoprotectors and recommendations on their use within the pharmacotherapy of stable ischemic heart disease.
N. B. Perepech
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Prevalence of anginal symptoms and myocardial ischemia and their effect on clinical outcomes in outpatients with stable coronary artery disease: data from the international observational CLARIFY registry [PDF]
Importance: In the era of widespread revascularization and effective antianginals, the prevalence and prognostic effect of anginal symptoms and myocardial ischemia among patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) are unknown.<p></p>
Al-Zaibag, Muayed+11 more
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