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Effects of torcetrapib in patients at high risk for coronary events.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2007
BACKGROUND Inhibition of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) has been shown to have a substantial effect on plasma lipoprotein levels. We investigated whether torcetrapib, a potent CETP inhibitor, might reduce major cardiovascular events. The trial
P. Barter, M. Caulfield, M. Eriksson, S. Grundy, J. Kastelein, M. Komajda, J. López-Sendón, L. Mosca, J. Tardif, D. Waters, C. Shear, J. Revkin, K. Buhr, M. Fisher, A. Tall, B. Brewer   +15 more
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Coronary Artery Centerline Extraction in Cardiac CT Angiography Using a CNN-Based Orientation Classifier

, 2018
Coronary artery centerline extraction in cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) images is a prerequisite for evaluation of stenoses and atherosclerotic plaque. We propose an algorithm that extracts coronary artery centerlines in CCTA using a convolutional neural ...
Išgum, Ivana, Leiner, Tim, van Hamersvelt, Robbert W., Viergever, Max A., Wolterink, Jelmer M.   +4 more
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A randomized comparison of a sirolimus-eluting stent with a standard stent for coronary revascularization.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2002
BACKGROUND The need for repeated treatment of restenosis of a treated vessel remains the main limitation of percutaneous coronary revascularization.
M. Morice, P. Serruys, J. Sousa, J. Fajadet, E.Ban Hayashi, M. Perin, A. Colombo, G. Schuler, P. Barragan, G. Guagliumi, F. Molnár, R. Falotico   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Is it a coronary? [PDF]

BMJ, 1982
J K Finlayson, D Short
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Comparative study of the use of diltiazem as an antispasmodic drug in coronary angiography via the transradial approach

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2003
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of the use, prior to the procedure, of injectable diltiazem to prevent complications. METHODS: Between September 2000 and July 2001, 50 patients underwent transradial coronary angiography and were randomized to receive ...
José Ronaldo Mont'Alverne Filho, João Alexandre Rezende Assad, Alexandre do Canto Zago, Ricardo Leite Vieira da Costa, Antonio Guarany Mont'Alverne Pierre, Mohamed Hassan Saleh, Rodrigo Barretto, Sérgio Luiz Navarro Braga, Fausto Feres, Amanda Guerra Moraes Rego Sousa, José Eduardo Moraes Rego Sousa   +10 more
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CONCERNING THE ANATOMY OF THE CORONARY ARTERIES [PDF]

, 1918
FRED M. SMITH
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René Géronimo Favaloro : pioneer of Cardiac Surgery [PDF]

, 2005
Dr. René G. Favaloro moved to the Cleveland Clinic in 1962 and proceeded to reshape the face of cardiac surgery as we knew it. Together with his colleagues at the Cleveland Clinic, Drs.
Captur, Gabriella
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Everolimus-Eluting Stents or Bypass Surgery for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2016
BACKGROUND Patients with obstructive left main coronary artery disease are usually treated with coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG). Randomized trials have suggested that drug-eluting stents may be an acceptable alternative to CABG in selected ...
G. Stone, J. Sabik, P. Serruys, C. Simonton, P. Généreux, J. Puskas, D. Kandzari, M. Morice, N. Lembo, W. Brown, D. Taggart, A. Banning, B. Merkely, F. Horkay, P. Boonstra, A. V. van Boven, I. Ungi, G. Bogats, S. Mansour, N. Noiseux, M. Sabaté, J. Pomar, M. Hickey, A. Gershlick, P. Buszman, A. Bochenek, E. Schampaert, P. Pagé, O. Dressler, I. Kosmidou, R. Mehran, S. Pocock, A. Kappetein   +32 more
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Benefits of smoking cessation for coronary heart disease patients

Universa Medicina, 2016
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence increases with age and is frequently higher in the elderly.(1) Therefore prevention of CVD in the elderly through management of risk factors is important in order to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD ...
Adi Hidayat
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Anatomic Variations in the Coronary Arteries [PDF]

, 1954
L. Di Guglielmo, M Guttadauro
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