Coronary computed tomography angiography of spontaneous coronary artery dissection: A case report and review of the literature [PDF]
, 2015 Patient: Male, 23 Final Diagnosis: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection Symptoms: Chest discomfort • chest pain Medication: — Clinical Procedure: Coronary computed tomography angiography Specialty: Radiology OBJECTIVE: Rare disease BACKGROUND ...
Bhalla, Sanjeev +3 more
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A New Approach in Risk Stratification by Coronary CT Angiography. [PDF]
, 2014 For a decade, coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) has been used as a promising noninvasive modality for the assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD) as well as cardiovascular risks.
Budoff, Matthew J, Nakanishi, Rine
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A novel ultrafast-low-dose computed tomography protocol allows concomitant coronary artery evaluation and lung cancer screening [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND:Cardiac computed tomography (CT) is often performed in patients who are at high risk for lung cancer in whom screening is currently recommended.
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Клінічна та профілактична медицина, 2022 Objective: to evaluate current approaches to the training of physicians on comorbidity and multimorbidity and to develop and implement a training module “Comorbidity in patients with coronary artery disease: current approaches to treatment” in the ...
T. S. Lasytsia +2 more
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Circulation, 2021 AIM The guideline for coronary artery revascularization replaces the 2011 coronary artery bypass graft surgery and the 2011 and 2015 percutaneous coronary intervention guidelines, providing a patient-centric approach to guide clinicians in the treatment ...
J. Lawton +23 more
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Coronary age, based on coronary calcium measurement, is increased in patients with morbid obesity [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: Obesity is a well-known of risk factor for atherosclerosis. However, recently an "obesity paradox" has been discussed, which is considered as a protective effect of obesity on the development coronary artery disease (CAD).
Białecki, Marcin +3 more
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Impaired coronary blood flow at higher heart rates during atrial fibrillation: investigation via multiscale modelling [PDF]
, 2019 Background. Different mechanisms have been proposed to relate atrial fibrillation (AF) and coronary flow impairment, even in absence of relevant coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the underlying hemodynamics remains unclear.
Anselmino, Matteo +4 more
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Intravascular imaging in coronary stent restenosis: Prevention, characterization, and management
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 Despite the introduction of drug-eluting stents to combat the neointimal hyperplasia that occurred after BMS implantation, in-stent restenosis is still encountered in a significant number of patients, particularly as increasingly complex lesions are ...
Amr Abouelnour +2 more
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Alirocumab and Cardiovascular Outcomes after Acute Coronary Syndrome
New England Journal of Medicine, 2018 Background Patients who have had an acute coronary syndrome are at high risk for recurrent ischemic cardiovascular events. We sought to determine whether alirocumab, a human monoclonal antibody to proprotein convertase subtilisin–kexin type 9 (PCSK9 ...
G. Schwartz +21 more
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Serial intravascular ultrasound assessment of coronary atherosclerosis progression and remodeling [PDF]
, 2008 Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in countries with western lifestyle. Reliable quantitative assessment of the extent of coronary atherosclerosis during the natural history of coronary artery disease and following ...
Hartmann, Marc
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