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Assessing the effectiveness of primary angioplasty compared with thrombolysis and its relationship to time delay: a Bayesian evidence synthesis [PDF]

, 2007
Background: Meta-analyses of trials have shown greater benefits from angioplasty than thrombolysis after an acute myocardial infarction, but the time delay in initiating angioplasty needs to be considered.
E. Fenwick, Palmer, Stephen, Sculpher, Mark, de Belder, Mark, Abrams, Keith R., Asseburg, Christian, Fenwick, E., M. Sculpher, K. R Abrams, C. Asseburg, de Belder, M., Vergel, Yolanda Bravo, Palmer, S., Assenburg, C., Abrams, K.R., Sculpher, M., M. de Belder, Y. Bravo Vergel, Bravo-Vergel, Y., S. Palmer, Fenwick, Elisabeth   +20 more
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Case Report: Isolate Congenital Coronary Artery Fistula With Giant Artery Aneurysm in a Neonate

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021
A rare case of neonatal congenital coronary artery, right ventricle fistula with giant coronary artery aneurysm formation, was reported. Computed tomography angiography demonstrated the dilated and tortuous tunnel arising from the right aortic sinus and ...
Haoyong Yuan, Haoyong Yuan, Zhongshi Wu, Zhongshi Wu, Qin Wu, Ting Lu, Ting Lu, Yilun Tang, Can Huang, Can Huang   +9 more
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism does not influence the restenosis rate after coronary stent implantation [PDF]

, 2002
Background. Experimental studies have shown an activation of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) system as a response to endothelial injury. Recent publications have elucidated the hypothesis that the ACE gene polymorphism may influence the level of ...
Hausmann, Dirk, Koschyk, Dietmar H., Grip, Lars, Ferrari, Markus, de Jaegere, Peter, Rieber, Johannes, Figulla, Hans R., Mudra, Harald, Schächinger, Volker, Rothman, Martin, Voudris, Vassilis   +10 more
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Effect of age on cardiac output after coronary angioplasty in patients of acute myocardial infarction

National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2018
Background: Although most of the acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients are elderly, less data available on the effect of age on outcome after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) and major adverse cardiovascular events.
Samir Kumar Singh, Manish Bajpai, Sunita Tiwari, Rishi Sethi, Dileep kumar Verma, Gaurav Chaudhary   +5 more
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Case Report: Coronary artery stent infection with mycotic aneurysm secondary to tricuspid valve infective endocarditis [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2019
Coronary artery stent infection with mycotic aneurysm is a rare life-threatening complication following coronary angioplasty, usually requiring surgical intervention.
Mejdi Ben Messaoud, Nidhal Bouchahda, Marouane Mahjoub, Badii Hmida, Zohra Dridi, Habib Gamra   +5 more
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Successful Transradial Coronary Angioplasty in a Patient with Dextrocardia [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2019
Even though dextrocardia occurs rarely, these people have similar incidence of coronary artery disease like normal population. Because of unfamiliarity with the reverse anatomy transradial coronary angiography and angioplasty is seldom tried in these ...
Suindu Keshari Narayan Dash, Krishna Sekhar Patri, Mantravadi Sai Sudhakar   +2 more
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FLEXIBILITY TEST OF THE TOOLS OF ANGIOPLASTY

Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2016
Coronary angioplasty is a procedure used to treat the narrowed coronary arteries. Physicians operate with many different tools during the intervention, the main devices are the following: guidewires, guiding catheters, balloon catheters and stents.
István Hajdu, Dóra Károly, Liza Pelyhe   +2 more
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A Bayesian approach to aid in formulary decision making: incorporating institution-specific cost-effectiveness data with clinical trial results [PDF]

, 2003
Pharmacy and therapeutics committees commonly cite a lack of generalizability as a reason for not incorporating cost-effectiveness information into decision making.
Reed, S.D., Sullivan, S.D., Dillingham, P.W., Briggs, A.H., Veestra, D.L., Dillingham, Peter, Veenstra, David L, Briggs, Andrew H, Sullivan, Sean D, Reed, Shelby D   +9 more
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Cost effectiveness of clinically appropriate decisions on alternative treatments for angina pectoris: prospective observational study [PDF]

, 2007
Objective: To assess whether revascularisation that is considered to be clinically appropriate is also cost effective. Design: Prospective observational study comparing cost effectiveness of coronary artery bypass grafting, percutaneous coronary ...
Sculpher, M.J., Griffin, S.C., Barber, J.A., Manca, A., Buxton, M.J., Hemingway, H., Thompson, S.G.   +6 more
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Absence of Bacteria on Coronary Angioplasty Balloons from Unselected Patients: Results with Use of a High Sensitivity Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Periodontitis is a chronic, bacterially-induced inflammatory disease of the tooth-supporting tissues, which may result in transient bacteremia and a systemic inflammatory response. Periodontitis is associated with coronary artery disease independently of
Gorm Mørk Hansen, Martin Nilsson, Claus Henrik Nielsen, Palle Holmstrup, Steffen Helqvist, Tim Tolker-Nielsen, Michael Givskov, Peter Riis Hansen   +7 more
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