Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: A Case Series of 9 Patients With Literature Review. [PDF]
, 2018 Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is an increasingly recognized nonatherosclerotic cause of acute coronary syndrome. Reports regarding the prognosis and natural history of this disease are limited.
Ali, Nouman Safdar +8 more
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Anatomical variants and coronary anomalies detected by dual-source coronary computed tomography angiography in North-eastern Thailand [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: Congenital coronary anomalies are uncommon, with an incidence ranging from 0.17% in autopsy cases to 1.2% in angiographically evaluated cases. The recent development of dual-source coronary computed tomography angiography (coronary CTA) allows ...
Chaosuwannakit, Narumol
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The Prevalence of High Blood Pressure Among Children aged 11-18 Years in Birjand District, Eastern Iran in 2012: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]
International Journal of School Health, 2014 Background: High blood pressure is a health problem in children. Adolescents with high blood pressure are more likely to become adults with hypertension.
Fatemeh Taheri +5 more
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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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Cardiovascular Diabetology, 2022 Background Chronic total occlusion (CTO) of the coronary artery is a difficult problem in clinical practice. The triglyceride–glucose (TyG) index is an effective risk predictor of cardiovascular risk.
Yingkai Li +8 more
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Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Elementary School Children in East of Iran [PDF]
Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research, 2015 Introduction: Metabolic Syndrome (MS) in children and adolescents is becoming a global public health concern. MS tracks into adulthood increasing the risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases.
Mahmoud Zardast +5 more
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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.
Bandiera, A +10 more
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Coronary Artery Fistulae [PDF]
Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, 2015 Two patients presented to our cardiology clinic Mr. H was 70 years old with a history of cardiac transplantation for ischemic cardiomyopathy. He presented with worsening dyspnea. Two years ago, he could run up 2 flights of stairs but had recently started to become short of breath while walking short distances.
Gautam, Reddy +5 more
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Feasibility and performance of a device for automatic self-detection of symptomatic acute coronary artery occlusion in outpatients with coronary artery disease : a multicentre observational study [PDF]
, 2019 Background Time delay between onset of symptoms and seeking medical attention is a major determinant of mortality and morbidity in patients with acute coronary artery occlusion. Response time might be reduced by reliable self-detection.
Coeman, Mathieu +11 more
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Experience of cardiac rehabilitation after coronary artery surgery: effects on health and risk factors [PDF]
, 2001 Objective:Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs are provided to support the recovery process following acute myocardial infarction and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Attendance varies.
Belcher, P.R. +3 more
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