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Does access to cardiac investigation and treatment contribute to social and ethnic differences in coronary heart disease? Whitehall II prospective cohort study

, 2004
Objective: To determine whether access to cardiac procedures and drugs contributes to social and ethnic differences in coronary heart disease in a population setting. Design: Prospective study with follow up over 15 years.
Shipley, M., Marmot, Michael, Hemingway, Harry, Britton, A., Marmot, M., Hemingway, H., Shipley, Martin, Britton, Annie   +7 more
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Left main coronary artery disease: percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting? A critical review of current knowledge and contemporary debates

Significant unprotected left main (ULM) disease is the highest-risk coronary artery lesion, carries high morbidity and mortality related to a large amount of myocardium supplied, and should undergo prompt revascularization.
Admir Mulita, Georgios-Ioannis Verras, Vasileios Leivaditis, Christos Pitros, Ioannis Panagiotopoulos, Konstantinos Tasios, Anastasia Katinioti, Andreas Antzoulas, Francesk Mulita, Assaf Sawafta, Manfred Dahm, Elias Liolis, Spyros Papadoulas, Konstantinos Grapatsas, Eleni Bekou, Efstratios Koletsis, Levan Tchabashvili   +16 more
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Improvement in quality of life during 5 years after coronary artery bypass grafting

, 1998
To describe the changes in various aspects of quality of life (QOL) from before coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) to 5 years after the ...
Wiklund, I, Caidahl, Kenneth,, Herlitz, Johan,, Karlsson, Thomas,, Haglid Evander, Maria,, Sjöland, Helen,, Karlson, Björn W.,   +6 more
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Posttraumatic growth in post-surgical coronary artery bypass graft patients

, 2015
Recent research in posttraumatic growth has been applied to people with life-threatening illnesses to optimise recovery. There is a lack of research exploring posttraumatic growth in coronary artery bypass graft patients.
Strodl, Esben, Judith Sheridan, Peter Tesar, Sheridan, Judith, Esben Strodl, Catherine A Waight, Waight, Catherine A., Tesar, Peter   +7 more
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Effects of remote ischaemic preconditioning on peri-operative myocardial injury and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing elective cardiac bypass surgery

, 2015
Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the world. Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is the revascularisation strategy of choice in a significant number of patients, particularly those with diabetes mellitus
Candilio, L
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Mid-term follow-up outcomes of 2-staged hybrid coronary revascularization compared with off-pump coronary artery bypass for patients with multivessel coronary artery disease

, 2017
Introduction : Two-staged hybrid coronary revascularization (HCR) is a novel procedure in selected patients with multivessel coronary artery disease. However, few studies are available on the mid-term or long-term outcomes of this 2-staged procedure as ...
Hang Yang, Lijun Guo, Yunpeng Ling, Feng Wan, Guo, Lijun, Song Wu, Lufeng Zhang, Ling, Yunpeng, Zhang, Lufeng, Gao, Wei, Wan, Feng, Yuanhao Fu, Fu, Yuanhao, Yang, Hang, Wu, Song, Wei Gao   +15 more
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Technological Development and Medical Productivity: The Diffusion of Angioplasty in New York State [PDF]

A puzzling feature of many medical innovations is that they simultaneously appear to reduce unit costs and increase total costs. We consider this phenomenon by examining the diffusion of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) -- a ...
David M. Cutler, Robert S. Huckman
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Intravenous magnesium sulphate and sotalol for prevention of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery: a systematic review and economic evaluation

, 2008
Objectives: To assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of magnesium sulphate compared with sotalol, and to assess the clinical effectiveness of magnesium sulphate compared with placebo in the prevention of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients who have
Price, A., J Shepherd, A Price, G Frampton, J Jones, Turner, D., Ł Tanajewski, Frampton, Geoff, Frampton, G., D Turner, Jones, J., Price, A.M., Tanajewski, L., Sheperd, J., Shepherd, J.   +14 more
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Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and the diabetic patient: current perspectives

, 2014
Darryl M Hoffman, Robert F Tranbaugh Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, USA Abstract: Diabetes increases both the severity and the risks of coronary artery disease.
Hoffman DM, Tranbaugh RF
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Minimized Extracorporeal Circulation does not impair cognitive brain function after coronary artery bypass grafting

, 2015
Gebiet: Chirurgie Abstract: Minimized Extracorporeal Circulation does not impair cognitive brain function after coronary artery bypass grafting – – Objectives – Objective evaluation of the impact of minimized extracorporeal circulation (MECC) on ...
Winkler, Bernhard
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