Can Stress Echocardiography Compete with Perfusion Scintigraphy in the Detection of Coronary Artery Disease and Cardiac Risk Assessment? [PDF]
Aims: The aim of this review was to define the place of stress echocardiography in the context of perfusion scintigraphy for the detection of coronary artery disease (CAD) and the assessment of cardiac risk.
Elhendy, A. (Abdou) +1 more
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ABSTRACT Drug–food interactions may compromise therapeutic efficacy, particularly for life‐saving medications such as anticoagulants. Changes in gastric fluid properties, including pH modification and surface film formation, can alter drug dissolution and release. This study evaluated a potential interaction between clopidogrel and spinach and explored
Dana Sadaqa +4 more
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Anti-ischemic therapy and stress testing: pathophysiologic, diagnostic and prognostic implications [PDF]
Anti-ischemic therapy, in particular beta-blockers, is the most commonly employed drug for the control of myocardial ischemia in patients with stable coronary artery disease.
Rosa Sicari +39 more
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Reprogramming Immunogenicity of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles through Sulfated Glycan Presentation
This study presents a comparative analysis of heparin (HP)‐ and dextran sulfate (DS)‐coated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) as a tunable immunomodulatory platform where surface chemistry dictates therapeutic function. DS‐SPIONs are preferentially internalized by myeloid cells, reprogramming them into a pro‐healing M2 phenotype ...
Negin Pournoori +8 more
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Safety and efficacy of intensive vs. guideline antiplatelet therapy in high-risk patients with recent ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack: rationale and design of the Triple Antiplatelets for Reducing Dependency after Ischaemic Stroke (TARDIS) trial (ISRCTN47823388) [PDF]
RATIONALE: The risk of recurrence following a stroke or transient ischemic attack is high, especially immediately after the event. HYPOTHESIS: Because two antiplatelet agents are superior to one in patients with non-cardioembolic events, more ...
Bath, Philip M.W. +13 more
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Data science approaches have been increasingly implemented in healthcare big data to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of drugs. Association discovery is a data mining approach that finds potentially associated elements in high‐dimensional data. We present a novel implementation of the association discovery approach in longitudinal healthcare data ...
George S. Q. Tan +6 more
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Dipyridamole reduces penile apoptosis in a rat model of post-prostatectomy erectile dysfunction
Purpose: Despite the nerve-sparing technique, many patients suffer from erectile dysfunction after radical prostatectomy (RP) due to cavernous nerve injury. The aim of this study was to evaluate dipyridamole as a potential treatment agent of post-radical
Omer Kutlu +9 more
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Further Insights Into Anticholinergic Action Informed by Japanese Anticholinergic Risk Scale
ABSTRACT The increased anticholinergic burden caused by medications in older adults is one of the adverse drug reactions of particular concern, as it can exacerbate the onset of geriatric syndromes or induce cognitive dysfunction, and is also related to the issue of polypharmacy.
Masaki Mogi +4 more
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Myocardial fibrosis in stroke survivors [PDF]
Stroke survivors are most likely to die of cardiac death, yet few undergo comprehensive cardiac assessment to look for reversible causes. Myocardial fibrosis (MF) is not only the hallmark of cardiomyopathy, but also a substrate for sudden cardiac death ...
Allgar, V. +6 more
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Metastatic melanoma has a very poor prognosis. Statins, 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMGCR) inhibitors, are cholesterol-lowering agents with a potential for cancer treatment.
Nanami Irie +9 more
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