Correlations between coronary stenosis severity and cardiac function and exercise tolerance
Zhongguo Linchuang YixueObjectiveTo explore the correlations of the severity degrees of coronary stenosis with cardiac function and exercise tolerance. Methods A total of 112 patients who underwent coronary angiography in Cardiology Department of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan ...
Xingguo Zhu +4 more
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Analysis of cause-specific atherothrombotic cardiovascular disease mortality in Mexico: 2011–2015
Archives of Medical Science, 2022 Introduction In Mexico, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) represent the most important cause of mortality, disability, and premature death. We aimed to analyze the mortality rate due to specific causes of atherothrombotic CVD, from 2011 to 2015.
Erwin Chiquete +8 more
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Association of Magnet Status With Hospitalization Outcomes for Ischemic Stroke Patients. [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: It is not clear whether Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (nursing excellence program) is associated with improved patient outcomes.
Bekelis, Kimon +2 more
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Research on heart failure in Colombia, time to take a step forward
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, 2018 Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. According to the Ministry of Health, in Colombia, cardiac ischemic disease ranks first, followed by stroke, diabetes and hypertensive heart disease, which are in the top ten sources of ...
Guillermo Mora Pabón
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The Arachidonate 15-Lipoxygenase Enzyme Product 15-HETE Is Present in Heart Tissue from Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease and Enhances Clot Formation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Ischemic heart disease is a major cause of death and morbidity and the search for novel therapeutic targets is still required. We have previously shown that the enzyme arachidonate 15 lipoxygenase (ALOX15), which catalyzes the conversion of arachidonic ...
Annika Lundqvist +6 more
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Intermediate-Term Risk of Stroke Following Cardiac Procedures in a Nationally Representative Data Set. [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Studies on stroke risk following cardiac procedures addressed only perioperative and long-term risk following limited higher-risk procedures, were poorly generalizable, and often failed to stratify by stroke type. We calculated stroke risk in
Dhamoon, Amit S. +5 more
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Sex Differences in Outcomes after Stroke in Patients with Diabetes in Ontario, Canada. [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: Outcomes after stroke in those with diabetes are not well characterized, especially by sex and age. We sought to calculate the sex- and age-specific risk of cardiovascular outcomes after ischemic stroke among those with diabetes.
Dhamoon, Mandip S. +5 more
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A Review of Neurogenic Stunned Myocardium. [PDF]
, 2017 Neurologic stunned myocardium (NSM) is a phenomenon where neurologic events give rise to cardiac abnormalities. Neurologic events like stroke and seizures cause sympathetic storm and autonomic dysregulation that result in myocardial injury.
Agrawal, Akanksha +5 more
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Impact of incomplete ventricular coverage on diagnostic performance of myocardial perfusion imaging. [PDF]
, 2017 In the context of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), there is ongoing debate on the merits of using technically complex acquisition methods to achieve whole-heart spatial coverage, rather than conventional 3-slice ...
Arsanjani, Reza +8 more
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, 2021 All over the world ischemic heart disease remains as the leading cause of death, followed by stroke. Ischemic heart disease, also called coronary artery disease has a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations from the acute coronary syndromes which include, unstable angina pectoris and acute myocardial infarction with and without elevation of the ST ...
López, De Lucio, Saraí +1 more
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