Racial/Ethnic Differences in Cardiac Care: The Weight of the Evidence [PDF]
A substantial and growing body of research indicates that race/ethnicity -- independent of clinical and socioeconomic factors -- continues to matter in the U.S. health care system.
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Silence of the limbs: pharmacological symptomatic treatment of intermittent claudication [PDF]
Several oral "vasoactive" drugs claim to increase walking capacity in patients with intermittent claudication (IC). Naftidrofuryl, cilostazol, buflomedil, and pentoxifylline are the most studied molecules.
De Backer, Gui +4 more
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Stroke following percutaneous coronary intervention : type-specific incidence, outcomes and determinants seen by the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society 2007-12 [PDF]
Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2015.
Berry, Colin +11 more
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Background Patients with chronic coronary disease experience less angina with revascularization plus optimal medical therapy compared with optimal medical therapy alone.
Ayesha Singh +2 more
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Mid‐lateral approach for revascularization of an amputated second toe: A case report [PDF]
Ken Nishimura +3 more
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Can Emergency Physicians Perform Carotid Artery Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Detect Stenosis in Patients with TIA and Stroke? A Pilot Study [PDF]
Introduction: Patients with severe, symptomatic carotid stenosis can have their subsequent stroke risk reduced by surgical intervention if performed soon after a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or stroke.
Nemnom, Marie-Joe +5 more
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More, More, More: Reducing Thrombosis in Acute Coronary Syndromes Beyond Dual Antiplatelet Therapy-Current Data and Future Directions. [PDF]
© 2018 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley.Common to the pathogenesis of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is the formation of arterial thrombus, which results from platelet activation and triggering of the ...
Farag M +6 more
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The optimal treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease [PDF]
The practice of percutaneous coronary intervention has overtaken coronary bypass surgery in the treatment of ischaemic heart disease. Several randomized controlled as well as registry and observational trials have addressed the issue of patient selection
Manche, Alexander
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Single versus two-stent strategies for coronary bifurcation lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials with long-term follow-up [PDF]
Background: The majority of coronary bifurcation lesions are treated with a provisional single‐stent strategy rather than an up‐front 2‐stent strategy.
Berry, Colin +8 more
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The endothelium that lines the interior of blood vessels is directly exposed to blood flow. The shear stress arising from blood flow is “sensed” by the endothelium and is “transduced” into biochemical signals that eventually control vascular tone and ...
Shampa Chatterjee
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