Blood rheology, cardiovascular risk factors, and cardiovascular disease: The West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study [PDF]
The West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study (WOSCOPS) showed that pravastatin reduced the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) events in 6,595 middle-aged hypercholesterolaemic men aged 45-64 years without prior myocardial infarction followed for an ...
Ann Rumley +8 more
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Spontaneous splenic haemorrahge and rupture is a rare but life-threatening condition requiring urgent diagnosis and treatment. Splenic haemorrhage and rupture precipitated by thrombolytic or antiocoagulant therapy has been reported frequently in the ...
Garge S Shaileshkumar +4 more
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Long term outcome after coronary stent implantation: a 10 year single centre experience of 1000 patients [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To describe the long term clinical outcome (up to 11 years) after coronary stenting. DESIGN: A single centre observational study encompassing 1000 consecutive patients with a first stent implantation (1560 stents) between ...
Brand, M.J.B.M. (Marcel) van den +7 more
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ABSTRACT Background and Aim Delayed bleeding is a major concern after gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), especially in patients taking antithrombotic agents. The aim of this study was to evaluate the superiority of vonoprazan (VPZ) over proton pump inhibitor (PPI) in preventing delayed bleeding after gastric ESD in patients taking ...
Hiroyuki Shibata +16 more
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Role of brain perfusion SPECT with 99mTc HMPAO in the assessment of response to drug therapy in patients with autoimmune vasculitis: a prospective study [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of vasculitis in the brain remains a quite difficult achievement. To the best of our knowledge, there is no imaging method reported in literature which is capable of reaching to a diagnosis of vasculitis with very high ...
Anna Margherita Maffione, 2 +11 more
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High‐speed flow C─H bromination with N‐bromosuccinimide (NBS) was achieved by combining a diagonal photoflow reactor (LX‐1) with a high‐power UV LED‐s (365 nm). The reaction was highly efficient with residence times in the second order range (6‐13 s). The gram‐scale synthesis of the antiplatelet agent, ticlopidine, was achieved by photoflow benzylic C ...
Takahide Fukuayma +4 more
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Is clopidogrel better than aspirin following breakthrough strokes while on aspirin? A retrospective cohort study. [PDF]
ObjectiveThere is insufficient evidence on which to base a recommendation for optimal antiplatelet therapy following a stroke while on aspirin. The objective was to compare clopidogrel initiation vs aspirin reinitiation for vascular risk reduction among ...
Chang, Ku-Chou +10 more
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Surgical Delay for Hip Fracture Clients and the Use of Clopidogrel: An Integrative Review [PDF]
Hip fractures in elderly patients have very high postoperative mortality rates and the number of hip fractures in the United States is expected to increase exponentially before 2030.
Waller, Phoebe Genevieve
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There is a lack of consensus regarding which type of antiplatelet agent should be used in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and little is known on the advantages and disadvantages of dual antiplatelet therapy.
Konstantinos Katsanos +7 more
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Percutaneous coronary intervention in the elderly: changes in case-mix and periprocedural outcomes in 31758 patients treated between 2000 and 2007 [PDF]
<p>Background: The elderly account for an increasing proportion of the population and have a high prevalence of coronary heart disease. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the most common method of revascularization in the elderly.
Eteiba, H. +9 more
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