... in symptomatic patients undergoing elective coronary angiography and to assess the relationship between the degree of endothelial dysfunction (ED) and the presence and the severity of coronary artery disease (CAD). Subjects and Methods: We assessed 92 patients. Before coronary angiography, endothelial function...

... men who underwent CCTA at a health promotion center in Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital. Each subject who was evaluated for ED using the International Index of Erectile Dysfunction (IIEF) questionnaire did not have a past history or symptoms of coronary artery disease (CAD). We assessed...

...Mutlu Gungor; Erkan Yildirim Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of the presence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) on left ventricular (LV) function in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) . Subjects and Methods...

...-dimensional (3D)-MR pulmonary angiography (half-scan data acquisition; rec voxel: 0.7/0.7/2 mm and sense factor: 2) and 3D gradient-echo (GRE) imaging were performed using double-dose gadolinium-DPTA if PE was suspected. Acute coronary syndrome Chest pain Magnetic resonance imaging Coronary artery...

... artery disease Pentraxin-3 Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death for adults in industrialized countries [ 1 ]. It has also been reported that this entity will rank first among the causes of death in developing countries in the immediate future [ 1 ]. Based on the data from...

..., quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Coronary artery disease Percutaneous coronary intervention Transradial approach...

... transfusion, and severe arrhythmia, in the light of previous studies [ 6,7 ]. To the best of our knowledge, the association between RDW levels and the severity of coronary artery disease assessed by the SYNTAX score (SXscore) in patients with NSTEMI has not been reported. Therefore, the aim...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. psoriasis exercise stress testing coronary artery disease screening test Dear Editor, We were grateful to read the interesting article by Sarli et al. [ 1...

... echocardiography Coronary artery disease © 2013 S. Karger AG, Basel 2013 Open Access License / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Open Access License: This is an Open Access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC) ( www.karger.com/OA...

... angina Coronary artery disease Coronary angiography Electrocardiography Stenting Ultrasonography Angioplasty Acetylcholine Ischemia Acute coronary syndrome Variant angina is caused by spontaneous coronary artery spasm. The coronary arteries in variant angina generally demonstrate organic...

... assessed with SYNTAX score (SS) in patients with stable coronary artery disease. Subjects and Methods: Three hundred and seventy-six consecutive patients (230 males and 146 females; mean age: 61.6 ± 9.9 years) with angiographically proven coronary artery disease were included in the study. The SS...

... Coronary artery disease Sepsis Catecholamine Pheochromocytoma is a rare catecholamine-producing neuroendocrine tumor originating in the chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla or extra-adrenal paraganglia [ 1,2 ]. Classically, it presents with paroxysmal or sustained hypertension accompanied...

... coronary artery disease risk. Subjects and Methods: The medical records of 1,229 subjects (632 men, 597 women) referred for treatment of dyslipidemia and followed up for at least 12 months were reviewed. Serum levels of uric acid and lipids (total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein, high...

...José Caamaño; Nicolás Saavedra; Priscilla C. Jaramillo; Cecilia Lanas; Fernando Lanas; Luis A. Salazar Objective: To investigate the possible association between the codon 72 polymorphism (Pro72Arg, rs1042522) of the tumor suppressor gene (TP53) and the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD...

... and 686 (53%) were non-diabetics. Diabetics were more likely to have a past history of coronary artery disease, hypertension and left ventricular systolic dysfunction than non-diabetics. There was less use of β-blockers and aspirin in diabetics as compared to non-diabetics (62 vs. 71% and 95.5 vs. 97.9...

... and mortality, and would thus allow the clinician to provide early treatment especially in the high-risk category. 1 06 2008 2 6 2009 Technetium-99m sestamibi Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy Dipyridamole Left bundle-branch block Coronary artery disease Original Paper Med Princ Pract...

...Mehraj Sheikh; AbdelMohsen Ben-Nakhi; A. Mohemad Shukkur; Tariq Sinan; Ibrahim Al-Rashdan Objectives: The aim of this prospective study was to assess the accuracy of 64-multidetector-row computed tomography coronary angiography (CTA) in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). Patients...

...José Caamaño; Priscilla C. Jaramillo; Cecilia Lanas; Fernando Lanas; Luis A. Salazar Objective: To investigate the possible association between factor XII (F12) gene variant and the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in Chilean subjects. Methods: A total of 112 unrelated patients...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Coronary artery disease Coronary artery bypass grafting Heart valves Mortality Complications Late results Combined...

... advertised or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Behçet’s syndrome Coronary artery disease...