Huang, Weiting Lim, Leon Ming Hsien Aurangzeb, Amirzeb S/O Wong, Cheney Jianlin Koh, Natalie Si Ya Huang, Zijuan Teo, Hooi Khee Chua, Terrance Siang Jin Tan, Swee Yaw
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Clinical cardiology
Coronary artery calcium score (CAC) is an objective marker of atherosclerosis. The primary aim is to assess CAC as a risk classifier in stable coronary artery disease (CAD). CAC improves CAD risk prediction, compared to conventional risk scoring, even in the absence of cardiovascular risk factor inputs. Outpatients presenting to a cardiology clinic...
Huang, Zhuoshan Shui, Xing Ling, Yesheng Zhou, Linli Shi, Wenqi Luo, Yanting Li, Suhua Zhu, Jieming Yu, Shujie Liu, Jinlai
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Clinical cardiology
Recent studies and guidelines have indicated that lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)]was an independent risk factor of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). This study aimed to determine the relationship between serum Lp(a) levels and the risk of periprocedural myocardial injury following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in coronary heartdise...
Jackson, Elizabeth A Ruppert, Kristine Derby, Carol A Lian, Yinjuan Chae, Claudia U Kazlauskaite, Rasa Neal-Perry, Genevieve El Khoudary, Samar R Harlow, Siobán D Solomon, Daniel H
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Clinical cardiology
Rates of statin use among minority women are unclear. We hypothesized that statin use would vary by race/ethnicity with lower rates among minority women compared with Whites. Data from the study of women's health across the nation, a multiethnic cohort of women collected between 2009 to 2011 were used to examine reported statin use by race/ethnicit...
Blomström-Lundqvist, Carina Marrouche, Nassir Connolly, Stuart Corp Dit Genti, Valérie Wieloch, Mattias Koren, Andrew Hohnloser, Stefan H
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Clinical cardiology
Atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter (AF/AFL) burden increases with increasing duration of AF/AFL history. Outcomes with dronedarone may also be impacted by duration of AF/AFL history. In this post hoc analysis of ATHENA, efficacy and safety of dronedarone vs placebo were assessed in groups categorized by time from first known AF/AFL episode to rando...
Chen, Chao-Feng Wu, Jing Jin, Chao-Lun Liu, Mei-Jun Xu, Yi-Zhou
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Clinical cardiology
High power shorter duration (HPSD) ablation seen to increase efficacy and safety treating of atrial fibrillation (AF); however, comparative data between HPSD and low power longer duration (LPLD) ablation are limited. We thought that HPSD might bring more clinical benefits. The aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the clinical benefits of HPSD ...
Zhang, Dengshen Mao, Xin Liu, Daxing Zhang, Jian Luo, Gang Luo, Liangliang
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Clinical cardiology
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is regarded as the most superior alternative treatment approach for patients with aortic stenosis (AS) who are associated with high surgical risk, whereas the effectiveness of TAVR vs surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in low to intermediate surgical risk patients remained inconclusive. This study...
Muk, Balázs Vámos, Máté Bógyi, Péter Szabó, Barna Dékány, Miklós Vágány, Dénes Majoros, Zsuzsanna Borsányi, Tünde Duray, Gábor Zoltán Kiss, Róbert Gábor
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Clinical cardiology
Recently published studies suggested that digoxin may increase mortality in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). However, in the vast majority of former trials serum digoxin concentration (SDC) was not measured and therapy was not SDC-guided. To assess the impact of SDC-guided digoxin therapy on mortality in HFrEF patients. Data of...
Willy, Kevin Frommeyer, Gerrit Dechering, Dirk G Wasmer, Kristina Höwel, Dennis Welle, Sarah S Bögeholz, Nils Ellermann, Christian Wolfes, Julian Rath, Benjamin
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Clinical cardiology
Ablation emerged as first line therapy in the treatment of various arrhythmias. Nevertheless, in older patients (pts), decision is often made pro drug treatment as more complications and less benefit are suspected. We hypothesized that different kind of ablations can be performed safely regardless of the pts age. We enrolled all pts aged >80 years ...
Mehta, Jawahar L Calcaterra, Giuseppe Bassareo, Pier P
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Clinical cardiology
COronavirus Infectious Disease which started in 2019 (COVID-19) usually presents with the signs and symptoms of pneumonia. However, a growing number of recent reports highlight the fact that the infection may be by far more than only a respiratory disease. There is evidence of an increased thromboembolic risk in COVID-19 patients, with a variety of...
Khalid, Nauman Ahmad, Sarah Aftab Butt, Nausharwan Kayani, Waleed Tallat
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Clinical cardiology
