Bienstock, Solomon W. Samtani, Rajeev Lai, Ashton C. Baber, Usman Sperling, Dylan Camaj, Anton Feinman, Jason Ting, Peter Kocovic, Nikola Li, Emily
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International Journal of Cardiology. Heart & Vasculature
Background Although population-based studies have demonstrated racial heterogeneity in coronary artery calcium (CAC) burden, the degree to which such associations extend to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) cohorts remains poorly characterized. We sought to evaluate the associations between race/ethnicity and CAC in a PCI population. Methods...
Pancholy, Samir B. Patel, Purveshkumar Patel, Gaurav A. Patel, Dhara D. Patel, Neil R. Pattara, Elizabeth A. Patel, Tejas M.
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International Journal of Cardiology. Heart & Vasculature
Background Association of history of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) with clinical outcomes in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is unclear from current data. Methods Using Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data from 2003 to 2014, adult patients hospitalized with principal diagnosis of STEMI wer...
Marlicz, Wojciech Charisopoulou, Dafni Koulaouzidis, Anastasios Koulaouzidis, George
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International Journal of Cardiology. Heart & Vasculature
Maines, Massimiliano Zorzi, Alessandro Peruzza, Francesco Catanzariti, Domenico Moggio, Paolo Angheben, Carlo Del Greco, Maurizio
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Athletes with asymptomatic ventricular pre-excitation (VP) should undergo electrophysiological study for risk stratification. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility, efficacy, safety and tolerability of an electrophysiological study using a percutaneous antecubital vein access and without the use of X-ray (ESnoXr). Methods : We collected data from al...
Kaul, Risheek Sreenivasan, Jayakumar Goel, Akshay Malik, Aaqib Bandyopadhyay, Dhrubajyoti Jin, Chengyue Sharma, Mala Levine, Avi Pan, Stephen Fuisz, Anthon
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International Journal of Cardiology. Heart & Vasculature
Adachi, Yuya Kinoshita, Yoshihisa Murata, Akira Kawase, Yoshiaki Okubo, Munenori Suzuki, Yoriyasu Ito, Tatsuya Matsuo, Hitoshi Suzuki, Takahiko
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Objectives The aim of this study was to identify the predictive factors for suboptimal result in side branch (SB) in chronic total occlusion (CTO) bifurcation lesions and clinical outcomes of patients with suboptimal result in SB. Background There is little evidence on the optimal strategy for bifurcation lesions in CTO. Methods We retrospectively ...
Hermans, Astrid N.L. Pluymaekers, Nikki A.H.A. Lankveld, Theo A.R. van Mourik, Manouk J.W. Zeemering, Stef Dinh, Trang den Uijl, Dennis W. Luermans, Justin G.L.M. Vernooy, Kevin Crijns, Harry J.G.M.
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International Journal of Cardiology. Heart & Vasculature
Background The best strategy to assess the association between symptoms and rhythm status (symptom-rhythm correlation) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) remains unclear. We aimed to determine the clinical utility of rhythm control by electrical cardioversion (ECV) to assess symptom-rhythm correlation in patients with persistent AF. Methods ...
Davoodi, Lotfollah Jafarpour, Hamed Oladi, Ziaeddin Zakariaei, Zakaria Tabarestani, Mohammad Ahmadi, Bahareh Moayed Razavi, Alireza Hessami, Amirhossein
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Introduction Efficacious therapies are urgently required to tackle the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This trial aims to evaluate the effects of atorvastatin in comparison with standard care for adults hospitalized with COVID-19. Methods We conducted a randomized controlled clinical trial on adults hospitalized with COVID-19. Patients were ra...
Yamani, Naser Ahmed, Aymen Gosain, Priyanka Fatima, Kaneez Shaikh, Ali Tariq Qamar, Humera Shahid, Izza Arshad, Muhammad Sameer Almas, Talal Figueredo, Vincent
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International Journal of Cardiology. Heart & Vasculature
Background The effectiveness of oral and intravenous iron supplementation in reducing the risk of mortality and hospitalizations in HF patients with iron deficiency is not well-established. Methods A thorough literature search was conducted across 2 electronic databases (Medline and Cochrane Central) from inception through March 2021. RCTs assessin...
Tanaka, Motohide Yasuoka, Ryobun Nagano, Tomoya Kotake, Yasuhito Maruyama, Masahiro Yamamoto, Hiromi Iwanaga, Yoshitaka Hirano, Yutaka Nakazawa, Gaku Kurita, Takashi
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International Journal of Cardiology. Heart & Vasculature
Background Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is currently the gold standard technique for diagnosing left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombi. Cardiac computed tomography (CT) has been expected to become an alternative method to TEE; however, a reliable quantitative evaluation method has not been established. Methods and results We enrolled 177 pat...
