Tecson, Kristen M Vasudevan, Anupama Bindra, Amarinder Joseph, Susan M Felius, Joost Hall, Shelley A Kale, Parag
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The American journal of cardiology
The pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) remains the gold standard to calculate Fick cardiac outputs (FCOs) in patients with heart failure admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). The peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) provides long-term intravenous access and is used outside the ICU; however, there is scant literature validating venous oxy...
Roberts, William C Berry, Anna E
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The American journal of cardiology
This study examines the frequency of coronary endarterectomy (CE) procedures during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), and determines the quantity of plaque in the specimens. Of the 2,268 CABG operations performed from January 2010 to June 2016, 35 patients had CE during CABG. The specimens were incised into 5-mm cross sections, stained by the...
Kelli, Heval M Corrigan, Frank E 3rd Heinl, Robert E Dhindsa, Devinder S Hammadah, Muhammad Samman-Tahhan, Ayman Sandesara, Pratik O'Neal, Wesley T Al Mheid, Ibhar Ko, Yi-An
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The American journal of cardiology
Android fat is a surrogate measure of visceral obesity in the truncal region. Both visceral adiposity and oxidative stress (OS) are linked to cardiometabolic risk factors and clinical cardiovascular disease. However, whether body fat distribution (android vs gynoid) is associated with OS remains unknown. We hypothesized that increased android fat w...
Ayoub, Chadi Geske, Jeffrey B Larsen, Carolyn M Scott, Christopher G Klarich, Kyle W Pellikka, Patricia A
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The American journal of cardiology
Guidelines recommend exercise stress echocardiogram (ESE) for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) if a 50 mm Hg gradient is not present at rest or provoked with Valsalva or amyl nitrite, to direct medical and surgical management. However, no study has directly compared all 3 methods. We sought to evaluate efficacy and degree of provocati...
Jamil, Aayla Qin, Huanying Felius, Joost Saracino, Giovanna Rafael, Aldo E MacHannaford, Juan C Gonzalez-Stawinski, Gonzalo V Lima, Brian
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The American journal of cardiology
Advanced recipient age remains a limiting factor for heart transplant candidacy, with many centers reluctant to transplant older patients. Here, we report our experience with recipients aged ≥65 years compared with younger recipients in terms of baseline characteristics, intraoperative and immediate postoperative experiences, and post-transplant mo...
Sundbøll, Jens Adelborg, Kasper Mansfield, Kathryn E Tomlinson, Laurie A Schmidt, Morten
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The American journal of cardiology
Recent trends in use of antihypertensive drugs are unknown. From Danish nationwide prescription data, we obtained information on primary care use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, beta blockers, diuretics, aldosterone receptor antagonists, and calcium channel blockers. During 1999 to 2015, the use of ant...
Tada, Hayato Kawashiri, Masa-Aki Okada, Hirofumi Nakahashi, Takuya Sakata, Kenji Nohara, Atsushi Inazu, Akihiro Mabuchi, Hiroshi Yamagishi, Masakazu Hayashi, Kenshi
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The American journal of cardiology
Although both carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) and carotid plaque score (cPS) determined by carotid ultrasonography reflect the severity of coronary atherosclerosis, there are few reports on direct comparisons of their clinical utilities in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). We aimed (1) to compare the clinical utilities of thes...
Al-Mallah, Mouaz H Elshawi, Radwa Ahmed, Amjad M Qureshi, Waqas T Brawner, Clinton A Blaha, Michael J Ahmed, Haitham M Ehrman, Jonathan K Keteyian, Steven J Sakr, Sherif
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The American journal of cardiology
Previous studies have demonstrated that cardiorespiratory fitness is a strong marker of cardiovascular health. Machine learning (ML) can enhance the prediction of outcomes through classification techniques that classify the data into predetermined categories. The aim of the analysis is to compare the prediction of 10 years of all-cause mortality (A...
Ragab, Ahmed A Y Houck, Charlotte A van der Does, Lisette J M E Lanters, Eva A H Muskens, Agnes J Q M de Groot, Natasja M S
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The American journal of cardiology
Supraventricular tachyarrhythmia (SVT), especially atrial fibrillation (AF), has been observed in patients with inherited cardiac arrhythmia (ICA). Data on the time course of SVT and the occurrence of SVT other than AF is limited. In this study, we examined the prevalence, co-existence, and the time course of different types of SVT in patients with...
Song, Chris Sukul, Devraj Seth, Milan Dupree, James M Khandelwal, Akshay Dixon, Simon R Wohns, David LaLonde, Thomas Gurm, Hitinder S
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The American journal of cardiology
Ticagrelor and prasugrel were found to be superior to clopidogrel for the treatment of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI); however, the comparative effectiveness of these 2 drugs remains unknown. We compared postdischarge outcomes among older patients treated with ticagrelor versus prasugrel after PCI for A...
