risksudden deathventricular arrhythmiasClinical trials have convincingly demonstrated the efficacy of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) for the prevention of sudden cardiac death in appropriately selected patients (1-3). As a result, over 140,000 ICD-related procedures are performed each year...
hERG. Several types of cardiovascular toxicity issues have to be considered, but admittedly, promiscuous block of cardiac human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) channels by a variety of structurally different low molecular weight drugs represents a major therapeutic challenge with profound ...
Fourth, although the Padua score might not be adequate to risk stratify complex patients (eg, an acutely ill patient with a BMI of >30, cardiac and respiratory failure, and ongoing hormone therapy; Padua score = 3), its ease of use makes it a good starting tool for risk stratification. ...
Selvester QRS scoring system has an advantage of being inexpensive and easily accessible for estimating myocardial infarct (MI) size. We assessed the correlation and agreement between QRS score and total perfusion deficit (TPD) calculated by quantitative gated single-photon emission computed tomography (...
Results In 564 patients (mean age 82±7 years, 49% male), mean PVS was 2.7±10.2%, with PV expansion (PVS >0%) evident in 39%. Only logistic European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) independently predicted a PVS >0% (OR 1.85, p=0.002). On Cox analyses, a...
1) Does CAC better identify MACE events than CCTA in the FaCTor64 cohort?doi:10.1016/j.cardfail.2006.06.357K. RasmussonB. HorneD. RenlundJ. AndersonJ. MuhlesteinH. MayD. LappeT. BairA. KfouryElsevier Inc.Journal of Cardiac Failure...
HEART scoreinterrater reliabilityprehospital risk stratificationADVERSE CARDIAC EVENTSCHEST-PAIN PATIENTSDEPARTMENT PATIENTSVALIDATIONPATHWAYRULEChest pain is a common complaint for consultation of emergency medical services worldwide. Currently, ambulance nurses (AN) base their decision to transport a patient ...
Results In 1887 patients (mean age 67±10 years; 79% male; median European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation [EuroSCORE] 4), mean PVS was −8.2±9%. While 8% of subjects had clinical evidence of congestion, a relatively increased PV (PVS 0%) was estimated in 17% and ...
Cardiac CTEjection fractionIschemic strokeBackground:Atrial cardiomyopathy is considered to be an important risk factor for cardioembolic stroke. However, little is known how to evaluate the degree of atrial cardiomyopathy.#Hypothesis:Left atrial ejection fractions (LAEF) are useful and more sensitive ...
Accordingly, the association of TG and remnant cholesterol with major adverse cardiac events—MACEs (MI, stroke, or CV death)—was evaluated in a cohort of older individuals at high CV risk in the PREDIMED study, a randomized controlled trial that examined the effects of the Mediterranean diet...