This allowed for the extraction of information from all the sources above on the basis of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) using the Structured Query Language (SQL). Results Out of over 20,000 patients undergoing coronary angiography between November 2005 and December...
Coronary CT angiography for screening of asymptomatic persons (including routine testing of asymptomatic heart transplant recipients), evaluation of atherosclerotic burden, evaluation of persons at high pre-test probability of coronary artery disease, identification of vulnerable plaques, monitoring of atheroma...
Timing of troponin measurement and coronary angiography For cTn measurements, times were assessed from admission until the announcement of results according to the electronic documentation, accordingly including laboratory turn-around times. Guideline adherence was defined as follows: admission till announcemen...
The secondary outcomes, including lumen gain, maximum calcium thickness, and calcium angle at the final angiography site, minimal lumen area (MLA) site, and MSA site, were analyzed by the random-effects model to calculate the pooled standardized mean difference (SMD); tertiary outcomes included s...
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In contrast, we previously found that serum methylmalonic acid (MMA), an established biomarker of B12 deficiency, was robustly associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality in the general population and diabetic patients [9, 10]. The Western Norway Coronary Angiography Cohort (WECAC)...
et al. Coding algorithms for defining comorbidities in ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 administrative data. Med. Care 43, 1130–1139 (2005). 13. Shreibati, J. B., Baker, L. C. & Hlatky, M. A. Association of coronary CT angiography or stress testing with subsequent utilization and spending ...
(CK) activity were raised, as was the CK-MB fraction. Drug screening excluded other substances. He had no cardiovascular risk factors. Coronaryangiographyshowed normalcoronary arteries, but left ventriculography showed a regional wall motion abnormality in the apical segment and a reducedejection ...
The expert consensus document 2022 Coronary Artery Disease – Reporting and Data System, or CAD-RADS 2.0, expands on the first version, which was created in 2016 to standardize reporting system for patients undergoing coronary CT angiography (CCTA) and to guide possible next steps in patient ...
1.1. Comparison of coronary CTA to invasive coronary angiography CCTA has important similarities to and differences from invasive coronary angiography (ICA). Decades of research into the prognostic implications of ICA findings provide a solid basis for classification of the coronary tree and description ...