The FDA-approved product labeling for the Beta-Cath System states that it should not be used for patients with unprotected left main coronary artery disease (50 % narrowing of the coronary artery) or for patients who are not candidates for blood-thinning drugs or anti-platelet therapy. A rando...
Whole genome sequences (WGS) enable discovery of rare variants which may contribute to missing heritability of coronary artery disease (CAD). To measure their contribution, we apply the GREML-LDMS-I approach to WGS of 4949 cases and 17,494 controls of European ancestry from the NHLBI TOPMed pr...
Coronary artery diseaseBackground:Chronic total occlusion (CTO) of the coronary artery is a complex condition necessitating special care, and the prognosis may vary due to differences in technical and human resources between urban and rural hospitals.#Aim:To evaluate differences in mortality and ...
a 1996 American Heart Association (AHA) scientific statement on coronary artery calcification concludes that the presence of coronary artery calcium is a poor predictor of coronary artery disease risk, and that there
BACKGROUND Coronary artery disease (CAD) is associated with cancer. The role of inflammation in the association of CAD with cancer remains unclear. The study investigated whether inflammation could impact the relationship between CAD and lung cancer. METHODS The study involved 96 newly diagnosed lung...
The impact of pre-existing depression on mortality in individuals with established coronary artery disease (CAD) remains unclear. We evaluate the clinical implications of pre-existing depression in patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Based on National Health Insurance claims da...
Aims The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether there are differences in use and outcome of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy with or without cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) between patients with underlying coronary artery disease (CAD) and non-ischemic dilated cardiomyo...
ICD implantation can be useful in patients who are within 90 days of revascularization if SCD was not related to acute myocardial ischemia/injury and who were subsequently found to have coronary artery disease that is revascularized with normal left ventricular function, or SCD was not rela...
Revascularization was divided into three categories: PCI due to myocardial infarction, PCI due to angina, and coronary artery bypass graft. These events were determined based on inpatient ICD-10 codes and procedural codes 30 days after the index PCI. Any revascularization within 30 days was ...
The outcome in this study was incidence of ischaemic/coronary heart disease (in this study: CHD) defined according to the 9th and 10th international classification of diseases (ICD), i.e., I20–I25 (ICD-10) from 1997 or 410–414 (ICD-9) prior to 1997. Ascertainment of the potential co...