Features that heightened 3-year PCI mortality in the analysis, based on New York Percutaneous Coronary Interventions Reporting System data, included an IR stenosis of 90% or greater, IR in at least ...

The 3D CT data set can be evaluated by various post-processing techniques. Multiplanar reconstructions allow visualization of any cross-section through the volume. Oblique as well as curved ...

Interventional Cardiology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan Guidewires such as BMW, Runthrough NS, SION, Athlete Eel Slender, and Whisper were tried to advance into the LAD, ...

The left anterior descending coronary artery (a.k.a. LAD, interventricular artery or the “widow maker”) supplies the anterior, anterolateral, anteroapical and apical segments of the left ventricular ...

These 12-lead ECG recordings of eight patients show precordial ST-segment depression at the J point followed by peaked, positive T waves. In addition, lead aVR shows slight ST-segment elevation in ...

Minimally invasive bypass surgery and coronary-artery stenting are both accepted treatments for isolated stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery. We compared the clinical ...

Coronary artery disease frequently accompanies severe aortic stenosis and is identified in up to half of patients referred for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).1 Yet the optimal ...

In patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), a left-dominant coronary artery system is linked with higher risk of 30-day mortality and early reinfarction compared with ...

One reason the Skeptical Cardiologist has been so enthusiastic about coronary calcium (CAC) scans is that I have found them to be highly reproducible and highly accurate. Unlike most imaging tests in ...

Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 α Expression Predicts Superior Survival in Patients With Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Treated With R-CHOP Patients with HL who have been in remission for at least 2 years ...