Diagnosis of inpatients and outpatients based on the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), clinical examinations ... (ICD-9-CM codes 401–405), ...

Among patients with stable coronary artery disease, colchicine lowered total plaque volume compared with placebo but had no impact on low attenuation plaque volume, researchers reported. “If we can ...

Troponin elevation occurred in the majority (73%) of our patients after inappropriate ICD discharges secondary to lead fracture. Patients with elevated troponin received a higher number of shocks ...

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Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) was a complication in about 10% of pulmonary sarcoidosis (PS) cases, investigators reported in Respiratory Medicine. The retrospective study assessed the prevalence, incidence ...

The Reserve Bank of India has issued draft directions to streamline and regulate non-fund based (NFB) credit facilities, such as guarantees and letters of credit, across all regulated entities (REs) ...

The following is a summary of “Visual coronary artery calcification score to predict significant coronary artery stenosis in ...

Using intravascular imaging (IVI) to guide stent implantation during complex stenting procedures is safer and more effective for patients with severely calcified coronary artery disease than ...

Reduction in painful shocks may improve patient quality-of-life (QOL) and extend ICD pulse generator longevity. Numerous older studies have consistently demonstrated that ATP can reliably ...

We used the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9) code 354.0 to identify patients ... yielding an estimated prevalence of 10.3%. After excluding those ...

2. Features of vascular aging—pathophysiology and relationship with coronary artery disease Figure 1 illustrates the known key contributors to vascular aging: (1) increased arterial stiffness, (2) ...