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Prevalence and prognosis of structural heart disease among athletes with negative T waves and normal transthoracic echocardiography
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence and prognosis of structural heart disease (SHD) among competitive athletes with negative T waves without pathological findings at transthoracic echoc...
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Open AccessTreatment recommendation based on SYNTAX score 2020 derived from coronary computed tomography angiography and invasive coronary angiography
The diagnostic performance of the SYNTAX score 2020 (SS-2020) when calculated using CCTA remains unknown. This study aimed to compare treatment recommendations based on the SS-2020 derived from coronary comput...
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Open AccessPrognostic impact of admission high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in acute myocardial infarction patients with and without diabetes mellitus
High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) elevation frequently occurs in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and is associated with adverse outcomes. Since diabetes mellitus (DM) is characterized by an underl...
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Management of Structural Heart Disease and Acute Coronary Syndromes in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Transcatheter interventions for structural heart disease (SHD) now represent an effective alternative to surgery in selected patients. A clear premise is that delay in or neglect of treating patients in need o...
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Image quality and radiation dose of coronary CT angiography performed with whole-heart coverage CT scanner with intra-cycle motion correction algorithm in patients with atrial fibrillation
To evaluate image quality, coronary evaluability and radiation exposure of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) performed with whole-heart coverage cardiac-CT in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).
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Severe in-stent restenosis missed by coronary CT angiography and accurately detected with FFRCT
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Prognostic value of dipyridamole stress cardiac magnetic resonance in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease: a mid-term follow-up study
Dipyridamole stress cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) evaluates the key phases (perfusion and wall motion) of the ischemic cascade. We sought to determine the prognostic value of dipyridamole stress-CMR in cons...
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Impact of an intra-cycle motion correction algorithm on overall evaluability and diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography coronary angiography
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a novel intra-cycle motion correction algorithm (MCA) on overall evaluability and diagnostic accuracy of cardiac computed tomography coronary angiography (CCT).
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Incidence and severity of atherosclerotic cardiovascular artery disease in patients undergoing TAVI
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has extended the treatment options for severe, symptomatic aortic valve stenosis (AS). Risk factors for AS have been shown to be similar to atherosclerosis. Conse...
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Intra-Cycle Motion Correction in Coronary CT Angiography
Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) has demonstrated high diagnostic performance for coronary lesions detection. However, coronary artery motion blurring, related to high or variable heart rate (HR...
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A new kaolin-based haemostatic bandage compared with manual compression for bleeding control after percutaneous coronary procedures
Bleeding and vascular access site complications are an important cause of morbidity after percutaneous femoral procedures. New haemostatic dressings have been developed to control heavy bleeding. To evaluate t...
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High diagnostic accuracy of prospective ECG-gating 64-slice computed tomography coronary angiography for the detection of in-stent restenosis
The accuracy of computed tomography (CT) for assessment of coronary stents is as yet unproven and radiation exposure has been a concern. The aim of our study is to compare radiation dose and diagnostic perform...
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Appraising the impact of left ventricular ejection fraction on outcomes of percutaneous drug-eluting stenting for unprotected left main disease: insights from a multicenter registry of 975 patients
Despite the well-known prognostic impact of systolic dysfunction in unselected patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), limited data are available on its current predictive role after PCI ...
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N-Acetylcysteine in Kidney Disease
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication of contrast administration (contrast-induced nephropathy) and cardiac surgery and is associated with increased short-term and long-term morbidity and mortal...
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Open AccessComparison of the diagnostic performance of 64-slice computed tomography coronary angiography in diabetic and non-diabetic patients with suspected coronary artery disease
Diabetics have high prevalence of subclinical coronary artery disease (CAD) with typical characteristics (diffuse disease, large calcifications). Although 64-slice multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) coro...
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Carotid stenting through the right brachial approach for left internal carotid artery stenosis and bovine aortic arch configuration
Unfavorable complex anatomy or congenital anomalies of supra-aortic vessel take-off may increase carotid artery stenting (CAS) procedural difficulties and complications through the femoral route. We assessed t...
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Large Renal Artery Aneurysm Treated with Guglielmi Detachable Coils: Procedural and 4-Year Follow-up Results
A large aneurysm of the left renal artery was found incidentally during abdominal ultrasound in a 39-year-old woman with no medical or family history of cardiovascular disease. Vascular pathology with a dyspla...
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Hyperoxemic Perfusion for Treatment of Reperfusion Microvascular Ischemia in Patients with Myocardial Infarction
In patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) primary angioplasty and stent placement is a more effective and better tolerated treatment than thrombolysis, and therefore, when logistics allow, this treatm...
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Intravascular Stent Deployment Across Vein Graft Anastomoses: Acute and Chronic Results
Anastomotic stenosis continues to be an important cause of late graft failure. Intravascular stents may allow the dilatation of these hyperplastic lesions, thereby increasing secondary graft patency rates. To ...