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Clinical features, future cardiac events, and prognostic factors following percutaneous coronary intervention in young female patients
The proportion of young females among the patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is relatively small, and information on their clinical characteristics is limited. This study investigate...
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The ridge line of left pulmonary vein isolation from left atrial appendage can subsequently increase the completion rate of the mitral isthmus block line
Mitral isthmus (MI) ablation for mitral flutter is technically difficult, and incomplete block line is not uncommon. The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of the ridge line of left pulmonary...
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Long-term outcomes of percutaneous revascularization for internal mammary artery–left anterior descending artery bypass failure
Despite the excellent long-term results of internal mammary artery (IMA)–left anterior descending (LAD) bypass, percutaneous revascularization of IMA is sometimes required for IMA-LAD bypass failure. However, ...
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Open AccessComparison of the empirical linear ablation and low voltage area-guided ablation in addition to pulmonary vein isolation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation: a propensity score-matched analysis
The efficacy of pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) alone is not guaranteed for persistent atrial fibrillation (PeAF), and it is unclear which type of ablation approach should be applied in addition to PVI. This st...
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Coronary artery calcification scores improve contrast-induced nephropathy risk assessment in chronic kidney disease patients
Coronary artery calcification (CAC) is an independent predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the predictive v...
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Progression from stenosis to occlusion in the proximal native coronary artery after coronary artery bypass grafting
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is an established treatment for multivessel coronary artery disease. However, problematic situations are occasionally encountered after CABG, such as disease progression ...
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Relationship between abdominal aortic and coronary artery calcification as detected by computed tomography in chronic kidney disease patients
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) and coronary artery calcification (CAC) in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. We evaluated 126 asy...