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Text analysis of billboards and infographic graphics advertising COVID-19 on promoting preventive behaviors and taking vaccination against the coronavirus pandemic and investigating the opinions of the Iranian adult population
BackgroundAdvertising is one of the most important solutions that health centers and medical services around the world use to try to encourage public...
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Impact of preoperative SYNTAX Scores on short-term outcome following coronary artery bypass grafting surgery in the patients with multi-vessels coronary artery disease
BackgroundSYNTAX Scores I (SSI) assesses the complexity of CAD; SYNTAX Score II (SSII) uses both SSI and other clinical variables, in estimation of...
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Obesity as a Risk Factor in Cosmetic Abdominal Body Contouring: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
BackgroundThe incidence of obesity is on the rise around the globe. Outside of the massive weight loss (MWL) patient population, knowledge of risk...
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Impact of residual coronary lesions on outcomes of myocardial infarction patients with multi-vessel disease
BackgroundThe residual burden of coronary artery disease (CAD) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) drew a growing interest. The residual...
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Correlation of RETINAL Artery Diameter with Coronary Artery Disease: The RETINA CAD Pilot Study—Are the Eyes the Windows to the Heart?
IntroductionThis study aimed to determine whether there was any correlation between coronary artery disease (CAD) and retinal artery diameter at an...
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Role of galectin-3 in diagnosis and severity assessment of epicardial artery lesions in patients with suspected coronary artery disease
BackgroundThis study aimed to investigate the possible role of serum galectin-3 (Gal-3) levels in the diagnosis and assessment of significant...
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The effect of diabetes on surgical versus percutaneous left main revascularization outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundThe optimal method of coronary revascularization for diabetes mellitus (DM) patients with left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD) is...
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Urban Form Metrics for Promoting Walking: Street Layouts and Destinations
There is evidence that higher street connectivity and availability of destinations can support walking behavior. However, the availability of data...
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Percutaneous coronary intervention vs. coronary artery bypass grafting in emergency and non-emergency unprotected left-main revascularization
BackgroundThe optimal revascularization strategy in patients with left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease in the emergency setting is still...
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Feasibility of rotational atherectomy in patients with acute coronary syndrome: favorable in-hospital outcomes and clinical importance of complexed coronary atherosclerosis
The feasibility of rotational atherectomy (RA) during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients who present with acute coronary syndrome...
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Association of severity of coronary artery disease by SYNTAX score (SS) and lower extremity arterial disease by duplex ultrasound (DUS) study—an Indian perspective
BackgroundCoronary artery disease (CAD) and lower extremity artery disease (LEAD) often coexist. Ankle brachial index (ABI) has been shown to be an...
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Correlation Between GDF11 Serum Levels, Severity of Coronary Artery Lesions, and the Prognosis of Patients with ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
We aimed to explore the correlation among serum GDF11, the severity of coronary artery lesions, and the prognosis of patients with ST-segment...
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The association of HbA1C and cTnI with mortality and severity of disease among patients with acute coronary syndrome
ObjectiveIn the present study, we aimed to evaluate the association of glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA 1 C) and cardiac troponin I levels (cTn1) with...
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Prognosis of coronary heart disease after percutaneous coronary intervention: a bibliometric analysis over the period 2004–2022
BackgroundAs the complexity and diversity of the percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are being explored and reported, burgeoning research has...
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Sequential composite BIMA grafting for 3v-CAD: factors that predict successful outcome of the one-inflow and two-inflow revascularization techniques
ObjectiveThe effect of one-inflow and two-inflow coronary surgical revascularization techniques inclosing skeletonized double mammary artery (BIMA)...
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Physiology-guided PCI versus CABG for left main coronary artery disease: insights from the DEFINE-LM registry
There have been no studies comparing clinical outcomes of physiology-guided revascularization in patients with unprotected left main coronary disease...
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Meta-analysis of clinical adverse events after CABG vs. PCI in patients with chronic kidney disease and coronary artery disease
AimTo investigate the efficacy and postoperative clinical adverse events of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or percutaneous coronary...
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Percutaneous coronary intervention in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
ObjectiveThe importance of revascularisation of significant coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve...
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The impact of lesion complexity on predicting mortality of coronary artery disease patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
IntroductionCoronary artery disease (CAD) is the most frequent cause of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Nevertheless, there have been limited...
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Using patient comments from a standardised experience survey to investigate their perceptions and prioritise improvement actions: a thematic and syntactic analysis
BackgroundAlthough patient experience surveys flourish in many countries with the aim to improve quality of care, questions remain concerning their...