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Seeing is believing: pathway strategies for a personalised non-invasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease
Coronary artery disease (CAD) diagnosis requires a precise assessment of patient profile and disease extension. While non-invasive imaging modalities...
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Nephrolithiasis is associated with the severity of coronary artery calcification, but not with coronary artery stenosis
PurposeEmerging data have indicated that nephrolithiasis is possibly associated with subclinical coronary artery disease (CAD). Considering that a...
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Coronary artery disease in a patient with Addison’s disease: a case report and literature review
BackgroundAddison’s disease which is due to dysfunction of the adrenal gland, with abnormal secretion of glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids, is...
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Evaluation of epicardial adipose tissue by coronary multi-detector computed tomography: an independent predictor of obstructive coronary artery disease
BackgroundThe aim of this retrospective cross-sectional study was to investigate the relationship between epicardial adipose tissue and coronary...
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Silent subepicardial hematoma due to spontaneous coronary artery rupture in a patient with Graves’ disease
BackgroundSubepicardial hematoma due to spontaneous coronary artery rupture (SCAR) is exceedingly rare.
Case presentationAn asymptomatic 68-year-old...
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Kawasaki Disease: Recent Diagnostics, Treatment, and Predictors for Treatment Failure and Coronary Artery Involvement
Purpose of ReviewKawasaki disease (KD) is a medium vessel vasculitis in pediatric patients with a predilection for coronary artery involvement. The...
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Analysis of long non-coding RNA RMRP in the diagnosis and prognosis of coronary artery disease
BackgroundLong non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are abundant and closely related to the occurrence and development of human diseases. LncRNAs are known to...
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Machine learning to predict hemodynamically significant CAD based on traditional risk factors, coronary artery calcium and epicardial fat volume
We sought to establish an explainable machine learning (ML) model to screen for hemodynamically significant coronary artery disease (CAD) based on...
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The association between cardiac T2*BOLD and quantitative flow ratio (QFR) in the diagnosis of stenotic coronary arteries in patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease
BackgroundT2*BOLD is based on myocardial deoxyhemoglobin content to reflect the state of myocardial oxygenation. Quantitative flow ratio is a tool...
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Association between triglyceride glucose index, coronary artery calcification and multivessel coronary disease in Chinese patients with acute coronary syndrome
BackgroundMultivessel coronary disease (MVCD) is the common type of coronary artery disease in acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Coronary artery...
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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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Comparison of LASSO and random forest models for predicting the risk of premature coronary artery disease
PurposeWith the change of lifestyle, the occurrence of coronary artery disease presents a younger trend, increasing the medical and economic burden...
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Coronary Artery Disease in Women—Review of Risk Factors and Emerging Concepts
Purpose of ReviewCoronary artery disease (CAD) in women is an evolving area of interest in cardiovascular medicine. This review seeks to provide a...
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Genetic and clinical study of myeloperoxidase's association with coronary artery disease
BackgroundUnraveling myeloperoxidase’s (MPO) correlation with coronary artery disease (CAD) and genetic variations, this study seeks to enhance...
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Effect of inflammation on association between cancer and coronary artery disease
BackgroundCancer and coronary artery disease (CAD) is reported to often co-exist in same individuals, however, whether cancer is directly associated...
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Epicardial Fat Volume as a Good Predictor for Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease
IntroductionEpicardial adipose tissue may have an important role in the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease (CAD).
AimWe aimed to study the...
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The Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index (SII) and coronary artery lesions in Kawasaki disease
Coronary artery lesions (CALs) are the most common complications of Kawasaki disease (KD) and play a crucial role in determining the prognosis of the...
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Radiomics features of pericoronary adipose tissue improve CT-FFR performance in predicting hemodynamically significant coronary artery stenosis
ObjectivesTo evaluate the value of radiomics-based model of pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) combined with CT fractional flow reserve (CT-FFR) in...
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Off-pump CABG surgery in left main coronary artery disease: a single-center prospective registry
Background and objectiveThe treatment of left main (LM) coronary artery disease (CAD) requires complex decision-making. Patients with left main...
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Fractal analysis of left ventricular trabeculae in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction patients with multivessel coronary artery disease
ObjectivesEndocardial trabeculae undergo varicose changes and hyperplasia in response to hemodynamic influences and are a variable phenotype...
