#VisualAbstract: Intravascular imaging-guided percutaneous coronary intervention is superior to angiography guidance in complex coronary artery lesions
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Tag: coronary artery disease (CAD)
Treat-to-target approach non-inferior to high-dose statin therapy in patients with coronary artery disease
1. Patients who received statin therapy using a treat-to-target approach (targeting LDL-cholesterol of 50-70mg/dL) did not have worse cardiovascular outcomes ...
Unclear utility of the European Society of Cardiology 0/1h troponin algorithm in diagnosing acute coronary syndrome in patients with known coronary artery disease
1. The negative predictive value for the ESC 0/1h troponin algorithm was lower in patients with known coronary artery disease ...
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Coronary CT angiography not superior to functional testing in cardiac risk management [Classics Series]
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CT associated with lower complication risks than invasive coronary angiography
1. In patients with stable chest pain and intermediate pretest probability of coronary artery disease (CAD), there was no difference ...
Computed tomography a suitable diagnostic alternative for obstructive coronary artery disease
1. For patients referred for potential obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), computed tomography (CT) and invasive coronary angiography (ICA) as ...
Cardiovascular events are associated with mental stress-induced ischemia in patients with stable coronary heart disease
1. Cardiovascular deaths, non-fatal myocardial infarctions, and hospitalization due to heart failure occurred more frequently in patients with coronary heart ...
De-escalation with clopidogrel may reduce bleeding events in patients with recent percutaneous coronary intervention
1. 12-months after randomization, the de-escalation group met the criteria for superiority (p=0.0001) with respect to the composite primary outcome ...
Coronary artery disease common in hospitalized patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
1. In this cohort study, 91% of patients with preserved ejection fraction heart failure had evidence of epicardial coronary artery ...
ST-elevation myocardial infarctions in the absence of standard modifiable cardiovascular risk factors may have worse outcomes
1. Patients without standard modifiable cardiovascular risk factors (SMuRFs) had a significantly higher all-cause mortality at 30 days after first ...
