#VisualAbstract: Complete Revascularization with Multivessel PCI for Myocardial Infarction
1. In patients with STEMI and multivessel coronary artery disease, those randomized to the complete revascularization group experienced lower rates ...
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Trends in cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality in American Indians over 25 years: the Strong Heart Study
1. The incidence and mortality associated with cardiovascular disease has decreased over a generation in a Native American cohort, however, ...
The COMPLETE trial: complete revascularization superior to culprit-lesion-only PCI for patients with STEMI
1. In patients with STEMI and multivessel coronary artery disease, those randomized to the complete revascularization group experienced lower rates ...
Quick Take: Identification of patients and plaques vulnerable to future coronary events with near-infrared spectroscopy intravascular ultrasound imaging
1. Near-infrared spectroscopy imaging in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization for suspected coronary artery disease can be used in identifying high-risk ...
Quick Take: Effect of Simvastatin-Ezetimibe Compared With Simvastatin Monotherapy After Acute Coronary Syndrome Among Patients 75 Years or Older
The risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is highest in elderly patients. Although ...
Early myocardial infarction and familial hypercholesterolemia
1. In this retrospective cohort study of adults under age 50 with myocardial infarction, 9% met criteria for definite or ...
The ROMICAT 2 trial: Coronary computed tomographic angiography shortens hospital stays for acute chest pain [Classics Series]
The following study summary is an excerpt from the book 2 Minute Medicine’s The Classics in Radiology: Summaries of Clinically Relevant ...
The ODYSSEY OUTCOMES trial: Alirocumab associated with reduced ischemic events after acute coronary syndrome
1. Among patients that suffered a recent acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and had elevated levels of atherogenic lipoproteins despite intensive ...
The SAVE trial: Captopril after acute MI reduces mortality and morbidity [Classics Series]
Image: CC/L. academia 1. Treating patients with captopril after acute MI with asymptomatic LV dysfunction reduces mortality from cardiovascular causes (i.e., ...
Troponin criteria missed 26% of NSTEMIs
Image: PD 1. Among patients diagnosed with non ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) independent of cardiac troponin levels, 26% of ...
