Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Main source(s): Ninguna. Introduction Cardiovascular disease is the main cause morbidity and mortality worldwide, but there are inequalities in diagnosis treatment between men women. Although greater awareness cardiovascular women, diagnostic techniques less used they receive fewer pharmacological invasive treatments, have access ...

AIMS Radiological inappropriateness in medical imaging leads to loss of resources and accumulation of avoidable population cancer risk. Aim of the study was to audit the appropriateness rate of different cardiac radiological examinations. METHODS AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS With a retrospective, observational study we reviewed clinical records of 818 consecutive patients (67 ± 12 years, 75% males)...

OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical and angiographic profile of patients with coronary artery ectasias (CAE) and assess their outcomes. METHODS One year retrospective and one year prospective study was carried out in the Department of Cardiology in CMC, Ludhiana from January 2011 to December 2012 on all patients undergoing coronary angiographies and each patient was followed up for 1 year. Their...

BACKGROUND Assessment of chest pain patients remains a clinical challenge in the emergency department (ED). Several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have shown the additive value of coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) compared with standard care. Not all of them, however, had enough power to detect differences in clinical outcomes like revascularization. Therefore, we performed ...

BACKGROUND Coronary artery surgery reduces re-infarction rates and mortality in patients with ischaemic heart disease. This study examines inequality in relation to primary care services. AIM To determine the effect of primary care services on access to coronary angiography and revascularisation. METHOD A cross-sectional survey of all 180 Nottinghamshire practices in the Trent region that w...

BACKGROUND Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have a high overall mortality rate, particularly due to cardiovascular morbidity. In an era of decline in cardiovascular diseases and early cardiovascular intervention, non-cardiac diseases seem to have a larger impact on overall mortality. METHODS From 1997 to 2003, all incident haemodialysis patients in a single centre were enrolled in...

Background: The femoral artery is conveniently located close to the surface; thus, it may be catheterized without much trouble. Interventional cardiology procedures and long-term hemodialysis access both make use of artery. Arteriography Doppler imaging its primary branch, profunda femoris superficial utilised create skin flaps for in reconstructive surgery breast, upper lower limbs.Methods: Ra...

BACKGROUND Angiography is limited in determining the anatomic severity of coronary artery stenoses. Clinical decision-making in patients with symptoms and intermediate lesions remains challenging. METHODS AND RESULTS The current analysis included 300 patients (357 intermediate native artery lesions) in whom intervention was deferred based on intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) findings. Standard ...

BACKGROUND We assessed coronary flow velocity pattern and coronary flow reserve (CFR) by contrast-enhanced transthoracic echocardiography (CE-TTE) as markers of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) related to cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) after heart transplantation (HT). METHODS AND RESULTS Deceleration time of diastolic flow velocity (DDT) and CFR were measured in the left anterior de...

Background. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome is one of the most common respiratory disorders in humans. There is emerging evidence linking OSA to vascular disease, particularly hypertension. The underlying pathophysiological mechanisms that link OSA to cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, congestive heart failure, and atrial fibrillation are not entirely understood. The aim of th...