Cineangiography of the left ventricle during exercise has been used in an attempt to define the area of ischaemic myocardium in patients suffering from angina pectoris in whom coronary artery surgery was contemplated. A correlation was established between the site of coronary artery obstruction and the area of abnormal myocardial contraction. This method of localization of regional left ventric...

OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to determine the relationship between the red cell distribution width (RDW) and the one year outcomes in Chinese patients with stable angina pectoris. METHODS A total of 1,442 patients with stable angina pectoris on admission were divided into four groups according to quartiles of the baseline RDW. The relationships between the RDW and one-year cardiac mort...

The implementation of comprehensive coronary care (CCC), including multiple measures involving physical, psychologic, and pharmacologic procedures, together with a new concept of pharmacologic and surgical revascularization, have caused a remarkable improvement in the treatment of coronary patients with angina pectoris. The role of physical training per se is one measure of CCC and one must obs...

OBJECTIVES We sought to evaluate whether coronary collateral flow is clinically relevant for future cardiac ischemic events. BACKGROUND The link between good collateral supply related to less myocardial damage and fewer cardiac events has not been established prospectively beyond doubt. METHODS In 403 patients with stable angina pectoris undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty...

Refractory angina pectoris, defined as angina refractory to maximal medical therapy and standard coronary revascularization procedures, remains a significant health problem in the United States and the world. Despite a panoply of recent therapeutic advances, patients with refractory angina pectoris are not adequately treated; therefore, scientists have been investigating new technologies to hel...

The angina pectoris crisis should be treated with nitroglycerin S.L.. In our days as in the 19th century, the non pharmacological therapeutic approach for angina pectoris (per se and to improve the free interval between crises) is still the same. This consists of the reduction of mental and physical stress, to stop smoking, improve light exercise, reduce obesity, and control other risk factors ...

BACKGROUND To assess the outcome of patients with stable angina pectoris treated with percutaneous coronary intervention versus medically treated patients. METHODS Eighty patients with stable angina pectoris and coronary stenosis as confirmed in coronary angiography were treated with (n = 31) or without (n = 49) percutaneous coronary intervention in our department. All patients received optim...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relative importance of shared etiologies for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ischemic heart disease (IHD) in terms of the well-known increased risk of IHD in patients with RA, by assessing the occurrence of IHD up until the time of the onset of the first symptoms of RA. METHODS We assessed the prevalence of a history of IHD, myocardial infarction (MI), and angina pe...

Objective. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on di'ao xinxuekang capsule (XXK) in treating angina pectoris were published only in Chinese and have not been systematically reviewed particularly for comparing XXK with isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN). This study aims to provide a comprehensive PRISMA compliant and internationally accessible systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the efficac...

OBJECTIVES A cost-benefit analysis of acupuncture and self-care education in the treatment of patients with angina pectoris. DESIGN An open prospective study on an unselected group of patients. For comparison of risk three control groups were used: (1) published data concerning medical and invasive treatments; (2) an age- and sex matched group obtained from a randomly selected Danish populati...