Article history: Received 25 June 2008 Received in revised form 22 September 2008 Accepted 23 September 2008

AIM To investigate the incidence and the determinants of cardiovascular morbidity in Greek renal transplant recipients (RTRs) expressed as major advance cardiac event (MACE) rate. METHODS Two hundred and forty-two adult patients with a functioning graft for at least three months and available data that were followed up on the August 31, 2015 at two transplant centers of Western Greece were in...

This study analyzed the corrected QT dispersion (cQTd) before and at 24 hours after successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in 81 patients with single coronary artery disease and acute ST elevation myocardial infarction. Major cardiovascular events (MACE) at 1 year were defined as death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, life-threatening arrhythmias, and heart failure hospital...

Statin medications are often prescribed to ameliorate a patient's risk of cardiovascular events due in part to cholesterol reduction. We developed and evaluated an algorithm that can accurately identify subjects with major adverse cardiac events (MACE) while on statins using electronic medical record (EMR) data. The algorithm also identifies subjects experiencing their first MACE while on stati...

The Metacognitive, Affective, Cognitive Experience (MACE) questionnaire was designed to assess metacognition across sleep and waking (Kahan & LaBerge, 1996). The present research evaluates the psychometric properties of the MACE. Data from two recent studies (N=185) were used to assess the inter-item consistency, test-retest reliability, and factorial, convergent, and discriminant validity of t...

BACKGROUND One of the greatest challenges in cardiovascular medicine is to define the best tools for performing an accurate risk stratification for the recurrence of ischemic events in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients. METHODS We followed 65 ACS patients enrolled in a previous pilot study for 2 years after being discharged, focusing on the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular even...

BACKGROUND Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients have higher prevalence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and all-cause mortality. Endothelial damage and dysfunction have been regarded as early portents of MACE in CKD patients. Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) impairs endothelial function and promotes aberrant neovascularization. The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between cir...

BACKGROUND Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning may cause toxicity to the cardiovascular system. However, the association between CO poisoning and the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) remains unestablished. We investigated the incidence of MACE after CO poisoning in Taiwan and evaluated whether CO-poisoned individuals had a higher risk of MACE than did the general population. METH...

BACKGROUND Hemorheological and glycemic parameters and high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol are used as biomarkers of atherosclerosis and thrombosis. OBJECTIVE To investigate the association and clinical relevance of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), fibrinogen, fasting glucose, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and HDL cholesterol in the prediction of major adverse cardiovascular events...