AIMS Long-term randomized comparisons of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in left main coronary (LM) disease and/or three-vessel disease (3VD) patients have been limited. This analysis compares 3-year outcomes in LM and/or 3VD patients treated with CABG or PCI with TAXUS Express stents. METHODS AND RESULTS SYNTAX is an 85-centre randomized cli...

During a 4-year multicenter cooperative study of acquired factor VIII inhibitors in persons with hemophilia A. new inhibitors were detected in 31 of 1 .306 patients who entered the study without an inhibitor or the history of an inhibitor. The incidence of new inhibitors was eight per 1 .000 patient-years of observation. The factor Vlll:C level before inhibitor development was 0.03 U/mi in 29 m...

We study the generalized Whittaker models for G = GSp(2,R) associated with indefinite binary quadratic forms when they arise from two standard representations of G: (i) a generalized principal series representation induced from the non-Siegel maximal parabolic subgroup and (ii) a (limit of) large discrete series representation. We prove the uniqueness of such models with moderate growth propert...

BACKGROUND Recent pharmacodynamic and retrospective clinical analyses have suggested that proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) may modify the antiplatelet effects of clopidogrel bisulfate. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of persons enrolled in a multistate health insurance plan with commercial and Medicare clients to evaluate adverse clinical outcomes in patients using clopidogrel ...

OBJECTIVES to assess the cardioprotective properties of a blueberry enriched diet (BD). BACKGROUND Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a major role in ischemia-related myocardial injury. The attempts to use synthetic antioxidants to block the detrimental effects of ROS have produced mixed or negative results precipitating the interest in natural products. Blueberries are readily available prod...

BACKGROUND There is clear evidence from numerous randomized trials and their meta-analyses that aspirin reduces risks of first myocardial infarction (MI). Recent data also suggest that other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may interfere with this benefit of aspirin. METHODS AND RESULTS We performed subgroup analysis from a 5-year randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled tria...

BACKGROUND A consistent relationship between metabolic syndrome (MS) and myocardial infarction (MI) has been demonstrated. We evaluated the effect of bezafibrate retard, a fibric acid derivative, on the incidence of MI in patients with MS enrolled in the Bezafibrate Infarction Prevention (BIP) study. METHODS Patients who displayed at least 3 of the following 5 risk factors were considered to ...

CMV infection is responsible for acceleration of immune senescence and linked to systemic pathologies, including cardiovascular diseases. In this study, we investigated differences in the immune response between CMV-seropositive and seronegative patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) for acute myocardial infarction (MI). Peripheral blood samples were taken at six ...

INTRODUCTION  rs9982601 (C>T) is a polymorphism of the noncoding region between the SLC5A3/MRPS6 and KCNE2 genes. It has been shown to be associated with early-onset myocardial infarction (MI) with T as a risk allele. OBJECTIVES  The aim of our study was to investigate the association of the rs9982601 polymorphism with long-term overall mortality from MI and prevalence of MI in a Polish popul...