Silent myocardial ischemia is defined as objective documentation of myocardial ischemia in the absence of angina or anginal equivalents. The first description of silent ischemia date to the 1970s, but despite intensive investigation, its pathophysiology, detection, prevalence, and clinical significance are still debated. The need and the benefit of treating silent ischemia, particularly in pati...

Results EAT thickness was positively correlated with BMI, waist-to-hip ratio, systolic blood pressure, postprandial glucose, fasting/postprandial triglyceride, HbA1c level, and HOMA-IR. A total of 24 patients had significant coronary artery stenosis and 14 patients had silent myocardia ischemia in CMR (3 with silent myocardial infarction, 13 with inducible ischemia, 2 with both). EAT thickness ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There are few if any data on the prognostic importance of silent myocardial ischemia during exercise with regard to the risk of stroke and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) among asymptomatic men. In this prospective study, we investigated the relation of silent myocardial ischemia and the risk of stroke and CVD death in men with and without conventional risk factors. METH...

337 all levels, especially infectious disease specialists, immunologists, clinical microbiologists , and research scientists. This volume would be particularly useful to physicians who treat patients with AIDS, and to others who desire a comprehensive, yet readable, up-to-date discussion of the research and clinical aspects of AIDS. Silent myocardial ischemia is defined as objective evidence of...

Objective: The ankle-brachial index (ABI) as a simple test which can detect peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Therefore in this study we try to evaluate the diagnostic value of ABI for silent myocardial ischemia in diabetic patients and compare the results with myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) results. Materials and Methods: All 149 diabetic patients in this study were categorized according...

BACKGROUND We used cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) to investigate the association between epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness and silent myocardial ischemia, as well as coronary artery stenosis, in asymptomatic type 2 diabetic patients. METHODS The study included 100 type 2 diabetic subjects (51 male and 49 female; mean age: 56 ± 7 years). Silent myocardial ischemia, as determin...

We prospectively examined the prognostic significance of silent myocardial ischemia detected by ambulatory electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring during daily life in 107 patients with long-term stable angina who were symptomatically controlled on conventional antianginal agents. Forty-six patients (group 1) demonstrated one or more episodes (87% silent) of myocardial ischemia; the remaining 61 pat...

The aim of the study was to estimate the rate of coincidence of silent myocardial ischemia episodes with impaired glucose tolerance in patients treated at Outpatient Cardiology Clinic. The study included 93 patients divided into two groups according to the glucose tolerance test results. Study group included 48 subjects with impaired glucose tolerance, while the remaining 45 patients served as ...

BACKGROUND Stroke thrombolysis-related intracerebral hemorrhage may occur remotely from the anatomical site of ischemia. One postulated mechanism for this is simultaneous multiple embolization with hemorrhage into a "silent" area of ischemia. RESULTS A patient suffered a disabling stroke affecting the right cerebral hemisphere. He was treated with intravenous alteplase and underwent extensive...