BACKGROUND Aortic valve sclerosis (AVS) is considered to be a manifestation of coronary atherosclerosis. Recent studies demonstrated an association between AVS and significant coronary artery disease (CAD). AIM We sought to determine the association between AVS and the extent of coronary atherosclerosis by means of the Gensini score system, which was calculated to yield a measure of the exten...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) has a complex etiology involving numerous environmental and genetic factors of disease risk. To date, the genetic 9p21 locus represents the most robust genetic finding for prevalent and incident CAD. However, limited information is available on the genetic background of the severity and distribution of CAD. CAD manifests itself as stable CAD or acute coronary syndr...

right bundle branch block (rbbb) is considered as an important predictor of poor outcome in patients with acute myocardial infarction, but the prognostic implication of rbbb in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (cad) is unclear. furthermore, the association between rbbb and incidence of cad also its influence on the severity of stenosis in coronary arteries has not been establishe...

AIM This study was conducted to investigate the correlation between waist/hip ratio (WHR) as a measurement of obesity and severity of coronary artery disease (CAD) assessed by angiography in Kosovo. METHODS The study included 82 patients with suspected or known CAD who were referred for coronary angiography. All patients were subjected to full individual medical history, clinical examination ...

STUDY OBJECTIVES It has been suggested that sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is a risk factor for ischemic heart disease, and may be associated with increased morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to examine the relation between nocturnal oxygen desaturation (NOD) due to SDB and the Gensini score, which is given to define the severity of coronary ather...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The association between serum uric acid and ischemic heart disease remains controversial and it has not yet been established as cardiovascular risk factor. Our objective was to study the association of serum uric acid level with angiographic severity of coronary artery disease in men with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Methods : This cross-sectional study was conducted ...

background: the potential role of lipoprotein (a) changes and also inflammation in coronary artery disease (cad) have rendered these processes one of the most interesting objects of study in patients affected by type 2 diabetes mellitus. the aim of the current study was to evaluate lipoprotein (a) and other lipid profiles and also c-reactive protein (crp) as the predictors of cardiovascular dis...

OBJECTIVE P- wave dispersion (PD) is an indicator of inhomogeneous and discontinuous propagation of sinus impulses. In the present study we aimed to investigate the PD and its association with the severity of the disease. in patients with stable coronary artery disease. METHODS We prospectively analyzed 60 subjects with coronary artery disease (CAD) and 25 subjects with nor-mal coronary angio...