Background. Cardiovascular disease is still portrayed as a typical male disease, and men are more often submitted to invasive procedures or referred earlier. Aim. To explore sex differences in morbidity and referral patterns in cardiovascular disease in general practice, and the role of age and socioeconomic status. Method. Data were obtained from a continuous morbidity registration project in ...

AIMS Epidural spinal cord stimulation (SCS) provides symptom relief in refractory angina pectoris, but its mechanism of action remains incompletely understood. We studied effects of short-term SCS therapy on myocardial ischaemia tolerance, myocardial perfusion reserve (MPR), and endothelium-mediated vasodilatation induced by cold pressor test (CPT) in patients with refractory angina pectoris. ...

According to the report of World Health Organization coronary artery disease every year has been considered as the leading death cause of more than 3.8 million men and 3.4 million women all over the world. Prodromal angina that occurs a short time before acute myocardial infarction onset has efficient protective effect in cardiovascular system with ischemic preconditioning but in conditions suc...

PATIENTS with angina pectoris due to coronary artery disease may have great variability in exercise tolerance. In some this variability fits a pattern wherein increased exercise tolerance is dependent on a preceding episode of exercise-induced angina pectoris. The most complete expression of this phenomenon may be in the patient who is able to overcome an attack of angina pectoris by persisting...

Objective. To systematically evaluate the clinical efficacy of Yindanxinnaotong (YD) soft capsule in adult patients with cardiovascular diseases (stroke and angina pectoris). Methods. We electronically searched databases including Medline, PubMed, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Cqvip Database (VIP), and Wanfang Database for published articles of randomized controlled trials (...

Twelve patients with stable angina pectoris received a placebo for 7 days and then oral phentolamine for an additional 7 days. Exercise was performed at the conclusion of the 2 drug periods. All of the patients developed angina with the stress of exercise while taking placebos. The average time to develop angina was 208sec. In comparison, 9 of the 12 patients were able to exercise longer after ...

BACKGROUND Computed tomographic coronary angiography (CTA) is a non-invasive alternative to conventional coronary angiography (CCA) in detecting chronic coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the value of CTA in estimating acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has not been evaluated. METHODS CTA and CCA were performed on 10 patients with non-ST-elevated AMI and 17 patients with stable angina pec...

OBJECTIVES We sought to examine completed 10-year survival and event-free survival in patients with stable and unstable angina pectoris treated by coronary balloon angioplasty. BACKGROUND Patients with unstable angina are at increased risk for recurrent acute coronary events. METHODS The study included 208 consecutive patients (133 with stable and 75 with unstable angina pectoris) undergoin...

IN AN EFFORT to confirm the diagnosis of angina pectoris by objective evidence, Master devised a standardized two-step exercise electrocardiographic test that has become widely employed, especially in the presence of a normal resting electrocardiogram. A number of other investigators have pointed out various limitations of the test and have questioned its validity, criteria, and diagnostic reli...