Mild hypothermia therapy (HT) improves survival and neurologic outcome after sudden cardiac death (SCD) [1]. Despite the controversy between the relation of HT and stent thrombosis (ST) [2], our group reported an increased risk of ST in patients treated with HT [3]. Increased platelet activation and a potential inefficiency of antiplatelet therapy may explain the increased riskof ST inHT.Noneth...

INTRODUCTION Previous studies have predicted an independent relationship between red cell distribution width (RDW) and the risk of death and cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between RDW and extensiveness of CAD in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). METHODS Two hundred and thirty-three diabetic pa...

Understanding the clinical appropriateness of a procedure's use may be critical in explaining geographic variations in its use. Little is known, however, about whether data on appropriateness can be obtained from a medical record. A national panel of physicians formulated a list of 300 mutually exclusive, detailed clinical indications for performing coronary angiography. Using this list, we com...

INTRODUCTION Little is known of the clinical significance of myocardial bridges, which may be recognised as the narrowing of the systolic coronary artery as seen in an angiography. In this study, our goal was to review the literature information about the anatomic aspects, the clinical manifestations and implications, and the angiographic characteristics. MATERIALS AND METHODS The angiographi...

BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation (AF) and coronary artery disease (CAD) may be encountered coincidently in a large portion of patients. However, data on coronary artery calcium burden in such patients are lacking. Thus, we sought to determine the value of cardiac computed tomography (CCT) in patients presenting with new-onset AF associated with an intermediate pretest probability for CAD admitted...

The fovea is a spot located in the center of the macula, and responsible for sharp central vision. In this paper a method to detect the macula location and size is presented, as a first step towards the fovea location. Prior to the macula detection, the optic disk size and position is computed. This is performed through the combination of two stages: firstly, a clustering algorithm is used to s...

PURPOSE Analysis, evaluation and classification of hepatic arterial supply variants and determination of their frequency distribution in CT-angiographies. MATERIALS AND METHODS CT-angiographies of 1,568 patients were evaluated retrospectively for the period between January 1, 2010 and August 30, 2012. The hepatic arterial anatomy was assessed and categorized according to Michels's classificat...

Chronic total occlusions (CTO) in coronary angiographies present a significant challenge nowadays. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is valuable tool during CTO-PCI, aiding planning and achieving procedural success. However, the impact of IVUS on clinical outcomes CTO-PCI remains uncertain. This meta-analysis aimed to compare IVUS-guided angiography-guided approaches CTO-PCI. The study included f...