- ►onlinejacc.org AW Chan, MJ Quinn, DL Bhatt, DP Chew, DJ … - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2002 - Elsevier Of the 4,553 patients, 2,056 (45%) were treated with beta-blockers at the time
of the procedure. Beta-blocker therapy was associated with a mortality reduction
from 1.3% to 0.8% at 30 days (p = 0.13) and a reduction from 6.0% to 3.9% ... Cited by 30 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 12 versions
- ►onlinejacc.org WA Jaber, RJ Lennon, V Mathew, DR Holmes, … - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2005 - Elsevier We performed a retrospective cohort study of successful PCI procedures performed
on 7,745 patients between March 1, 1998, and December 31, 2004. Discharge
medications were analyzed, and a medication score (MEDS) was developed. A ... Cited by 26 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 15 versions
JA Dens, WJ Desmet, P Coussement, IK De … - The American journal of cardiology, 2001 - Elsevier The NIsoldipine in COronary artery disease in LEuven (NICOLE) study investigates
(1) whether nisoldipine, a dihydropyridine calcium antagonist, reduces the
progression of minor coronary arterial lesions in the long term, and (2) ... Cited by 25 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
MJ LIPINSKI, WF FEARON, VF … - Journal of Interventional Cardiology, 2004 - interscience.wiley.com With increasing research on vulnerable plaques and uncertainty regarding which
lesions require revascularization, the goal of this review is to clarify the
indications for percutaneous coronary intevention and discuss which lesions ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
SA Geraci, CK Haan - The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2002 - Soc Thorac Surgeons Studies have shown that beta adrenergic antagonist therapy benefits patients
with coronary disease through reduced mortality rate after acute myocardial
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K Okrainec, L Pilote, R Platt, MJ Eisenberg - The Canadian journal of cardiology, 2006 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Most patients were male, hyperlipidemic and underwent CABG surgery for relief of
angina symptoms. At admission, discharge and at 12 months, acetylsalicylic acid
was used in 71%, 92% and 87% of cases, respectively, and some form of ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►oxfordjournals.org A Abbate, GGL Biondi-Zoccai, P Agostoni, MJ … - European heart journal, 2007 - Eur Soc Cardiology The major advance of PCI over medical therapy alone in patients with chronic
stable angina is mostly limited to improvement in angina severity. Failure to
relieve angina by revascularization procedures may therefore represent ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►toodoc.com [PDF] J Frattaroli, G Weidner, TA Merritt-Worden, S … - The American Journal of Cardiology, 2008 - Elsevier Cardiovascular symptom relief is a major indicator for revascularization
procedures. To examine the effects of intensive lifestyle modification on
symptom relief, we investigated changes in angina pectoris, coronary risk ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 17 versions
MR Adams, S Kinlay, GJ Blake, JL Orford, P … - Current Atherosclerosis Reports, 2000 - Springer Introduction Atherosclerosis, the pathologic condition underlying myo- cardial
infarction and other acute coronary syndromes, is the major cause of death in
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TA Mixon, GJ Dehmer - The American journal of medicine, 2003 - Elsevier Care of the patient before and after percutaneous coronary interventions has
changed largely because of the increased use of stents. Important patient
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