Incidence and prognosis of stent thrombosis following percutaneous coronary intervention in Middle Eastern patients: The First Jordanian Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Registry (JoPCR1)

The Importance of the First Jordanian Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Registry

In this issue of Heart Views, Alhaddad et al. report on The First Jordanian Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Registry 1 (JoPCR1).[1] Heart disease remains the major cause of death worldwide. To date, most of the data about patients with cardiovascular diseases were reported from the developed countries. Although cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in the Middle East, data about ...

Outcomes of Middle Eastern Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The Primary Analysis of the First Jordanian PCI Registry

AIM This is a prospective multicenter registry designed to evaluate the incidence of adverse cardiovascular events in Middle Eastern patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). The registry was also designed to determine the predictors of poor outcomes in such patients. METHODS AND RESULTS We enrolled 2426 consecutive patients who underwent PCI at 12 tertiary care centers i...

Cultivating Prognosis Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

published online Mar 31, 2010; J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Dean J. Kereiakes Score American College of Cardiology/National Cardiovascular Data Registry Risk Cultivating Prognosis Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The This information is current as of April 1, 2010 http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/full/j.jacc.2010.02.004v1 located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of th...

Dynamic changes in purine catabolism in patients with acute coronary syndrome that underwent percutaneous coronary intervention

Background: Cardiovascular diseases are global problems. They are causes of death in about 43% of people worldwide and may become the most widespread reason of death by 2020. The prognosis is directly dependent to immediate diagnosis and on time treatment. Introduction of new biochemical markers as the early diagnosis of complications after coronary revascularization is very important in this p...

In stent restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention