conclusions according to the results, there were no significant and meaningful differences comparing acs and csa groups of patients by ecds using three indicators of stenosis, plaque morphology and imt as indicators of atherosclerosis. results also display that patients with acs had more stenosis, more plaque and thicker intima–media, but these differences were not statistically significant (p ...

coronary  atherosclerotic  disease  is  one  of  the  most  endangering  health  disorder worldwide. this study was designed to investigate the correlation between hla-drβ1 alleles and circulating th1/th2 type cytokines in coronary atherosclerosis. by elisa, th1/th2 type cytokines were determined in serum samples of 31 subjects with unstable angina, 27 subjects with chronic stable angina and 24...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether neopterin concentrations in women with unstable angina differ from those in women with chronic stable angina. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING University hospital in south west London. PATIENTS 114 consecutive women with angina were studied: 82 had chronic stable angina (typical exertional chest pain, positive exercise ECG testing, and/or abnormal myoca...

background: significant elevation of cardiac biomarkers after percutaneous coronary intervention (pci) is associated with increased mortality. however, clinical importance of lesser degrees of cardiac enzyme elevation has not been well understood. multiple factors might have an etiologic role, and the incidence of myonecrosis has not changed dramatically despite pharmacological and technologica...

N Engl J Med 2005;352:2524-33. Copyright © 2005 Massachusetts Medical Society. A 47-year-old man reports a six-month history of intermittent chest discomfort while playing squash. He describes lower substernal tightness with numbness of the left upper arm only during exertion. He does not smoke. His father died suddenly at the age of 49 years. His blood pressure is 138/84 mm Hg. The level of to...

OBJECTIVES After participating in the CME activity, primary care physicians should be able to: 1. Identify the therapies that reduce mortality risk in patients with chronic stable angina versus those therapies that may reduce angina symptoms without affecting survival 2. Know the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) level at which cholesterol-lowering therapy should be initiated in persons with corona...

to study the newly mentioned significance of the obstructive lesion morphology in coronary artery disease (cad), a study has been designed to compare this feature between patients having stable angina (sa) or unstable angina (ua) who underwent coronary angiography in tehran heart institute. study objectives were detection of the angina producing artery (ap a) and its morphologic lesion type, de...