Coronary Artery Disease
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Sex-specific trends in midlife coronary heart disease risk and prevalence.

24 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: While recent data indicate that stroke prevalence in women at midlife is double that of similarly aged men in the United States, little is known about current sex-specific trends in symptomatic cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to ... Read more...

Abnormal regional left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: clinical significance of post-ischemic diastolic stunning.

18 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to characterize both regional left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic function after percutaneous coronary intervention by using strain imaging (SI) derived from 2-dimensional speckle-tracking ... Read more...

Association of electrocardiographic abnormalities with coronary artery calcium and carotid artery intima-media thickness in individuals without clinical coronary heart disease (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [MESA]).

13 Oct 2009 Isolated minor nonspecific ST-segment and T-wave abnormalities (NSSTAs), minor and major electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities are established, independent risk markers for incident cardiovascular events. Their association with subclinical ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Coronary Artery Disease'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy at the time of coronary artery bypass surgery: when a friend turns mean-spirited. Nov 2009
• 64-slice multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) reduces other diagnostic studies for coronary artery disease. 30 Oct 2009
• Sex-specific trends in midlife coronary heart disease risk and prevalence. 24 Oct 2009
• Abnormal regional left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: clinical significance of post-ischemic diastolic stunning. 18 Oct 2009
• Association of electrocardiographic abnormalities with coronary artery calcium and carotid artery intima-media thickness in individuals without clinical coronary heart disease (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [MESA]). 13 Oct 2009
• Usefulness of carotid intima-media thickness in patients with diabetes mellitus as a predictor of coronary artery disease. 13 Oct 2009
• Major depression and coronary flow reserve detected by positron emission tomography. 10 Oct 2009
• Using nontraditional risk factors in coronary heart disease risk assessment: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. 4 Oct 2009
• Summaries for patients. Using nontraditional risk factors to estimate risk for coronary heart disease. 4 Oct 2009
• Cardiovascular risk assessment in antiretroviral-naïve HIV patients. 29 Sep 2009
• Long-term combination antiretroviral therapy is associated with the risk of coronary plaques in African Americans with HIV infection. 29 Sep 2009
• Evaluation of myocardial viability with thallium-201 infusion MPSPECT after oral glucose application in patients with chronic coronary artery disease. 29 Sep 2009
• Consultation section. Cataract surgical problem. 29 Sep 2009
• Exercise above the ischemic threshold and serum markers of myocardial injury. 29 Sep 2009
• No association between vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and coronary artery disease in a Chinese population. 29 Sep 2009
• Acute coronary syndromes: diagnosis and management, part I. 29 Sep 2009
• Prevalence and prognostic significance of incidental cardiac troponin T elevation in ambulatory patients with stable coronary artery disease: data from the Heart and Soul study. 29 Sep 2009
• Drug-eluting stents: a study of international practice. 29 Sep 2009
• Association of aortic valve calcification to the presence, extent, and composition of coronary artery plaque burden: from the Rule Out Myocardial Infarction using Computer Assisted Tomography (ROMICAT) trial. 29 Sep 2009
• Cardiovascular events with absent or minimal coronary calcification: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). 29 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Coronary Artery Disease'

Definition: Pathological processes of CORONARY ARTERIES that may derive from a congenital abnormality, atherosclerotic, or non-atherosclerotic cause.

Descriptor UI: D003324

Alternative terms: Coronary Artery Disease; Artery Disease, Coronary; Artery Diseases, Coronary; Coronary Artery Diseases; Disease, Coronary Artery; Diseases, Coronary Artery; Coronary Arteriosclerosis; Arterioscleroses, Coronary; Coronary Arterioscleroses; Atherosclerosis, Coronary; Atheroscleroses, Coronary; Coronary Atheroscleroses; Coronary Atherosclerosis; Arteriosclerosis, Coronary;

Related Mesh Headings: Atherectomy, Coronary;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C14.280.647.250.260; C14.907.137.126.339; C14.907.585.250.260;

History Note: 2008 (1987); for CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS use CORONARY DISEASE 1974-1986; for CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE use CORONARY DISEASE 1986-2001