Coronary artery disease
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Coronary artery disease · Aug 2012
The relationship between red blood cell distribution width and the clinical outcomes in non-ST elevation myocardial infarction and unstable angina pectoris: a 3-year follow-up.
Red blood cell distribution width (RDW), a marker of variation in the size of the circulating red blood cells, was evaluated in patients with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and unstable angina pectoris (UAP). ⋯ RDW is a readily available clinical laboratory value associated with long-term cardiovascular mortality in NSTEMI and UAP.
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Coronary artery disease · Aug 2012
Impact of diabetes mellitus on patients with unprotected left main coronary artery lesion disease treated with either percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary-artery bypass grafting.
This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of diabetes on patients with unprotected left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease treated with either percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG). ⋯ There was a prognostic impact of diabetes mellitus on treatment effects in patients with unprotected LMCA lesions who underwent DES or CABG. For patients with unprotected LMCA lesions, PCI with DES was an acceptable alternative to CABG at risk for higher repeat revascularization in the nondiabetic cohort, whereas in the diabetic cohort PCI with DES was inferior to CABG in terms of both safety and efficacy.