Heart : official journal of the British Cardiac Society
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To examine the long-term outcome of patients evaluated in a rapid assessment chest pain clinic (RACPC): are "low-risk" patients safely reassured? ⋯ The RACPC was effective at triaging patients with chest pain. Patients identified as at "low risk" were unlikely to have an adverse coronary outcome and were appropriately reassured.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effects of stem cell therapy with G-CSF on coronary artery after drug-eluting stent implantation in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
The effects of stem cell therapy on the coronary vasculature were investigated in patients with acute myocardial infarction who underwent peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) therapy in the MAGIC Cell-3-DES study. ⋯ Intracoronary infusion of PBSCs mobilised with G-CSF does not aggravate de novo atherosclerotic lesion and neointimal hyperplasia with DES implantation. However, it may induce peri-stent tissue growth at the stented segment, especially in patients receiving PES. Its clinical significance needs to be evaluated with long-term follow-up.
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Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Women's Recovery from Sternotomy-Extension (WREST-E) study: examining long-term pain and discomfort following sternotomy and their predictors.
To examine incision and breast pain and discomfort, and their predictors in women 12 months following sternotomy. ⋯ Patients reported incision and breast pain and discomfort as long as 12 months post-sternotomy. Improved management of postoperative pain and discomfort up to at least 12 weeks following surgery may render reduced long-term pain and discomfort symptoms.