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Outcomes According to Cardiac Catheterization Referral and Clopidogrel Use Among Medicare Patients With Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Discharged Without In-hospital Revascularization.
(J Am Heart Assoc, 2016-03-14)
BACKGROUND: While use of P2Y12 receptor inhibitor is recommended by guidelines, few
studies have examined its effectiveness among older non-ST-segment elevation myocardial
infarction patients who did not undergo coronary ...
Simplified Predictive Instrument to Rule Out Acute Coronary Syndromes in a High-Risk Population.
(J Am Heart Assoc, 2015-12-14)
BACKGROUND: It is unclear whether diagnostic protocols based on cardiac markers to
identify low-risk chest pain patients suitable for early release from the emergency
department can be applied to patients older than 65 years ...
Quality of Life and Recommendations for Further Care.
(Crit Care Med, 2016-11)
OBJECTIVES: Physician recommendations for further medical treatment or palliative
treatment only at the end of life may influence patient decisions. Little is known
about the patient characteristics that affect physician-assessed ...
A genome-wide association study of variants associated with acquisition of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in a healthcare setting.
(BMC Infect Dis, 2014-02-13)
BACKGROUND: Humans vary in their susceptibility to acquiring Staphylococcus aureus
infection, and research suggests that there is a genetic basis for this variability.
Several recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) ...
Blood pressure level impacts risk of death among HIV seropositive adults in Kenya: a retrospective analysis of electronic health records.
(BMC Infect Dis, 2014-05-22)
BACKGROUND: Mortality among people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
is increasingly due to non-communicable causes. This has been observed mostly in developed
countries and the routine care of HIV infected ...
Metronomic chemotherapy with daily, oral etoposide plus bevacizumab for recurrent malignant glioma: a phase II study.
(Br J Cancer, 2009-12-15)
BACKGROUND: We evaluated bevacizumab with metronomic etoposide among recurrent malignant
glioma patients in a phase 2, open-label trial. METHODS: A total of 59 patients, including
27 with glioblastoma (GBM) and 32 with grade ...
Gene Expression Profiles Link Respiratory Viral Infection, Platelet Response to Aspirin, and Acute Myocardial Infarction.
(PLoS One, 2015)
BACKGROUND: Influenza infection is associated with myocardial infarction (MI), suggesting
that respiratory viral infection may induce biologic pathways that contribute to MI.
We tested the hypotheses that 1) a validated ...
Long-term outcome and impact of surgery on adults with coronary arteries originating from the opposite coronary cusp.
(Circulation, 2011-01-18)
BACKGROUND: An anomalous coronary artery from the opposite sinus of Valsalva may increase
sudden death risk in children and young adults, and surgical intervention is often
recommended. The impact of this lesion when recognized ...
Factors associated with isolated right heart failure in women: a pilot study from western Kenya.
(Glob Heart, 2014-06)
BACKGROUND: Small observational studies have found that isolated right heart failure
(IRHF) is prevalent among women of sub-Saharan Africa. Further, several risk factors
for the development of IRHF have been identified. ...
The TALKS study to improve communication, logistical, and financial barriers to live donor kidney transplantation in African Americans: protocol of a randomized clinical trial.
(BMC Nephrol, 2015-10-09)
BACKGROUND: Live donor kidney transplantation (LDKT), an optimal therapy for many
patients with end-stage kidney disease, is underutilized, particularly by African
Americans. Potential recipient difficulties initiating and ...