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Obesity paradox has been described in various populations of coronary artery disease, mainly asymptomatic subjects. However, relationship between obesity and coronary artery calcification detected by cardiac CT in symptomatic patients has rarely been demonstrated. This study seeks to investigate

BACKGROUND Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ARCAPA) is a rare congenital anomaly with an incidence of 0.002%. CASE REPORT A 58-year-old African American female with a history of diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension was evaluated for shortness of

BACKGROUND: Caribbean-born blacks (CBB) have been reported to have lower coronary artery disease mortality rates than US-born blacks (UBB). We assessed whether CBB have a lower prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors compared to UBB. METHODS: Non-Hispanic blacks (n = 275) hospitalized for chest

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare men and women with unexplained chest pain (UCP) to a randomly selected population sample free of clinical heart disease with regard to sleep problems, mental strain at work, stress at home, negative life events and health-related quality of life

BACKGROUND Acute chest pain (CP) is a potentially related both to acute coronary syndrome and to other morbidities; this means that 2%-10% patients with cardiogenic CP are improperly discharged from the Emergency Room (ER). In order to identify risk to develop cardiovascular (CV) events in patients

OBJECTIVE To investigate the dose reduction potential of low kV triple-rule-out dual-source CT angiography (TRO-CTA) in non-obese (BMI ≤ 25 kg/m(2)) patients with acute chest pain. METHODS Sixty consecutive patients were randomly assigned to two different retrospectively ECG-gated TRO-CTA protocols

OBJECTIVE Improving risk stratification of patients experiencing acute chest pain with non-revealing electrocardiogram and cardiac biomarkers could reduce missed acute coronary syndrome and avoid unnecessary hospitalization. METHODS We assessed the ability of situational, circumstantial, and other

BACKGROUND Depression is a modifiable coronary risk factor (CRF) that is 2 times more prevalent in women. OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence and severity of depression in women admitted with chest pain to an emergency department (ED) observation unit (ED-CPC) and to determine acceptance of a

Coronary heart disease is a serious complication of dyslipidemia. Pitavastatin is a more commonly prescribed medication for the treatment of dyslipidemia. Here, we report the case of a 37-year-old female, a known patient with well-controlled bronchial asthma. She was recently found to be

OBJECTIVE To describe changes in chest pain and dyspnoea during a period of 15 years after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and to define factors at the time of operation that were associated with the occurrence of these symptoms after 15 years. METHODS Prospective observational study in

The most common cause of morbidity and mortality all over the world is Coronary artery disease. The traditional risk factors for Coronary artery disease are hypertension, diabetes mellitus, family history, smoking, dyslipidaemia and obesity. Chest pain and dyspnoea are the two common complaints of