Gender PCI

Although guidelines recommend early aspirin administration after diagnosis of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the decision of pretransfer aspirin administration is at the discretion of the primary physicians. Therefore, this study aimed to determine whether pretransfer aspirin administration was associated with better angiographical outcomes in patients with STEMI. This study compared the angiographic findings of thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) flow grade in the infarct-related artery before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) between patients who received pretransfer aspirin and those who did not...

IntroductionMalign peritoneal mesothelioma (MPM) is an uncommon disease that is difficult to treat. Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS-HIPEC) are the gold standards for treating MPM. Sometimes extreme cytoreductive surgery (eCRS) is required to achieve complete cytoreduction, which is one of the most important prognostic factors. There is limited information in the literature about the contribution of eCRS in patients with MPM. In this study, we aimed to investigate the impact of eCRS on survival and perioperative outcomes...

INTRODUCTION: The door-to-balloon time, the time between a patient's arrival at the hospital and percutaneous coronary intervention, is crucial for managing myocardial infarction. Aiming for less than 90 minutes is recommended, as shortened times are associated with improved outcomes. However, limited healthcare resources, infrastructure, transportation and poverty impact management, leading to poorer outcomes and delayed door to balloon time. Addressing these challenges and their causes is essential for optimal care...

BACKGROUND: The protective effect of Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) on the cardiovascular system has been reported, however, whether it can promote early recovery of cardiac function and alleviate cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction (MI) remains to be elucidated. Whether CoQ10 may regulate the macrophage-mediated pro-inflammatory response after MI and its potential mechanism are worth further exploration. METHODS: To determine the baseline plasma levels of CoQ10 by LC-MS/MS, healthy controls and MI patients (n = 11 each) with age- and gender-matched were randomly enrolled...

BACKGROUND: The blood-urea-nitrogen (BUN)-to-serum-albumin (ALB) ratio (BAR) has been identified as a novel indicator of both inflammatory and nutritional status, exhibiting a correlation with adverse cardiovascular outcomes. This study aims to investigate the potential predictive value of BAR levels at admission for the development of CIN in patients undergoing coronary angiography (CAG) or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). METHODS: Retrospective data were collected from patients who were admitted and underwent CAG or PCI between January 2018 and December 2022 at the Cardiac Medical Center of Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, and the patients were divided into CIN and non-CIN groups...

BACKGROUND: The geographical disparity in the pathophysiological pattern of coronary artery disease (CAD) among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is unknown. OBJECTIVES: To elucidate the geographical variance in the pathophysiological characteristics of CAD. METHODS: Physiological indices derived from angiography-based fractional flow reserve pullbacks from patients with chronic coronary syndrome enrolled in the ASET Japan (n = 206) and ASET Brazil (n = 201) studies, which shared the same eligibility criteria, were analysed...

PURPOSE: There are well-known gender differences in mortality of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Our purpose was to assess factors of hospital mortality separately for men and women with STEMI, which are less well known. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In 2018-2019, 485 men and 214 women with STEMI underwent treatment with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We retrospectively compared baseline characteristics, treatments and hospital complications between men and women, as well as between nonsurviving and surviving men and women with STEMI...

BACKGROUND: Scientific research regarding male-female differences in ascending aortic surgery is scarce. The objective of this study was to identify male-female differences in presentation, treatment and peri-operative outcome in elective ascending aortic surgery. METHODS: Elective ascending aortic surgery procedures that took place in the Netherlands between 01/01/2013-31/12/2017 were identified from the Netherlands Heart Registration. Male-female differences in presentation, treatment characteristics, and in-hospital mortality and morbidity were explored...

BACKGROUND: Lowering lipid variability may be a potential strategy for improving the inflammatory state in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). This study investigated the association between the variability of non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) and the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR). METHODS: This study enrolled 2,711 CHD patients subjected to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). During the 1-year follow-up period after PCI, the variability of non-HDL-C was assessed using standard deviation (SD), coefficient of variation (CV), and variability independent of mean (VIM)...

BACKGROUND: Impact of gender on heart remodeling after acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and consequently on development of heart failure (HF) remains to be elucidated. METHODS: CORALYS is a multicenter, retrospective, observational registry enrolling consecutive patients admitted for ACS and treated with percutaneous coronary intervention. HF hospitalization was the primary endpoint while all-cause mortality and the composite endpoint of incidence of first HF hospitalization and cardiovascular mortality were the secondary ones...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Leptin is a hormone involved in the regulation of food intake. Previous studies suggested an interplay between leptin, platelet aggregation, and cardiovascular outcome but this issue was not investigated in vivo in patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We designed a study to evaluate the possible relation between leptin, cardiovascular outcome, and platelet reactivity (PR) in patients undergoing PCI. METHODS: 155 PCI patients had preprocedural measurements of PR and leptin plasma levels...

BACKGROUND: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been shown to improve health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). The objectives of this study were to assess the changes in HRQoL and factors influencing these changes in CAD patients after undergoing PCI. METHODS: Data from a nationwide PCI registry across 39 hospitals in Thailand were collected in 2018-2019, including baseline characteristics, comorbid diseases, angiographic CAD severity, procedural details, and type of health insurance...

UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Platelets play a pivotal role in thrombotic events associated with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), making oral antiplatelet therapy a cornerstone in antithrombotic strategies. The dosing regimen for the oral antiplatelet drug ticagrelor warrants evaluation to ensure its appropriateness in clinical practice. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the real-world clinical application of ticagrelor by determining the optimal therapeutic concentration of ticagrelor in Chinese patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)...

BACKGROUND: Gender-specific outcomes after percutaneous coronary interventions were studied by a number of research groups with different endpoints and cohorts of different ethnic extractions. The purpose of this report is to use propensity score matching to determine gender-specific differences in clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary interventions with polymer-free sirolimus-coated stents. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The basis for this post hoc analysis was two large all-comers studies with prospectively enrolled patients from Europe and Asia...

PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to compare the speech fluency performance of non-fluent participants namely people with stuttering (PWS), people with cluttering (PWC) and people with cluttering and stuttering (PWCS) with a fluent control group using the Turkish version of Predictive Cluttering Inventory-revised (TR-PCI-r). METHODS: The study recruited non-fluent individuals (n = 60) and fluent controls (n = 60) between the ages of 6 and 55...

Objective: To evaluate the association between digestive tract cancer and anatomical severity of coronary artery disease. Methods: This study enrolled 142 patients with digestive tract cancer who underwent coronary angiography in the Department of Cardiology of the First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital from 2009 to 2020 as the cancer group. The patients in cancer group were matched with 426 non-cancer patients who underwent coronary angiography at our hospital during the same period in a 1∶3 ratio based on gender and age...

INTRODUCTION: The size of the coronary artery influences the effective outcome of therapeutic measures like coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), and diagnosis of coronary artery disease. Patients' age, gender, BMI, anatomical variations, and increased left ventricular size all have an effect on coronary artery parameters. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to compare the average size of the coronary arteries of the Pakistani population in both sexes for manifestation of coronary artery disease...

OBJECTIVES: This study aims to contribute to the body of literature on gender disparities after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI). METHODS: We identified all adult patients who had AMI between January 2017, and December 2022 and were in follow-up at our institute. We collected data on PPCI, revascularization strategy, sociodemographic characteristics, and in-hospital complications in the years following the procedure...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] to prealbumin (PA) ratio and the N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) to left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ratio for the prediction of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). METHODS: A 1:1 matched case-control study was performed to retrospectively analyze ACS patients who underwent PCI from January 2022 to June 2022...

Coronary bifurcation lesions are frequent challenging findings during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Contemporary evidence has explored the potential sex-specific differences in patients undergoing PCI. In the present meta-analysis, we compared clinical outcomes of patients undergoing bifurcation PCI between women and men. Using the random-effects method, we compared the clinical outcomes of patients with a coronary bifurcation lesion following PCI between women and men. The results were reported using relative risk (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI)...