major coronary event

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major coronary event

The occurrence of sudden cardiac death or a confirmed fatal or nonfatal myocardial infarction, diagnosed by EKG and/or cardiac enzyme changes.
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acute coronary event and major adverse cardiac event) HRs > 1 were found also in quartiles 2 and 3, whereas for stroke the increased risk was limited to the highest quartile.
Blood cadmium levels and incident cardiovascular events during follow-up in a population-based cohort of Swedish adults: the Malmo Diet and Cancer Study
The prospective study " Catastrophic health expenditure after acute coronary events in Asia" states that Indians and Chinese have to undergo maximum ' out of pocket' costs and suffer maximum catastrophic health spend when hospitalised after heart attack ( Acute Coronary Syndromes), or ACS, in Asia.
WHO links heart attacks to poverty
The Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE score) [6] was also applied to evaluate the characteristics of the acute coronary event (20).
Effect of a comprehensive ambulatory care model on outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndrome in Colombia/ Efecto de un modelo integral de atencion ambulatoria sobre los resultados en pacientes con sindrome coronario agudo en Colombia
In the present study, we found decreased plasma adiponectin concentrations in the patients with diabetes which was further lower in patients with an acute coronary event indicating that it may be a predictor of macroangiopathy.
Association between plasma adiponectin and risk of myocardial infarction in Asian Indian patient with diabetes
Reyes' motion said the Taguig-Pateros hospital is not equipped with the facilities for such an acute coronary event.
Gigi Reyes asks court for longer stay in Philippine Heart Center
Granger CB, Goldberg RJ, Dabbous O, Predictors of hospital mortality in the global registry of acute coronary events.
Validacion de las escalas de riesgo TIMI y GRACE para el sindrome coronario agudo en una cohorte contemporanea de pacientes
After adjusting for various potential confounding factors such as age, sex, body mass index, smoking, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, family history of cardiovascular disease and adherence to the Mediterranean diet, results confirmed that those occupied in progressively less physically demanding jobs (that is, for each unit increase of the scale) were associated with a 20 percentlower likelihood of acute coronary events (a statistically significant odds ratio of 0.
Physically demanding jobs boost heart disease risk
Once a patient is identified as being at high-risk for an acute coronary event, he or she is put onto a care path or protocol, and cardiac markers are tested periodically," said Christenson.
Heart attack misdiagnosis: What role for cardiac markers?
The ADLIB Project, which stands for The Acute Coronary Event DNA LIBrary, was launched last October.
Home is where the heart is
Only patients with the first acute coronary event were assessed.
Predictive value of mean platelet volume in young patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: a retrospective observational study/ST-yukselmesiz akut koroner sendromlu genc hastalarda ortalama trombosit hacminin ongordurucu degeri: geriye donuk gozlemsel bir calisma
Washington, June 21 ( ANI ): One in eight people who suffer a heart attack or other acute coronary event experience clinically significant symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a meta-analysis of 24 studies has revealed.
PTSD doubles heart patient's risk for future cardiac event and death
That result led to the conclusion of "the lower the better" for LDL-C after an acute coronary event.
HMG CoA reduction in patients with average cholesterol concentrations

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