Coronary Vessels

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "Left main equivalent" coronary artery disease: its clinical presentation and prognostic significance with nonsurgical therapy. 
  • A canine model of acute coronary artery thrombosis for the evaluation of reperfusion strategies. 
  • A comparison of debulking versus dilatation of bifurcation coronary arterial narrowings (from the CAVEAT I Trial). Coronary Angioplasty Versus Excisional Atherectomy Trial-I. 
  • A comparison of mechanical and laser transmyocardial revascularization for induction of angiogenesis and arteriogenesis in chronically ischemic myocardium. 
  • A comparison of mortality, myocardial infarction, and repeated revascularization for sirolimus-eluting and paclitaxel-eluting coronary stents. 
  • A definition of initial, fatty streak, and intermediate lesions of atherosclerosis. A report from the Committee on Vascular Lesions of the Council on Arteriosclerosis, American Heart Association. 
  • A definition of initial, fatty streak, and intermediate lesions of atherosclerosis. A report from the Committee on Vascular Lesions of the Council on Arteriosclerosis, American Heart Association. 
  • A minimally invasive, algorithm-based approach for anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery. 
  • A piece-wise non-linear elastic stress expression of human and pig coronary arteries tested in vitro. 
  • A pooled analysis of coronary arterial patency and left ventricular function after intravenous thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction. 
  • A rapid, effective technique for retrograde crossing of valvular aortic stenosis using standard coronary catheters. 
  • A technical problem in the calculation of laminar flow near irregular surfaces described by sampled geometric data. 
  • ASE/SCA guidelines for performing a comprehensive intraoperative multiplane transesophageal echocardiography examination: recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography Council for Intraoperative Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Task Force for Certification in Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. 
  • ASE/SCA guidelines for performing a comprehensive intraoperative multiplane transesophageal echocardiography examination: recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography Council for Intraoperative Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Task Force for Certification in Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. 
  • Accuracy and interobserver variability of coronary cineangiography: a comparison with postmortem evaluation. 
  • Accuracy of diagnosis of coronary artery disease by radionuclide management of left ventricular function during rest and exercise. 
  • Accuracy of digital angiography for quantitation of normal coronary luminal segments in excised, perfused hearts. 
  • Activation in the region of parabrachial nucleus elicits neurogenically mediated coronary vasoconstriction. 
  • Acute results, complications, and effect of lesion characteristics on outcome with the solid-state, pulsed-wave, mid-infrared laser angioplasty system: final multicenter registry report. Holmium:YAG Laser Multicenter Investigators. 
  • Adjuvant therapy for intracoronary stents. Investigations in atherosclerotic swine. 
  • Advanced coronary artery disease: Appropriate end points for trials of novel therapies. 
  • Adventitial fibroblasts: backstage journeymen. 
  • Age-related macular degeneration and progression of coronary artery calcium: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. 
  • Alterations of myocardial blood flow associated with experimental canine left ventricular hypertrophy secondary to valvular aortic stenosis. 
  • Altered phosphate metabolism in myocardial infarction: P-31 MR spectroscopy. 
  • Anatomic distribution of the culprit lesion in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: findings from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Anatomical and functional imaging of myocardial infarction in mice using micro-CT and eXIA 160 contrast agent. 
  • Apoptosis during coronary artery orifice development in the chick embryo. 
  • Application of quantitative coronary angiography in a cineless environment: in vivo assessment of a fully automated system for clinical use. 
  • Assessing cardiac injury in mice with dual energy-microCT, 4D-microCT, and microSPECT imaging after partial heart irradiation. 
  • Assessment of contemporary stent deployment using intravascular ultrasound. 
  • Assessment of microvascular injury after acute myocardial infarction: importance of the area at risk. 
  • Assessment of retrograde cardioplegia distribution using contrast echocardiography. 
  • Associations of cortisol/testosterone and cortisol/sex hormone-binding globulin ratios with atherosclerosis in middle-age women. 
  • Asymmetric-echo, short TE, retrospectively gated MR imaging of the heart and pulmonary vessels. 
  • Barotrauma and air embolism in hyperbaric oxygen therapy. 
  • Beta adrenergic and muscarinic cholinergic receptors in canine myocardium. Effects of ischemia. 
  • Bioabsorbable Intracoronary Matrix for Prevention of Ventricular Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction. 
  • CAD-RADS(TM) Coronary Artery Disease - Reporting and Data System. An expert consensus document of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT), the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI). Endorsed by the American College of Cardiology. 
  • Calpain inhibition improves collateral-dependent perfusion in a hypercholesterolemic swine model of chronic myocardial ischemia. 
  • Cardiac angiosarcoma presenting with right coronary artery pseudoaneurysm. 
  • Cardiac constriction following aorta-to-coronary bypass surgery. 
  • Catheter-mediated subselective intracoronary gene delivery to the rabbit heart: introduction of a novel method. 
  • Changes in epicardial coronary arterial diameter following intracoronary papaverine in man. 
  • Changing efficacy of coronary revascularization. Implications for patient selection. 
  • Clinical and angiographic outcomes with sirolimus-eluting stents in total coronary occlusions: the ACROSS/TOSCA-4 (Approaches to Chronic Occlusions With Sirolimus-Eluting Stents/Total Occlusion Study of Coronary Arteries-4) trial. 
  • Clinical and economic lessons from studies of coronary thrombolysis. 
  • Clinical and economic lessons from studies of coronary thrombolysis. 
  • Clinical applications of coronary sinus retroperfusion during high risk percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. 
  • Clinical implementation of an emergency department coronary computed tomographic angiography protocol for triage of patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome. 
  • Clinical outcomes in real-world patients with small vessel disease treated with XIENCE V® everolimus-eluting stents: one year results from the XIENCE V® USA condition of approval post-market study. 
  • Clinical value of coronary bypass graft evaluation with CT. 
  • Combining clinical and angiographic variables for estimating risk of target lesion revascularization after drug eluting stent placement. 
  • Comparative value of coronary artery calcium and multiple blood biomarkers for prognostication of cardiovascular events. 
  • Comparing off-pump and on-pump clinical outcomes and costs for diabetic cardiac surgery patients. 
  • Comparison of coronary artery dynamics pre- and post-stenting. 
  • Comparison of high-dose and medium-dose propranolol in the relief of exercise-induced myocardial ischemia. 
  • Comparison of low risk and higher risk profiles in middle age to frequency and quantity of coronary artery calcium years later. 
  • Comparison of slow oscillating versus fast balloon inflation strategies for coronary angioplasty. 
  • Compressed sensing with wavelet domain dependencies for coronary MRI: a retrospective study. 
  • Compressed-sensing motion compensation (CosMo): a joint prospective-retrospective respiratory navigator for coronary MRI. 
  • Compressibility of perfused passive myocardium. 
  • Compromised atrial coronary anatomy is associated with atrial arrhythmias and atrioventricular block complicating acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Consensus document: antithrombotic therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing coronary stenting. A North-American perspective. 
  • Continuously updated 12-lead ST-segment recovery analysis for myocardial infarct artery patency assessment and its correlation with multiple simultaneous early angiographic observations. 
  • Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Compared With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Proximal Left Anterior Descending Artery Treatment in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome: Analysis From the ACUITY Trial. 
  • Coronary Artery Disease - Reporting and Data System (CAD-RADS): An Expert Consensus Document of SCCT, ACR and NASCI: Endorsed by the ACC. 
  • Coronary and systemic hemodynamic effects of glucagon in the intact unanesthetized dog. 
  • Coronary artery dynamics in vivo. 
  • Coronary artery hemodynamics after aorto-coronary artery vein bypass. An experimental evaluation. 
  • Coronary artery involvement in children with Kawasaki disease: risk factors from analysis of serial normalized measurements. 
  • Coronary artery perforation during excimer laser coronary angioplasty. The percutaneous Excimer Laser Coronary Angioplasty Registry. 
  • Coronary artery restenosis after atherectomy is primarily due to negative remodeling. 
  • Coronary artery stents. American College of Cardiology. 
  • Coronary artery: quantitative evaluation of normal diameter determined with electron-beam CT compared with cine coronary angiography initial experience. 
  • Coronary constriction to angiotensin II is enhanced by endothelial superoxide production in sheep programmed by dexamethasone. 
  • Coronary hemodynamic responses to paired ventricular stimulation in the awake dog. 
  • Coronary patency, infarct size and left ventricular function after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: results from the tissue plasminogen activator: Toronto (TPAT) placebo-controlled trial. TPAT Study Group. 
  • Coronary revascularization in lung transplant recipients with concomitant coronary artery disease. 
  • Coronary sinus atrial pacing: radiographic considerations. 
  • Coronary stent patency: dual-energy multidetector CT assessment in a pilot study with anthropomorphic phantom. 
  • Coronary vasodilation after a single ventricular extra-activation in the conscious dog. 
  • Correlation of concentrations of high-sensitivity troponin T and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein with plaque progression as measured by CT coronary angiography. 
  • Culprit-only or multivessel revascularization in patients with acute coronary syndromes: an American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Database Registry report. 
  • Delivery of primary autologous skeletal myoblasts into rabbit heart by coronary infusion: a potential approach to myocardial repair. 
  • Demonstration of coronary artery myogenic vasoconstriction in the awake dog. 
  • Detection of angiographically silent coronary atherosclerosis by intracoronary ultrasonography. 
  • Development of a model of the coronary arterial tree for the 4D XCAT phantom. 
  • Development of a new technique for reducing pressure pulse generation during 308-nm excimer laser coronary angioplasty. 
  • Development of surgical treatments for coronary artery disease. 
  • Development of the coronary blood supply: changing concepts and current ideas. 
  • Diastolic coronary resistance and capacitance are independent of the duration of diastole. 
  • Different vascular responses within the same stent detected by optical coherence tomography. 
  • Direct evidence that coronary perfusion affects diastolic myocardial mechanical properties in canine heart. 
  • Dissociation of ST segment elevation and regional wall motion with open-artery, intracoronary Fluosol. 
  • Distinct mouse coronary anatomy and myocardial infarction consequent to ligation. 
  • Early and late outcome following deployment of a new flexible tantalum intracoronary stent in dogs. 
  • Early assessment of rest and exercise left ventricular function following coronary artery surgery. 
  • Early gestation dexamethasone programs enhanced postnatal ovine coronary artery vascular reactivity. 
  • Echocardiographic Confirmation of Coronary Blood Flow. 
  • Echocardiographic visualization of coronary artery anatomy in the adult. 
  • Economic implications of the prophylactic use of intraaortic balloon counterpulsation in the setting of acute myocardial infarction. The Randomized IABP Study Group. Intraaortic Balloon Pump. 
  • Editor's page: fundamentals in neurocardiology: the brain-platelet-coronary artery interface. 
  • Effect of aminophylline on coronary reactive and functional hyperaemic response in conscious dogs. 
  • Effect of atrial natriuretic factor on transmural myocardial blood flow distribution in the dog. 
  • Effect of basic fibroblast growth factor on myocardial angiogenesis in dogs with mature collateral vessels. 
  • Effect of brief myocardial ischemia on sympathetic coronary vasoconstriction. 
  • Effect of hyperoxia on regional blood flow after coronary occlusion in awake dogs. 
  • Effect of nitroglycerin on myocardial collateral conductance in awake dogs. 
  • Effect of pressor amines on myocardial blood flow in the dog. Quantitative evaluation utilizing radiodilution techniques. 
  • Effect of subintimal resection on initial outcome and restenosis for native coronary lesions and saphenous vein graft disease treated by directional coronary atherectomy. A report from the CAVEAT I and II investigators. Coronary Angioplasty Versus Excisional Atherectomy Trial. 
  • Effects of Testosterone Administration for 3 Years on Subclinical Atherosclerosis Progression in Older Men With Low or Low-Normal Testosterone Levels: A Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Effects of a single intracoronary injection of basic fibroblast growth factor in stable angina pectoris. 
  • Effects of atrial natriuretic peptide on the coronary arterial vasculature in humans. 
  • Effects of beta-receptor blockade on the systemic and coronary hemodynamic response to an increasing ventricular rate in the unanesthetized dog. 
  • Effects of cardiac motion on right coronary artery hemodynamics. 
  • Effects of diphenylhydantoin on coronary and systemic haemodynamics in awake dogs. 
  • Effects of exercise- and pacing-induced tachycardia on coronary collateral flow in the awake dog. 
  • Effects of global ischemia on the diastolic properties of the left ventricle in the conscious dog. 
  • Effects of increased myocardial oxygen consumption on coronary reactive hyperemia in the awake dog. 
  • Effects of local heparin administration on coronary thrombin activity during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. 
  • Effects of myocardial water exchange on T1 enhancement during bolus administration of MR contrast agents. 
  • Effects of nitroglycerin on transmural myocardial blood flow in the unanesthetized dog. 
  • Effects of progesterone and estrogen on endothelial dysfunction in porcine coronary arteries. 
  • Efficient in vivo gene transfer into the heart in the rat myocardial infarction model using the HVJ (Hemagglutinating Virus of Japan)--liposome method. 
  • Electrocardiographic factors playing a role in ischemic ventricular fibrillation in ST elevation myocardial infarction are related to the culprit artery. 
  • Electrocardiographic identification of the culprit coronary artery in inferior wall ST elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Endothelial superoxide production is altered in sheep programmed by early gestation dexamethasone exposure. 
  • Endothelium modulation of the effects of nitroglycerin on blood vessels from dogs with pacing-induced heart failure. 
  • Endothelium-dependent relaxations in canine coronary arteries are enhanced in early heart failure and persist in recovery. 
  • Enhancement of cardiac function after adenoviral-mediated in vivo intracoronary beta2-adrenergic receptor gene delivery. 
  • Epicardial coronary artery compliance in the dog. 
  • Eptifibatide and low-dose tissue plasminogen activator in acute myocardial infarction: the integrilin and low-dose thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction (INTRO AMI) trial. 
  • Estrogen blocks homocysteine-induced endothelial dysfunction in porcine coronary arteries(1,2). 
  • Ethnic differences in coronary artery calcium in a healthy cohort aged 60 to 69 years. 
  • Evaluation of a QRS scoring system for estimating myocardial infarct size. II. Correlation with quantitative anatomic findings for anterior infarcts. 
  • Evaluation of a QRS scoring system for estimating myocardial infarct size. IV. Correlation with quantitative anatomic findings for posterolateral infarcts. 
  • Evaluation of artery visualizations for heart disease diagnosis. 
  • Evidence for myogenic vasomotor activity in the coronary circulation. 
  • Evolution and transmural distribution of collateral blood flow in acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Experimental evaluation of coronary hemodynamics after aorto-coronary bypass. 
  • Extent of coronary artery disease as a predictor of outcomes in acute myocardial infarction complicated by heart failure, left ventricular dysfunction, or both. 
  • Extracellular discontinuities in cardiac muscle: evidence for capillary effects on the action potential foot. 
  • Feasibility of 19F imaging of perfluorochemical emulsions to measure myocardial vascular volume. 
  • Fibroblast growth factor 23 is not associated with and does not induce arterial calcification. 
  • Finite-element analysis of balloon angioplasty. 
  • Five-year follow-up of the Sirolimus-Eluting Stents vs Vascular Brachytherapy for Bare Metal In-Stent Restenosis (SISR) trial. 
  • Frequency, clinical and angiographic characteristics, and outcomes of high-risk non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes patients with left circumflex culprit lesions. 
  • Gene therapy strategy for long-term myocardial protection using adeno-associated virus-mediated delivery of heme oxygenase gene. 
  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3β Inhibition Improves Myocardial Angiogenesis and Perfusion in a Swine Model of Metabolic Syndrome. 
  • Graded exercise stress tests in angiographically documented coronary artery disease. 
  • H(2)O(2)-induced O(2) production by a non-phagocytic NAD(P)H oxidase causes oxidant injury. 
  • Helium: absence of antiarrhythmic effect in anesthetized dogs. 
  • Heparin cofactor II in atherosclerotic lesions from the Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth (PDAY) study. 
  • Heterogeneity of vasomotor response to acetylcholine along the human coronary artery. 
  • High-resolution imaging of murine myocardial infarction with delayed-enhancement cine micro-CT. 
  • Histopathologic examination of material from angioplasty balloon catheters used in vivo in human coronary arteries. 
  • Hostility and platelet reactivity in individuals without a history of cardiovascular disease events. 
  • Hostility, coronary risk, and alpha-adrenergic to beta-adrenergic receptor density ratio. 
  • Hybrid Coronary Revascularization for the Treatment of Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease: A Multicenter Observational Study. 
  • Hyperemic response of the coronary circulation to brief diastolic occlusion in the conscious dog. 
  • Imaging of the coronary arteries by transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Impact of enalapril therapy on in vitro coronary artery responsiveness in pacing-induced heart failure. 
  • Impact of infarct artery patency on the relationship between electrocardiographic and ventriculographic evidence of acute myocardial ischaemia. 
  • Importance of early and complete reperfusion to achieve myocardial salvage after thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Improved Detection of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of Functional Parameters in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients. 
  • Improved technique for implanting electromagnetic flowmeter probes on the coronary artery. 
  • In vivo differences between endothelial transcriptional profiles of coronary and iliac arteries revealed by microarray analysis. 
  • In vivo validation of a catheter-based near-infrared spectroscopy system for detection of lipid core coronary plaques: initial results of the SPECTACL study. 
  • In vivo validation of compensatory enlargement of atherosclerotic coronary arteries. 
  • Incidence and predictors of lesion-specific ischemia by FFRCT: Learnings from the international ADVANCE registry. 
  • Incomplete relaxation between beats after myocardial hypoxia and ischemia. 
  • Increased accumulation of tissue ACE in human atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. 
  • Influence of a randomized clinical trial on practice by participating investigators: lessons from the Coronary Angioplasty Versus Excisional Atherectomy Trial (CAVEAT). CAVEAT I and II Investigators. 
  • Influence of curvature dynamics on pulsatile coronary artery flow in a realistic bifurcation model. 
  • Inhibitory role of the coronary arterial endothelium to alpha-adrenergic stimulation in experimental heart failure. 
  • Initial experience with multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention during mechanical reperfusion for acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Interaction between transient metabolically mediated dilatation and pressure induced constriction in the canine coronary artery. 
  • Intervening on small infarct-related arteries: what does the future hold? 
  • Intracardiac angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition improves diastolic function in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy due to aortic stenosis. 
  • Intracoronary KAI-9803 as an adjunct to primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Intracoronary adenovirus-mediated delivery and overexpression of the beta(2)-adrenergic receptor in the heart : prospects for molecular ventricular assistance. 
  • Intracoronary basic fibroblast growth factor enhances myocardial collateral perfusion in dogs. 
  • Intracoronary cardiosphere-derived cells for heart regeneration after myocardial infarction (CADUCEUS): a prospective, randomised phase 1 trial. 
  • Intracoronary ultrasound evaluation of interventional technologies. 
  • Intracoronary ultrasound predictors of adverse outcomes after coronary artery interventions. 
  • Intramyocardial air causes right ventricular dysfunction after repair of a congenital heart defect. 
  • Intraoperative detection of myocardial damage during coronary artery surgery by plasma creatine phosphokinase isoenzyme analysis. 
  • Investigating the effects of resveratrol on chronically ischemic myocardium in a swine model of metabolic syndrome: a proteomics analysis. 
  • Is visual interpretation of coronary epicardial flow reliable in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary angioplasty? Insights from the angiographic substudy of the Assessment of Pexelizumab in Acute Myocardial Infarction (APEX-AMI) trial. 
  • Limitation of the coronary vascular response to ischemia in the awake dog. 
  • Link between the angiographic substudy and mortality outcomes in a large randomized trial of myocardial reperfusion. Importance of early and complete infarct artery reperfusion. GUSTO-I Investigators. 
  • Local administration of L-703,081 using a composite polymeric stent reduces platelet deposition in canine coronary arteries. 
  • Local delivery of heparin post-PTCA: a multicenter randomized pilot study. 
  • Local drug delivery of argatroban from a polymeric-metallic composite stent reduces platelet deposition in a swine coronary model. 
  • Local effects of acute cellular injury on regional myocardial blood flow. 
  • Localization of mesenchymal stem cells grafted with a hyaluronan-based scaffold in the infarcted heart. 
  • Localizing coronary artery obstructions with the exercise treadmill test. 
  • Long-term outcome and impact of surgery on adults with coronary arteries originating from the opposite coronary cusp. 
  • Long-term survival from acute myocardial infarction: salutary effect of an open coronary vessel. 
  • Loss of Cardioprotective Effects at the ADAMTS7 Locus as a Result of Gene-Smoking Interactions. 
  • Low-dimensional-structure self-learning and thresholding: regularization beyond compressed sensing for MRI reconstruction. 
  • Low-level endotoxin induces potent inflammatory activation of human blood vessels: inhibition by statins. 
  • Lower Repeat Revascularization Rates Among Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery are Due to Lack of Adequate Target Vessels. 
  • Magnesium deficiency prolongs myocardial stunning in an open-chest swine model. 
  • Measurement of the transverse strain tensor in the coronary arterial wall from clinical intravascular ultrasound images. 
  • Medical approaches to prevention of restenosis after coronary angioplasty. 
  • Meta-Analysis Comparing Complete Revascularization Versus Infarct-Related Only Strategies for Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Drug-Eluting Stents Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Left Main Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Metaanalysis of five reported studies on the relation of early coronary patency grades with mortality and outcomes after acute myocardial infarction. 
  • MicroRNA-145 restores contractile vascular smooth muscle phenotype and coronary collateral growth in the metabolic syndrome. 
  • Microvascular integrity and the time course of myocardial sodium accumulation after acute infarction. 
  • Mitral cerclage annuloplasty, a novel transcatheter treatment for secondary mitral valve regurgitation: initial results in swine. 
  • Modulation of IL-33/ST2 system in postinfarction heart failure: correlation with cardiac remodelling markers. 
  • Motion and flow insensitive adiabatic T2 -preparation module for cardiac MR imaging at 3 Tesla. 
  • Multivessel vs culprit-only percutaneous coronary intervention among patients 65 years or older with acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Myocardial blood flow and function during gradual coronary occlusion in awake dog. 
  • Myocardial blood flow distribution during ischemia-induced coronary vasodilation in the unanesthetized dog. 
  • Myocardial blood flow in awake dogs with chronic tricuspid regurgitation. 
  • Myocardial function and transmural blood flow during coronary venous retroperfusion in pigs. 
  • Myocardial infarction and intramyocardial injection models in swine. 
  • Myocardial perfusion changes in patients irradiated for left-sided breast cancer and correlation with coronary artery distribution. 
  • Myocardial revascularization using the saphenous vein bypass: a pre- and postoperative assessment. 
  • Myogenic constriction of human coronary arterioles. 
  • Myonecrosis after revascularization procedures. 
  • NO forms an adduct with serum albumin that has endothelium-derived relaxing factor-like properties. 
  • Nationwide trends in the utilization of multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention (MVPCI) in the United States across different gender and ethnicities. 
  • Neurogenic influences on the coronary vascular response to ischemia in the awake dog. 
  • Neuropeptide Y/peptide YY receptor binding sites in the heart: localization and pharmacological characterization. 
  • New interventional technology for the management of multivessel coronary artery disease. 
  • New method of measuring coronary diameter by electron-beam computed tomographic angiography using adjusted thresholds determined by calibration with aortic opacity. 
  • Non-invasive prediction of reperfusion and coronary artery patency by continuous ST segment monitoring in the GUSTO-I trial. 
  • Noncoronary cardiac abnormalities are associated with coronary artery dilation and with laboratory inflammatory markers in acute Kawasaki disease. 
  • Noninvasive FFR Derived From Coronary CT Angiography: Management and Outcomes in the PROMISE Trial. 
  • Noninvasive assessment of patients following coronary artery angioplasty. 
  • Noninvasive detection of coronary artery patency using continuous ST-segment monitoring. 
  • Noninvasive detection of reperfusion after thrombolysis based on serum creatine kinase MB changes and clinical variables. TAMI 7 Study Group. Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Nonobstructive chronic cannulation of the left circumflex coronary artery of the dog. 
  • Norwood reconstruction using continuous coronary perfusion: a safe and translatable technique. 
  • Origin, Specification, and Plasticity of the Great Vessels of the Heart. 
  • Outcome in one-vessel coronary artery disease. 
  • Outcome of patients with diabetes mellitus and acute myocardial infarction treated with thrombolytic agents. The Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (TAMI) Study Group. 
  • Outcomes following interventions in small coronary arteries with the use of hand-crimped Palmaz-Schatz stents. 
  • P2Y12 Receptor Blockade and Myocardial Perfusion. 
  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Native Coronary Arteries Versus Bypass Grafts in Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Insights From the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment, Reporting, and Tracking Program. 
  • Percutaneous coronary intervention for older adults who present with syncope and coronary artery disease? Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty as palliation for patients considered poor surgical candidates. 
  • Performance of an automated real-time ST-segment analysis program to detect coronary occlusion and reperfusion. 
  • Perfusion balloon catheter. 
  • Perioperative Management of Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With New-Generation Drug-Eluting Metallic Stents and Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds Undergoing Elective Noncardiac Surgery. 
  • Pitfalls in quantitative contrast echocardiography: the steps to quantitation of perfusion. 
  • Population-level incidence and outcomes of myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA): Insights from the Alberta contemporary acute coronary syndrome patients invasive treatment strategies (COAPT) study. 
  • Postmortem validation of the automated coronary analysis (ACA) software package. 
  • Potential of an intracardiac electrogram for the rapid detection of coronary artery occlusion. 
  • Predicting target vessel revascularization in older patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in the drug-eluting stent era. 
  • Predicting the risk of abrupt vessel closure after angioplasty in an individual patient. 
  • Prediction of the infarct-related artery in acute myocardial infarction by a scoring system using summary ST-segment and T-wave changes. 
  • Predictors of 30-day mortality in patients with refractory cardiogenic shock following acute myocardial infarction despite a patent infarct artery. 
  • Predictors of coronary artery visualization in Kawasaki disease. 
  • Preliminary experience with intravenous P2Y12 platelet receptor inhibition as an adjunct to reduced-dose alteplase during acute myocardial infarction: results of the Safety, Tolerability and Effect on Patency in Acute Myocardial Infarction (STEP-AMI) angiographic trial. 
  • Preliminary observations using optical coherence tomography to assess neointimal coverage of a metal stent in a porcine model. 
  • Preoperative assessment of left ventricular function in patients selected for direct myocardial revascularization. 
  • Prinzmetal's angina, normal coronary arteries and pericarditis. 
  • Prognosis in medically stabilized unstable angina: early Holter ST-segment monitoring compared with predischarge exercise thallium tomography. 
  • Prognostic implications of TIMI flow grade in the infarct related artery compared with continuous 12-lead ST-segment resolution analysis. Reexamining the "gold standard" for myocardial reperfusion assessment. 
  • Prognostic value of a coronary artery jeopardy score. 
  • Protection of Distal Embolization in High-Risk Patients with Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (PREMIAR). 
  • Quantification of myocardial hypoperfusion with 99m Tc-sestamibi in patients undergoing prolonged coronary artery balloon occlusion. 
  • Race and sex differences in thrombogenicity: risk of ischemic events following coronary stenting. 
  • Radiochemical determination of [14C]procainamide in canine myocardium. 
  • Radionuclide studies in patients with congenital heart disease. 
  • Randomized comparison of the clinical outcome of single versus multiple arterial grafts: the ROMA trial-rationale and study protocol. 
  • Reactive oxygen species mediate arachidonic acid-induced dilation in porcine coronary microvessels. 
  • Reactivity of coronary arteries in relation to serum magnesium levels in patients with ischaemic heart disease--a quantitative coronary angiographic study. 
  • Recovery of systolic and diastolic left ventricular function after a 60-second coronary arterial occlusion during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for angina pectoris. 
  • Regional blood flow during pulsatile cardiopulmonary bypass and after circulatory arrest in an infant model. 
  • Regional myocardial blood flow in awake dogs. 
  • Regulation of endotoxin-induced proinflammatory activation in human coronary artery cells: expression of functional membrane-bound CD14 by human coronary artery smooth muscle cells. 
  • Relation between activated clotting time during angioplasty and abrupt closure. 
  • Relation between coronary artery stenosis assessed by visual, caliper, and computer methods and exercise capacity in patients with single-vessel coronary artery disease. The Veterans Affairs ACME Investigators. 
  • Relation between late patency of the infarct-related artery, left ventricular function, and clinical outcomes after primary percutaneous intervention for acute myocardial infarction (CADILLAC trial). 
  • Relation of Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Creatine Kinase-MB Elevations and New Q Waves With Long-Term Cardiovascular Death in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus and Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Relation of left ventricular mass to geometry of the proximal coronary arteries in the dog. 
  • Relation of severe coronary artery narrowing to insulin or thiazolidinedione use in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (from the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes Study). 
  • Relationship between release of platelet/endothelial biomarkers and plasma levels of sertraline and N-desmethylsertraline in acute coronary syndrome patients receiving SSRI treatment for depression. 
  • Relationship between retinal arteriolar narrowing and myocardial perfusion: multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. 
  • Relationship of LV compliance to coronary artery perfusion pressure in potassium-arrested canine heart during cardiopulmonary bypass. 
  • Report of the Council on Scientific Affairs: ultrasonic imaging of the heart: report of the Ultrasonography Task Force. 
  • Retrograde-delivered cardioplegia is not distributed equally to the right ventricular free wall and septum. 
  • Rheumatoid arthritis complicates noninvasive whole blood gene expression testing for coronary artery disease. 
  • Right ventricular aneurysm due to ischemic disease. Diagnosis by radionuclide angiography with localization of the site of PVC origin by phase analysis. 
  • Role of resting thallium201 perfusion in predicting coronary anatomy, left ventricular wall motion, and hospital outcome in unstable angina pectoris. 
  • ST segment shift in unstable angina: pathophysiology and association with coronary anatomy and hospital outcome. 
  • Saline infusion in excimer laser coronary angioplasty. 
  • Saphenous vein grafts with multiple versus single distal targets in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: one-year graft failure and five-year outcomes from the Project of Ex-Vivo Vein Graft Engineering via Transfection (PREVENT) IV trial. 
  • Selenium-binding protein-1 in smooth muscle cells is downregulated in a rhesus monkey model of chronic allograft nephropathy. 
  • Self-reported depression in psoriasis is associated with subclinical vascular diseases. 
  • Sex differences in coronary artery size assessed by intravascular ultrasound. 
  • Simultaneous ST-segment measurements using standard and monitoring-compatible torso limb lead placements at rest and during coronary occlusion. 
  • Single-vessel coronary artery stenosis: myocardial perfusion imaging with Gadomer-17 first-pass MR imaging in a swine model of comparison with gadopentetate dimeglumine. 
  • Sodium nuclear magnetic resonance imaging of myocardial tissue of dogs after coronary artery occlusion and reperfusion. 
  • Soluble VCAM-1 and E-selectin, but not ICAM-1 discriminate endothelial injury in patients with documented coronary artery disease. 
  • Statins do not affect platelet inhibition with clopidogrel during coronary stenting. 
  • Statins inhibit toll-like receptor 4-mediated lipopolysaccharide signaling and cytokine expression. 
  • Studies of blood flow in aorta-to-coronary venous bypass grafts in man. 
  • Surgical management of congenital coronary artery fistulas. 
  • Surgical survival benefits for coronary disease patients with left ventricular dysfunction. 
  • Sympathetic influences on coronary and aortic flow responses to increasing heart rate. 
  • Tc-99m sestamibi cardiac SPECT imaging during coronary artery occlusion in humans: comparison with dipyridamole stress studies. 
  • The Complexities of Hypertension: One Disease or Many? 
  • The East-West late lumen loss study: Comparison of angiographic late lumen loss between Eastern and Western drug-eluting stent study cohorts. 
  • The association of systemic microvascular changes with lung function and lung density: a cross-sectional study. 
  • The contrast media iohexol causes vasoconstriction of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery: implications for appropriate stent sizing. 
  • The coronary artery response to implantation of a balloon-expandable flexible stent in the aspirin- and non-aspirin-treated swine model. 
  • The effect of coronary collateral circulation on experimental aorto-coronary bypass. 
  • The effect of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation on coronary blood flow velocity distal to coronary artery stenoses. 
  • The effect of nicotinamide on microvascular density and thermal injury in rats. 
  • The influence of collateral flow on the antegrade and retrograde distribution of cardioplegia in patients with an occluded right coronary artery. 
  • The metabolic syndrome, coronary artery calcium score and cardiovascular risk reclassification. 
  • The natural history and recommended management of patients with traumatic coronary artery fistulas. 
  • The prognosis for patients with new-onset angina who have undergone cardiac catheterization. 
  • Thermal-perfusion balloon coronary angioplasty: in vivo evaluation. 
  • Thrombin-Induced Platelet-Fibrin Clot Strength Identified by Thrombelastography: A Novel Prothrombotic Marker of Coronary Artery Stent Restenosis. 
  • Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (TAMI) trial. 
  • Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (TAMI-1) trial: influence of infarct location on arterial patency, left ventricular function and mortality. 
  • Tissue engineering in the cardiovascular system: progress toward a tissue engineered heart. 
  • Tissue prolapse and stresses in stented coronary arteries: A computer model for multi-layer atherosclerotic plaque. 
  • To stent or not to stent--that is the question. 
  • Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Complicated by Migrated Coronary Stent. 
  • Transient alterations of the QRS complex and ST segment during percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty of the left anterior descending coronary artery. 
  • Transmural myocardial blood flow in a canine model of coronary artery bridging. 
  • Transmural myocardial perfusion during restricted coronary inflow in the awake dog. 
  • Two dimensional arrays for real time 3D intravascular ultrasound. 
  • Two-dimensional echocardiography. 
  • Ultrastructural studies of unstable angina in living man. 
  • Unexpected transesophageal echocardiographic finding after septal myectomy. 
  • Uniform platelet activation exists before coronary stent implantation despite aspirin therapy. 
  • Unrecognized left main coronary artery disease in patients undergoing interventional procedures. 
  • Use of aortic counterpulsation to improve sustained coronary artery patency during acute myocardial infarction. Results of a randomized trial. The Randomized IABP Study Group. 
  • Use of early clopidogrel by reperfusion strategy among patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Usefulness of Coronary Artery Calcium to Predict Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction in Men Versus Women (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). 
  • Usefulness of carotid intima-media thickness measurement as an indicator of generalized atherosclerosis: findings from autopsy analysis. 
  • Value and limitation of biplane rest and exercise radionuclide angiography for assessing individual bypass grafts: a prospective study. 
  • Variability of 3D arterial geometry and dynamics, and its pathologic implications. 
  • Variant angina and spontaneous coronary artery dissection. 
  • Which is the true channel? 
  • Worsening in Longitudinal Strain and Strain Rate Anticipates Development of Pediatric Transplant Coronary Artery Vasculopathy as Soon as One Year Following Transplant. 
  • [Anatomical correction of transposition of the great arteries in 7 newborn infants]. 
  • [Influence of the anatomical pattern of the coronary arteries on myocardial infarction]. 
  • hs-Troponin I Followed by CT Angiography Improves Acute Coronary Syndrome Risk Stratification Accuracy and Work-Up in Acute Chest Pain Patients: Results From ROMICAT II Trial. 
  • miR-21-mediated decreased neutrophil apoptosis is a determinant of impaired coronary collateral growth in metabolic syndrome. 
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  • Alexander, John Hunter Peel, Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology
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