Coronary Angiography

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "Hugging balloons" through a single 8-French guide: salvage angioplasty with lytic therapy in the infarct vessel of a 40-year-old man. 
  • 1-Year Outcomes of FFRCT-Guided Care in Patients With Suspected Coronary Disease: The PLATFORM Study. 
  • 1999 update: ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Executive Summary and Recommendations: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction). 
  • 2009 focused updates: ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (updating the 2004 guideline and 2007 focused update) and ACC/AHA/SCAI guidelines on percutaneous coronary intervention (updating the 2005 guideline and 2007 focused update): a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. 
  • 2011 ACCF/AHA focused update incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines developed in collaboration with the American Academy of Family Physicians, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 
  • 2011 ACCF/AHA focused update of the Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (updating the 2007 guideline): a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines developed in collaboration with the American College of Emergency Physicians, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 
  • 2012 ACCF/AHA/ACP/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS guideline for the diagnosis and management of patients with stable ischemic heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association task force on practice guidelines, and the American College of Physicians, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 
  • 2012 ACCF/AHA/ACP/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS guideline for the diagnosis and management of patients with stable ischemic heart disease: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association task force on practice guidelines, and the American College of Physicians, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 
  • 2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines: developed in collaboration with the American College of Emergency Physicians and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. 
  • 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and 2004 Adult Treatment Panel III cholesterol guidelines applied to HIV-infected patients with/without subclinical high-risk coronary plaque. 
  • 2014 ACC/AHA/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS focused update of the guideline for the diagnosis and management of patients with stable ischemic heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines, and the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 
  • 2014 ACC/AHA/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS focused update of the guideline for the diagnosis and management of patients with stable ischemic heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines, and the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 
  • 2015 ACC/AHA/SCAI focused update on primary percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with ST-elevation myocardial Infarction: An update of the 2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI guideline for percutaneous coronary intervention and the 2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. 
  • A blood-based gene expression test for obstructive coronary artery disease tested in symptomatic nondiabetic patients referred for myocardial perfusion imaging the COMPASS study. 
  • A case for nonionic contrast media--despite the high cost. 
  • A case of spontaneous coronary artery dissection diagnosed by coronary computed tomography angiography. 
  • A comparison of U.S. and Canadian cardiac catheterization practices in detecting severe coronary artery disease after myocardial infarction: efficiency, yield and long-term implications. 
  • A comparison of clinical outcomes between Canadian and American patients after nonurgent coronary stenting. 
  • A comparison of ionic versus nonionic contrast medium during primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction (GUSTO IIb). Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Coronary Arteries in Acute Coronary Syndromes. 
  • A comparison of quality of life scores in patients with angina pectoris after angioplasty compared with after medical therapy. Outcomes of a randomized clinical trial. Veterans Affairs Study of Angioplasty Compared to Medical Therapy Investigators. 
  • A comparison of radial and femoral access for cardiac catheterization. 
  • A gender-specific blood-based gene expression score for assessing obstructive coronary artery disease in nondiabetic patients: results of the Personalized Risk Evaluation and Diagnosis in the Coronary Tree (PREDICT) trial. 
  • A genetic risk score is associated with incident cardiovascular disease and coronary artery calcium: the Framingham Heart Study. 
  • A meta-analysis and systematic review of computed tomography angiography as a diagnostic triage tool for patients with chest pain presenting to the emergency department. 
  • A meta-analysis of randomized trials of calcium antagonists to reduce restenosis after coronary angioplasty. 
  • A multicenter, randomized trial of coronary angioplasty versus directional atherectomy for patients with saphenous vein bypass graft lesions. CAVEAT-II Investigators. 
  • A multicenter, randomized, controlled study of mechanical left ventricular unloading with counterpulsation to reduce infarct size prepercutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction: rationale and design of the Counterpulsation Reduces Infarct Size Acute Myocardial Infarction trial. 
  • A nationwide survey on perception, experience, and expectations of hybrid coronary revascularization among top-ranked US hospitals. 
  • A new era for cardiovascular imaging? Implications of the revoked national coverage decision for CT angiography on future imaging reimbursement. 
  • A novel bioresorbable polymer paclitaxel-eluting stent for the treatment of single and multivessel coronary disease: primary results of the COSTAR (Cobalt Chromium Stent With Antiproliferative for Restenosis) II study. 
  • A novel enoxaparin regime for ST elevation myocardial infarction patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention: a WEST sub-study. 
  • A population-based, longitudinal study of erectile dysfunction and future coronary artery disease. 
  • A randomized comparison of the effects of gradual prolonged versus standard primary balloon inflation on early and late outcome. Results of a multicenter clinical trial. Perfusion Balloon Catheter Study Group. 
  • A randomized trial of a strategy for increasing high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels: effects on progression of coronary heart disease and clinical events. 
  • A regression model for multivariate random length data. 
  • A risk score system for predicting adverse outcomes and magnitude of benefit with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor therapy in patients with unstable angina pectoris. 
  • A risk score to predict bleeding in patients with acute coronary syndromes. 
  • A spectrum of retinal vasculature measures and coronary artery disease. 
  • A standardized definition of ischemic cardiomyopathy for use in clinical research. 
  • ACC/AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/SCAI/SCCT/STS 2017 Appropriate Use Criteria for Coronary Revascularization in Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease : A Report of the American College of Cardiology Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 
  • ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction--executive summary. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to revise the 1999 guidelines for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction). 
  • ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction--executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1999 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction). 
  • ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction--executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1999 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction). 
  • ACC/AHA/SCAI/AMA-Convened PCPI/NCQA 2013 performance measures for adults undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, the American Medical Association-Convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance. 
  • ACCF/ACR/AHA/NASCI/SAIP/SCAI/SCCT 2010 expert consensus document on coronary computed tomographic angiography: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Expert Consensus Documents. 
  • ACCF/ACR/AHA/NASCI/SAIP/SCAI/SCCT 2010 expert consensus document on coronary computed tomographic angiography: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Expert Consensus Documents. 
  • ACCF/ACR/AHA/NASCI/SAIP/SCAI/SCCT 2010 expert consensus document on coronary computed tomographic angiography: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Expert Consensus Documents. 
  • ACCF/AHA/ACR/SCAI/SIR/SVM/SVN/SVS 2010 performance measures for adults with peripheral artery disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on performance measures, the American College of Radiology, the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, the Society for Interventional Radiology, the Society for Vascular Medicine, the Society for Vascular Nursing, and the Society for Vascular Surgery (Writing Committee to Develop Clinical Performance Measures for Peripheral Artery Disease). 
  • ACCF/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HFSA/HRS/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/STS 2013 multimodality appropriate use criteria for the detection and risk assessment of stable ischemic heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Rhythm Society, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 
  • ACCF/SCAI/AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HFSA/HRS/SCCM/SCCT/SCMR/STS 2012 appropriate use criteria for diagnostic catheterization: American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions American Association for Thoracic Surgery American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Heart Failure Society of America Heart Rhythm Society, Society of Critical Care Medicine Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 
  • ACR clinical statement on noninvasive cardiac imaging. 
  • Abciximab therapy and unplanned coronary stent deployment: favorable effects on stent use, clinical outcomes, and bleeding complications. EPILOG Trial Investigators. 
  • Abrupt closure: the CAVEAT I experience. Coronary Angioplasty Versus Excisional Atherectomy Trial. 
  • Accuracy and interobserver variability of coronary cineangiography: a comparison with postmortem evaluation. 
  • Accuracy of digital angiography for quantitation of normal coronary luminal segments in excised, perfused hearts. 
  • Acute coronary syndromes. STREAMlining care for patients with STEMI. 
  • Acute myocardial infarction and complete bundle branch block at hospital admission: clinical characteristics and outcome in the thrombolytic era. GUSTO-I Investigators. Global Utilization of Streptokinase and t-PA [tissue-type plasminogen activator] for Occluded Coronary Arteries. 
  • Acute platelet inhibition with abciximab does not reduce in-stent restenosis (ERASER study). The ERASER Investigators. 
  • Adenosine improves post-procedural coronary flow but not clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome: a meta-analysis of randomized trials. 
  • Adenosine stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. 
  • Adjunctive transcutaneous ultrasound with thrombolysis: results of the PLUS (Perfusion by ThromboLytic and UltraSound) trial. 
  • Adjunctive use of cutting balloon after rotational atherectomy in a young adult with probable kawasaki disease. 
  • Adjunctive use of the Rinspiration system for fluidic thrombectomy during primary angioplasty: the Rinspiration international registry. 
  • Adjuvant therapy for intracoronary stents. Investigations in atherosclerotic swine. 
  • Adverse outcomes in fibrinolytic-based facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention: insights from the ASSENT-4 PCI electrocardiographic substudy. 
  • Aggressive clinical pattern of angina at restenosis following coronary angioplasty in unstable angina. 
  • Aggressive hydraTion in patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial infarction undergoing Primary percutaneous coronary intervention to prevenT contrast-induced nephropathy (ATTEMPT): Study design and protocol for the randomized, controlled trial, the ATTEMPT, RESCIND 1 (First study for REduction of contraSt-induCed nephropathy followINg carDiac catheterization) trial. 
  • Alcohol septal ablation for the treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. A multicenter North American registry. 
  • American College of Cardiology training statement on recommendations for the structure of an optimal adult interventional cardiology training program: a report of the American College of Cardiology task force on clinical expert consensus documents. 
  • American College of Cardiology/ European Society of Cardiology international study of angiographic data compression phase I. The effects of lossy data compression on recognition of diagnostic features in digital coronary angiography. 
  • American College of Cardiology/European Society of Cardiology International Study of Angiographic Data Compression Phase I: The effect of lossy data compression on recognition of diagnostic features in digital coronary angiography. 
  • American College of Cardiology/Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions Clinical Expert Consensus Document on cardiac catheterization laboratory standards. A report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents. 
  • American College of Cardiology/Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions clinical expert consensus document on cardiac catheterization laboratory standards: summary of a report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on clinical expert consensus documents. 
  • An age- and sex-specific gene expression score is associated with revascularization and coronary artery disease: Insights from the Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain (PROMISE) trial. 
  • An anomalous left coronary artery originating from the pulmonary artery in a 72-year-old woman: diagnosis by color flow myocardial blush and coronary arteriography. 
  • An economic analysis of an aggressive diagnostic strategy with single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging and early exercise stress testing in emergency department patients who present with chest pain but nondiagnostic electrocardiograms: results from a randomized trial. 
  • An elderly man who suddenly lost consciousness. 
  • An international comparison of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: A collaborative study of the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) and Japan Cardiovascular Database-Keio interhospital Cardiovascular Studies (JCD-KiCS). 
  • An open-label, randomized, controlled, multicenter study exploring two treatment strategies of rivaroxaban and a dose-adjusted oral vitamin K antagonist treatment strategy in subjects with atrial fibrillation who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PIONEER AF-PCI). 
  • Anabolic steroids, acute myocardial infarction and polycythemia: a case report and review of the literature. 
  • Anaemia and coronary artery disease severity in patients with heart failure. 
  • 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 versus Functional Testing for Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Angiographic and clinical outcomes associated with direct versus conventional stenting among patients treated with fibrinolytic therapy for ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Angiographic changes in vein grafts: stable surrogate or seductive siren? 
  • Angiographic findings and outcome in diabetic patients treated with thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: the GUSTO-I experience. 
  • Angiographic follow-up after internal mammary artery graft angioplasty. 
  • Angiographic morphology in unstable angina pectoris. 
  • Angiographic outcomes with early eptifibatide therapy in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (from the EARLY ACS Trial). 
  • Angiographic profiles in courage. 
  • Angiographic validation of the American College of Cardiology Foundation-the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Collaboration on the Comparative Effectiveness of Revascularization Strategies study. 
  • Ankle-brachial index as a predictor of coronary disease events in elderly patients submitted to coronary angiography. 
  • Anomalous right coronary artery origin from the pulmonary artery (ARCAPA) coexisting with obstructive atherosclerotic disease of the left coronary artery. 
  • Anterograde percutaneous coronary-cameral fistula closure employing a guide-in-guide technique. 
  • Antianginal medications and long-term outcomes after elective catheterization in patients with coronary artery disease. 
  • Antithrombotic therapy for coronary artery disease: the Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy. 
  • Anxiety-proneness and coronary heart disease. 
  • Application of quantitative coronary angiography in a cineless environment: in vivo assessment of a fully automated system for clinical use. 
  • Appropriate use of cardiac computed tomography: applying the yardstick to clinical practice. 
  • Are retinal microvascular caliber changes associated with severity of coronary artery disease in symptomatic cardiac patients? 
  • Assessing intra, inter and total agreement with replicated readings. 
  • Assessing quality in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. 
  • Assessment of contemporary stent deployment using intravascular ultrasound. 
  • Assessment of left ventricular pressure-volume relations using gated radionuclide angiography, echocardiography, and micromanometer pressure recordings. A new method for serial measurements of systolic and diastolic function in man. 
  • Association between angiographic complications and clinical outcomes among patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: an EARLY ACS (Early Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibition in Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome) angiographic substudy. 
  • Association between platelet receptor occupancy after eptifibatide (integrilin) therapy and patency, myocardial perfusion, and ST-segment resolution among patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction: an INTEGRITI (Integrilin and Tenecteplase in Acute Myocardial Infarction) substudy. 
  • Association between the chromosome 9p21 locus and angiographic coronary artery disease burden: a collaborative meta-analysis. 
  • Association of TIMI myocardial perfusion grade and ST-segment resolution with cardiovascular magnetic resonance measures of microvascular obstruction and infarct size following ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Association of a pulsatile blood flow pattern on coronary arteriography and short-term clinical outcomes in acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Association of ischemic stroke to coronary artery disease using computed tomography coronary angiography. 
  • Association of noninvasive markers of coronary artery reperfusion to assess microvascular obstruction in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty. 
  • Association of smoking with improved myocardial perfusion and the angiographic characterization of myocardial tissue perfusion after fibrinolytic therapy for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Association of systemic lupus erythematosus with angiographically defined coronary artery disease: a retrospective cohort study. 
  • Association of the timing of ST-segment resolution with TIMI myocardial perfusion grade in acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Associations of major bleeding and myocardial infarction with the incidence and timing of mortality in patients presenting with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes: a risk model from the ACUITY trial. 
  • Atherosclerosis imaging: prognostically useful or merely more of what we know? 
  • Atrial fibrillation in the setting of acute myocardial infarction: the GUSTO-I experience. Global Utilization of Streptokinase and TPA for Occluded Coronary Arteries. 
  • Automated and nomographic analysis of exercise tests. 
  • Automatic determination of minimal cardiac motion phases for computed tomography imaging: initial experience. 
  • Balancing the risk of mortality and major bleeding in the treatment of NSTEMI patients - a report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Balloon-assisted tracking: a must-know technique to overcome difficult anatomy during transradial approach. 
  • Basic fibroblast growth factor in a porcine model of chronic myocardial ischemia: a comparison of angiographic, echocardiographic and coronary flow parameters. 
  • Benefit of angiographic spontaneous reperfusion in STEMI: does it extend to diabetic patients? 
  • Benefits and risks of abciximab use in primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: the Controlled Abciximab and Device Investigation to Lower Late Angioplasty Complications (CADILLAC) trial. 
  • Best practices for transradial angiography and intervention: a consensus statement from the society for cardiovascular angiography and intervention's transradial working group. 
  • Bioabsorbable Intracoronary Matrix for Prevention of Ventricular Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Biological and analytical stability of a peripheral blood gene expression score for obstructive coronary artery disease in the PREDICT and COMPASS studies. 
  • Bleeding complications in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing early invasive management can be reduced with radial access, smaller sheath sizes, and timely sheath removal. 
  • 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. 
  • CAD-RADS™: 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. 
  • CASS in retrospect: lessons from the randomized cohort and registry. Coronary Artery Surgery Study. 
  • CT angiography after 20 years: a transformation in cardiovascular disease characterization continues to advance. 
  • Calibration using angiographic catheters as scaling devices--importance of filming the catheters not filled with contrast medium. 
  • Calpain inhibition improves collateral-dependent perfusion in a hypercholesterolemic swine model of chronic myocardial ischemia. 
  • Can coronary computed tomography angiography be the complete roadmap for chronic total occlusion management? 
  • Can restenosis after coronary angioplasty be predicted from clinical variables? 
  • Cardiac angiography without cine film: erecting a "Tower of Babel" in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. American College of Cardiology Cardiac Catheterization Committee. 
  • Cardiac catheterization within 1 to 3 days of proximal aortic surgery is not associated with increased postoperative acute kidney injury. 
  • Cardiac computed tomographic angiography what's the prognosis? 
  • Cardiac function during rest and exercise in patients with mitral valve prolapse. Role of radionuclear angiocardiography. 
  • Cardiac tamponade in the fibrinolytic era: analysis of >100,000 patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Cardiac troponin I for prediction of clinical outcomes and cardiac function through 3-month follow-up after primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Cardiac troponins in acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Cataloguing the geometry of the human coronary arteries: a potential tool for predicting risk of coronary artery disease. 
  • Central Core Laboratory versus Site Interpretation of Coronary CT Angiography: Agreement and Association with Cardiovascular Events in the PROMISE Trial. 
  • Challenges in the phenotypic characterisation of patients in genetic studies of coronary artery disease. 
  • Changes in Medical Management after Coronary CT Angiography. 
  • Changes in health-related quality of life in off-pump versus on-pump cardiac surgery: Veterans Affairs Randomized On/Off Bypass trial. 
  • Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of patients presenting with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction found to have significant coronary artery disease on coronary angiography and managed medically: stratification according to renal function. 
  • Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and chronic kidney disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. 
  • Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing an invasive strategy according to hemoglobin levels. 
  • Characteristics and outcome of patients in whom reperfusion with intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator fails: results of the Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (TAMI) I trial. 
  • Characteristics and outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention following cardiac arrest (from the NCDR). 
  • Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization Before Noncardiac Surgery: A Report From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry. 
  • Characteristics, treatment and outcome of patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes and multivessel coronary artery disease: observations from PURSUIT (platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa in unstable angina: receptor suppression using integrelin therapy). 
  • Cheaper, better, or good enough: evidentiary standards for coronary CTA. 
  • Clinical and angiographic assessment of complex mammary artery bypass grafting. 
  • Clinical and angiographic correlates of short- and long-term mortality in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. 
  • Clinical and angiographic efficacy of a self-expanding nitinol stent in saphenous vein graft atherosclerotic disease: the Stent Comparative Restenosis (SCORES) Saphenous Vein Graft Registry. 
  • Clinical and angiographic outcomes with everolimus eluting stents for the treatment of cardiac allograft vasculopathy. 
  • 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 angiographic predictors of short- and long-term ischemic events in acute coronary syndromes: results from the Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY (ACUITY) trial. 
  • Clinical and therapeutic profile of patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes who do not have significant coronary artery disease.The Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa in Unstable Angina: Receptor Suppression Using Integrilin Therapy (PURSUIT) Trial Investigators. 
  • Clinical characteristics and long-term outcome of patients in whom congestive heart failure develops after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: development of a predictive model. 
  • Clinical characteristics and long-term outcomes of patients with heart failure and preserved systolic function. 
  • Clinical determinants of mortality in patients with angiographically diagnosed ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathy. 
  • Clinical expert consensus statement on best practices in the cardiac catheterization laboratory: Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. 
  • Clinical features and outcomes of patients with type 2 myocardial infarction: Insights from the Thrombin Receptor Antagonist for Clinical Event Reduction in Acute Coronary Syndrome (TRACER) trial. 
  • Clinical implementation of an emergency department coronary computed tomographic angiography protocol for triage of patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome. 
  • Clinical outcome as a function of the PR-interval-there is virtue in moderation: data from the Duke Databank for cardiovascular disease. 
  • Clinical outcome of a cohort of patients eligible for therapeutic angiogenesis or transmyocardial revascularization. 
  • 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 outcomes of fractional flow reserve by computed tomographic angiography-guided diagnostic strategies vs. usual care in patients with suspected coronary artery disease: the prospective longitudinal trial of FFR(CT): outcome and resource impacts study. 
  • Clinical predictors of early infarct-related artery patency following thrombolytic therapy: importance of body weight, smoking history, infarct-related artery and choice of thrombolytic regimen: the GUSTO-I experience. Global Utilization of Streptokinase and t-PA for Occluded Coronary Arteries. 
  • Clinical presentation, management, and outcomes of angiographically documented early, late, and very late stent thrombosis. 
  • Clinical significance of exercise-induced bundle branch block. 
  • Clinical update: Remaining challenges and opportunities for improvement in percutaneous transradial coronary procedures. 
  • Clinical value of coronary bypass graft evaluation with CT. 
  • Clinically significant bleeding with low-dose rivaroxaban versus aspirin, in addition to P2Y12 inhibition, in acute coronary syndromes (GEMINI-ACS-1): a double-blind, multicentre, randomised trial. 
  • Closure devices and vascular complications among percutaneous coronary intervention patients receiving enoxaparin, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors, and clopidogrel. 
  • Collaborative angiographic patency trial of recombinant staphylokinase (CAPTORS). 
  • Combination reperfusion therapy with eptifibatide and reduced-dose tenecteplase for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: results of the integrilin and tenecteplase in acute myocardial infarction (INTEGRITI) Phase II Angiographic Trial. 
  • Combined assessment of thrombolysis in myocardial infarction flow grade, myocardial perfusion grade, and ST-segment resolution to evaluate epicardial and myocardial reperfusion. 
  • 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. 
  • Comparison between ticlopidine and clopidogrel in patients undergoing primary stenting in acute myocardial infarction: results from the CADILLAC trial. 
  • Comparison of 30-day outcome, resource use, and coronary artery disease severity in patients with suspected coronary artery disease with and without diabetes mellitus assigned to chest pain units. 
  • Comparison of Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Versus Without Diabetes Mellitus and With Versus Without Angina Pectoris (from the Duke Databank for Cardiovascular Disease). 
  • Comparison of Clinical characteristics and long-term outcomes of patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy with versus without angina pectoris (from the Duke Databank for Cardiovascular Disease). 
  • Comparison of Radial Access, Guided Femoral Access, and Non-Guided Femoral Access Among Women Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. 
  • Comparison of a new slender 6 Fr sheath with a standard 5 Fr sheath for transradial coronary angiography and intervention: RAP and BEAT (Radial Artery Patency and Bleeding, Efficacy, Adverse evenT), a randomised multicentre trial. 
  • Comparison of angioplasty with stenting, with or without abciximab, in acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Comparison of cardiovascular and renal toxicity after cardiac catheterization using a nonionic versus ionic radiographic contrast agent. 
  • Comparison of continuous ST-segment recovery analysis with methods using static electrocardiograms for noninvasive patency assessment during acute myocardial infarction. Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (TAMI) 7 Study Group. 
  • Comparison of coronary artery bypass grafting versus medical therapy on long-term outcome in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (a 25-year experience from the Duke Cardiovascular Disease Databank). 
  • Comparison of coronary artery dynamics pre- and post-stenting. 
  • Comparison of coronary stenosis quantitation results from on-line digital and digitized cine film images. 
  • Comparison of exercise electrocardiography and stress perfusion CMR for the detection of coronary artery disease in women. 
  • Comparison of hybrid coronary revascularization versus coronary artery bypass grafting in patients≥65 years with multivessel coronary artery disease. 
  • Comparison of image characteristics of plaques in culprit coronary arteries by 64 slice CT and intravascular ultrasound in acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Comparison of preload recruitable stroke work, end-systolic pressure-volume and dP/dtmax-end-diastolic volume relations as indexes of left ventricular contractile performance in patients undergoing routine cardiac catheterization. 
  • Comparison of quality-of-life measures after radial versus femoral artery access for cardiac catheterization in women: Results of the Study of Access Site for Enhancement of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Women quality-of-life substudy. 
  • Comparison of slow oscillating versus fast balloon inflation strategies for coronary angioplasty. 
  • Comparison of the appropriateness of coronary angiography and coronary artery bypass graft surgery between Canada and New York State. 
  • Comparison of the frequency of coronary artery disease in alcohol-related versus non-alcohol-related endstage liver disease. 
  • Comparison of visual assessment of coronary stenosis with independent quantitative coronary angiography: Findings from the Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain (PROMISE) trial. 
  • Comparisons of characteristics and outcomes among women and men with acute myocardial infarction treated with thrombolytic therapy. GUSTO-I investigators. 
  • Complementary clinical benefits of coronary-artery stenting and blockade of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptors. Evaluation of Platelet IIb/IIIa Inhibition in Stenting Investigators. 
  • Compressibility of perfused passive myocardium. 
  • Compression of digital coronary angiograms does not affect visual or quantitative assessment of coronary artery stenosis severity. 
  • Compromised atrial coronary anatomy is associated with atrial arrhythmias and atrioventricular block complicating acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Computer representation of coronary arterial trees. 
  • Computer-assisted quantification of myocardial reperfusion after primary percutaneous coronary intervention predicts functional and contrast-enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance outcomes in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Consensus document on the radial approach in percutaneous cardiovascular interventions: position paper by the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions and Working Groups on Acute Cardiac Care** and Thrombosis of the European Society of Cardiology. 
  • Contemporary Patterns of Early Coronary Angiography Use in Patients With Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the United States: Insights From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network Registry. 
  • Contemporary outcome trends in the elderly undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions: results in 7,472 octogenarians. National Cardiovascular Network Collaboration. 
  • Contemporary outcomes of rescue percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction: comparison with primary angioplasty and the role of distal protection devices (EMERALD trial). 
  • Contemporary utilization and outcomes of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in acute myocardial infarction: the benchmark registry. 
  • Continuous 12-lead ST-segment recovery analysis in the TAMI 7 study. Performance of a noninvasive method for real-time detection of failed myocardial reperfusion. 
  • Continuously updated 12-lead ST-segment recovery analysis for myocardial infarct artery patency assessment and its correlation with multiple simultaneous early angiographic observations. 
  • Contrast material administration protocols for 64-MDCT angiography: altering volume and rate and use of a saline chaser to better match the imaging window--physiologic phantom study. 
  • Contribution of angiographic and electrocardiographic parameters of reperfusion to prediction of mortality and morbidity after acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Insights from the Assessment of Pexelizumab in Acute Myocardial Infarction trial. 
  • Coordinated series of studies to evaluate characteristics and mechanisms of acute coronary syndromes in high-risk patients randomly assigned to enoxaparin or unfractionated heparin: design and rationale of the SYNERGY Library. 
  • Copeptin does not add diagnostic information to high-sensitivity troponin T in low- to intermediate-risk patients with acute chest pain: results from the rule out myocardial infarction by computed tomography (ROMICAT) study. 
  • Coronary Artery Anomalies: When You Need to Worry. 
  • 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 Plaque Characterization in Psoriasis Reveals High-Risk Features That Improve After Treatment in a Prospective Observational Study. 
  • Coronary angioplasty performed with gradual and prolonged inflation using a perfusion balloon catheter: procedural success and restenosis rate. 
  • Coronary arterial thrombolysis with combined infusion of recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator and urokinase in patients with acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Coronary arteriovenous fistulae: the complexity of coronary artery-to-coronary sinus connections. 
  • Coronary artery angiography using multislice computed tomography images. 
  • Coronary artery bypass graft failure after on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass: findings from PREVENT IV. 
  • Coronary artery calcium score and coronary computed tomographic angiography for cardiovascular risk stratification. 
  • Coronary artery disease after radiation therapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma: coronary CT angiography findings and calcium scores in nine asymptomatic patients. 
  • Coronary artery dynamics in vivo. 
  • Coronary artery perforation during excimer laser coronary angioplasty. The percutaneous Excimer Laser Coronary Angioplasty Registry. 
  • Coronary artery: quantitative evaluation of normal diameter determined with electron-beam CT compared with cine coronary angiography initial experience. 
  • Coronary computed tomographic angiography and risk of all-cause mortality and nonfatal myocardial infarction in subjects without chest pain syndrome from the CONFIRM Registry (coronary CT angiography evaluation for clinical outcomes: an international multicenter registry). 
  • Coronary revascularization surgery after myocardial infarction: impact of bypass surgery on survival after thrombolysis. GUSTO Investigators. Global Utilization of Streptokinase and Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Occluded Coronary Arteries. 
  • Coronary sinus atrial pacing: radiographic considerations. 
  • Correction of a saphenous vein graft to coronary vein anastamosis by selective retrograde coil-induced occlusion to arterialize the native vein. 
  • Correlation between baseline plasminogen activator inhibitor levels and clinical outcome during therapy with tissue plasminogen activator for acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Correlation between pericardial, mediastinal, and intrathoracic fat volumes with the presence and severity of coronary artery disease, metabolic syndrome, and cardiac risk factors. 
  • Correlation of adenosine echocardiography and thallium scintigraphy. 
  • Correlation of angiographic findings and right (V1 to V3) versus left (V4 to V6) precordial ST-segment depression in inferior wall acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Correlation of concentrations of high-sensitivity troponin T and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein with plaque progression as measured by CT coronary angiography. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies for patients with chest pain. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of follow-up of pulmonary nodules incidentally detected on cardiac computed tomographic angiography in patients with suspected coronary artery disease. 
  • Could late measurement of serum creatinine be missed for patients without early increase in serum creatinine following coronary angiography? 
  • Creation of pseudo narrowing during coronary angioplasty. 
  • Crowdsourcing consensus: proposal of a novel method for assessing accuracy in echocardiography interpretation. 
  • Culprit-only or multivessel revascularization in patients with acute coronary syndromes: an American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Database Registry report. 
  • Cyclic coronary flow: defining preinfarction angina at the crossroads of unstable angina and myocardial infarction. 
  • Dealing with the highs and lows of contrast agents in left main disease. 
  • Defining and utilizing surrogates in the evaluation of coronary stents: what do we really want and need to know? 
  • Defining optimal research study design for cardiovascular imaging using computed tomography angiography as a model. 
  • Deployment of a previously embolized, unexpanded, and disarticulated Palmaz-Schatz stent. 
  • Design and rationale of CURRENT-OASIS 7: a randomized, 2 x 2 factorial trial evaluating optimal dosing strategies for clopidogrel and aspirin in patients with ST and non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes managed with an early invasive strategy. 
  • Design and rationale of the radial versus femoral access for coronary intervention (RIVAL) trial: a randomized comparison of radial versus femoral access for coronary angiography or intervention in patients with acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Detection of angiographically silent coronary atherosclerosis by intracoronary ultrasonography. 
  • Detection of restenosis after elective percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty using the exercise treadmill test. 
  • Detection of silent ischemia adds to the prognostic value of coronary anatomy and left ventricular function in predicting outcome in unstable angina patients. 
  • Determinants of the need for early acute intervention in patients treated conservatively after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. TAMI-5 Study Group. 
  • Determinants of the use of coronary angiography and revascularization after thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Determination of extent and location of coronary artery disease in patients without prior myocardial infarction by thallium-201 tomography with pharmacologic stress. 
  • Development and validation of a simple model to predict severe coronary artery disease after myocardial infarction: potential impact on cardiac catheterization use in the United States and Canada. 
  • Development of a model of the coronary arterial tree for the 4D XCAT phantom. 
  • Diabetes mellitus and outcome after primary coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: lessons from the GUSTO-IIb Angioplasty Substudy. Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Arteries in Acute Coronary Syndromes. 
  • Diagnosing acute myocardial infarction in patients with left bundle branch block. 
  • Diagnosing coronary arterial stent thrombosis and arterial closure. 
  • Diagnostic Strategies for the Evaluation of Chest Pain: Clinical Implications From SCOT-HEART and PROMISE. 
  • Diagnostic accuracy of coronary artery calcium for obstructive disease: results from the ACCURACY trial. 
  • Diagnostic accuracy of fractional flow reserve from anatomic CT angiography. 
  • Diagnostic accuracy of noninvasive testing: necessary but insufficient. 
  • Diagnostic and prognostic significance of exercise-induced premature ventricular complexes in men and women: a four year follow-up. 
  • Diagnostic performance of 64-multidetector row coronary computed tomographic angiography for evaluation of coronary artery stenosis in individuals without known coronary artery disease: results from the prospective multicenter ACCURACY (Assessment by Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography of Individuals Undergoing Invasive Coronary Angiography) trial. 
  • Diagnostic performance of computed tomography angiography for differentiating ischemic vs nonischemic cardiomyopathy. 
  • Diagnostic test use in different practice settings. A controlled comparison. 
  • Diets and clinical coronary events: the truth is out there. 
  • Differences in Short- and Long-Term Outcomes Among Older Patients With ST-Elevation Versus Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction With Angiographically Proven Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Differences in the clinical features and outcomes in African Americans and whites with myocardial infarction. 
  • Differences in the treatment of myocardial infarction between the United States and Canada. A survey of physicians in the GUSTO trial. 
  • Different vascular responses within the same stent detected by optical coherence tomography. 
  • Differential associations between blood biomarkers of inflammation, oxidation, and lipid metabolism with varying forms of coronary atherosclerotic plaque as quantified by coronary CT angiography. 
  • Differential influence of diabetes mellitus on increased jeopardized myocardium after initial angioplasty or bypass surgery: bypass angioplasty revascularization investigation. 
  • Digital subtraction angiography in angioplasty of total coronary artery occlusion. 
  • Diltiazem as an alternative to beta-blocker in coronary artery computed tomography angiography. 
  • Direct Transport to a Percutaneous Cardiac Intervention Center and Outcomes in Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. 
  • Direct myocardial revascularization and angiogenesis--how many patients might be eligible? 
  • Direct percutaneous left ventricular access and port closure: pre-clinical feasibility. 
  • Directional atherectomy versus balloon angioplasty for coronary ostial and nonostial left anterior descending coronary artery lesions: results from a randomized multicenter trial. The CAVEAT-I investigators. Coronary Angioplasty Versus Excisional Atherectomy Trial. 
  • Does ambulatory monitoring contribute to exercise testing and myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in the prediction of the extent of coronary artery disease in stable angina? 
  • Does hypotension during dobutamine stress echocardiography correlate with anatomic or functional cardiac impairment? 
  • Does intracoronary thrombus influence the outcome of high risk percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty? Clinical and angiographic outcomes in a large multicenter trial. EPIC Investigators. Evaluation of IIb/IIIa Platelet Receptor Antagonist 7E3 in Preventing Ischemic Complications. 
  • Does the presence of thrombus seen on a coronary angiogram affect the outcome after percutaneous coronary angioplasty? An Angiographic Trials Pool data experience. 
  • Dose comparisons of clopidogrel and aspirin in acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Double negatives. 
  • Downstream procedures and outcomes after stress testing for chest pain without known coronary artery disease in the United States. 
  • Downstream testing and subsequent procedures after coronary computed tomographic angiography following coronary stenting in patients ≥65 years of age. 
  • Early and late outcome following deployment of a new flexible tantalum intracoronary stent in dogs. 
  • Early angiography cannot predict postthrombolytic coronary reocclusion: observations from the GUSTO angiographic study. Global Utilization of Streptokinase and t-PA for Occluded Coronary Arteries. 
  • Early invasive strategy for acute coronary syndromes without persistent ST-segment elevation: has the time come for 'drive-through' angiography? 
  • Early stent thrombosis in patients with acute coronary syndromes treated with drug-eluting and bare metal stents: the Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy trial. 
  • Early versus delayed invasive intervention in acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Early versus delayed, provisional eptifibatide in acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Economic Outcomes With Anatomical Versus Functional Diagnostic Testing for Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Economic Outcomes With Anatomical Versus Functional Diagnostic Testing for Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • 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. 
  • Effect of B-15,000 (Iopamidol), a new nonionic contrast agent, on cardiac function of the isolated rat heart. 
  • Effect of Vascular Access Site Choice on Radiation Exposure During Coronary Angiography: The REVERE Trial (Randomized Evaluation of Vascular Entry Site and Radiation Exposure). 
  • Effect of abciximab on angiographic complications during percutaneous coronary stenting in the Evaluation of Platelet IIb/IIIa Inhibition in Stenting Trial (EPISTENT). 
  • Effect of age on outcome with primary angioplasty versus thrombolysis. 
  • Effect of cigarette smoking on outcome after thrombolytic therapy for myocardial infarction. 
  • Effect of dobutamine stress echocardiography on mitral regurgitation. 
  • Effect of eptifibatide on angiographic complications during percutaneous coronary intervention in the IMPACT--(Integrilin to Minimize Platelet Aggregation and Coronary Thrombosis) II Trial. 
  • Effect of eptifibatide on coronary flow reserve following coronary stent implantation (an ESPRIT substudy). Enhanced Suppression of the Platelet IIb/IIIa Receptor with Integrilin Therapy. 
  • Effect of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibition on angiographic complications during percutaneous coronary intervention in the ESPRIT trial. 
  • Effect of the Presence and Type of Angina on Cardiovascular Events in Patients Without Known Coronary Artery Disease Referred for Elective Coronary Angiography. 
  • Effect of variability in the interpretation of coronary angiograms on the appropriateness of use of coronary revascularization procedures. 
  • Effective dose and dose-length product in CT. 
  • Effectiveness and safety of reduced-dose enoxaparin in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome followed by antiplatelet therapy alone for percutaneous coronary intervention. 
  • Effectiveness of early coronary angioplasty and abciximab for failed thrombolysis (reteplase or alteplase) during acute myocardial infarction (results from the GUSTO-III trial). Global Use of Strategies To Open occluded coronary arteries. 
  • Effectiveness of revascularization in the Emory angioplasty versus surgery trial. A randomized comparison of coronary angioplasty with bypass surgery. 
  • Effects of age and gender on the relationship between anxiety and coronary artery disease. 
  • Effects of cardiac motion on right coronary artery hemodynamics. 
  • Effects of combination lipid therapy on coronary stenosis progression and clinical cardiovascular events in coronary disease patients with metabolic syndrome: a combined analysis of the Familial Atherosclerosis Treatment Study (FATS), the HDL-Atherosclerosis Treatment Study (HATS), and the Armed Forces Regression Study (AFREGS). 
  • Effects of iopamidol-370 versus iodixanol-320 on coronary contrast, branch depiction, and heart rate variability in dual-source coronary MDCT angiography. 
  • Effects of thrombolytic regimen, early catheterization, and predischarge angiographic variables on six-week left ventricular function. The TAMI Investigators. Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Efficacy of abciximab readministration in coronary intervention. 
  • Eight-year mortality in the Emory Angioplasty versus Surgery Trial (EAST) 
  • Ejection fraction response to exercise in patients with chest pain and normal coronary arteriograms. 
  • Elevated uric acid levels predict allograft vasculopathy in cardiac transplant recipients. 
  • Emerging and evolving roles for CT in screening for coronary heart disease. 
  • Endoscopic harvesting device type and outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. 
  • Endoscopic versus open vein-graft harvesting in coronary-artery bypass surgery. 
  • Enhanced mortality risk prediction with a focus on high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention: results from 1,208,137 procedures in the NCDR (National Cardiovascular Data Registry). 
  • Epicardial coronary artery compliance in the dog. 
  • Evaluation for coronary artery disease and medicare spending. 
  • Evaluation of a coronary-cameral fistula: benefits of coronary dual-source MDCT angiography in children. 
  • Evaluation of combined cardiac positron emission tomography and coronary computed tomography angiography for the detection of coronary artery disease. 
  • Evaluation of paradoxic beneficial effects of smoking in patients receiving thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: mechanism of the "smoker's paradox" from the GUSTO-I trial, with angiographic insights. Global Utilization of Streptokinase and Tissue-Plasminogen Activator for Occluded Coronary Arteries. 
  • Exacerbation of radiocontrast nephrotoxicity by endothelin receptor antagonism. 
  • Exploration of a hypothesized independent association of a common 9p21.3 gene variant and ischemic stroke in patients with and without angiographic coronary artery disease. 
  • Extent of coronary artery disease as a predictor of outcomes in acute myocardial infarction complicated by heart failure, left ventricular dysfunction, or both. 
  • FGF23: fashion or physiology? 
  • Failure of simple clinical measurements to predict perfusion status after intravenous thrombolysis. 
  • Fasting glucose, NT-proBNP, treatment with eptifibatide, and outcomes in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: An analysis from EARLY ACS. 
  • Feasibility and applicability of computer-assisted myocardial blush quantification after primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Feasibility and utility of pre-procedure ultrasound imaging of the arm to facilitate transradial coronary diagnostic and interventional procedures (PRIMAFACIE-TRI). 
  • Fibrinolysis or primary PCI in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Fibroblast growth factor 23 is not associated with and does not induce arterial calcification. 
  • Five-year follow-up of the Sirolimus-Eluting Stents vs Vascular Brachytherapy for Bare Metal In-Stent Restenosis (SISR) trial. 
  • Fondaparinux with UnfracTionated heparin dUring Revascularization in Acute coronary syndromes (FUTURA/OASIS 8): a randomized trial of intravenous unfractionated heparin during percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes initially treated with fondaparinux. 
  • Free and open-source software application for the evaluation of coronary computed tomography angiography images. 
  • Frequency and Predictors of Internal Mammary Artery Graft Failure and Subsequent Clinical Outcomes: Insights From the Project of Ex-vivo Vein Graft Engineering via Transfection (PREVENT) IV Trial. 
  • Frequency of low serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in hospitalized patients with "desirable" total cholesterol levels. 
  • Frequency of transient reductions in left ventricular ejection fraction at rest in coronary artery disease. 
  • Frequency, clinical and angiographic characteristics, and outcomes of high-risk non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes patients with left circumflex culprit lesions. 
  • Frequency, correlates, and clinical implications of myocardial perfusion after primary angioplasty and stenting, with and without glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition, in acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Gender Differences in Associations Between Intraprocedural Thrombotic Events During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Adverse Outcomes. 
  • Gender and acute myocardial infarction: is there a different response to thrombolysis? 
  • Gender differences in the treatment of non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Geographic variation and trends in carotid imaging among medicare beneficiaries, 2001 to 2006. 
  • Guideline adjudicated fibrinolytic failure: incidence, findings, and management in a contemporary clinical trial. 
  • Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: comparison of patients with and without angina pectoris (from the Duke Databank for Cardiovascular Disease). 
  • Heart rate variability assessment early after acute myocardial infarction. Pathophysiological and prognostic correlates. GUSTO ECG Substudy Investigators. Global Utilization of Streptokinase and TPA for Occluded Arteries. 
  • Heterogeneity of vasomotor response to acetylcholine along the human coronary artery. 
  • High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I as a Gatekeeper for Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography and Stress Testing in Patients with Acute Chest Pain. 
  • High-sensitivity troponin T concentrations in acute chest pain patients evaluated with cardiac computed tomography. 
  • Higher rates of coronary angiography and revascularization following myocardial infarction may be associated with greater survival in the United States than in Canada. The CARS Investigators (Coumadin/Aspirin Reinfarction Study). 
  • Hospital patterns of medical management strategy use for patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction and 3-vessel or left main coronary artery disease. 
  • Hospital variability in the rate of finding obstructive coronary artery disease at elective, diagnostic coronary angiography. 
  • Hostility in asymptomatic men with angiographically confirmed coronary artery disease. 
  • Hybrid Coronary Revascularization for the Treatment of Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease: A Multicenter Observational Study. 
  • Identification and treatment of low-risk patients after acute myocardial infarction and coronary-artery bypass graft surgery. 
  • Identification of Patients With Stable Chest Pain Deriving Minimal Value From Noninvasive Testing: The PROMISE Minimal-Risk Tool, A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Identification of patients with stable chest pain deriving minimal value from coronary computed tomography angiography: An external validation of the PROMISE minimal-risk tool. 
  • Images in cardiovascular medicine. Left ventricular apical pseudoaneurysm: echocardiographic and intraoperative findings. 
  • Images in cardiovascular medicine. ST-elevation alternans and nonsustained polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in a patient with Prinzmetal (variant) angina. 
  • Imaging for coronary risk assessment: ready for prime time? 
  • Impact and determinants of left ventricular function in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on the Evaluation of Stable Chest Pain Patients: Insights From the PROMISE (Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain) Trial. 
  • Impact of ST-segment resolution after primary angioplasty on outcomes after myocardial infarction in elderly patients: an analysis from the CADILLAC trial. 
  • Impact of an aggressive invasive catheterization and revascularization strategy on mortality in patients with cardiogenic shock in the Global Utilization of Streptokinase and Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Occluded Coronary Arteries (GUSTO-I) trial. An observational study. 
  • Impact of baseline platelet count in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction (from the CADILLAC trial). 
  • Impact of beta-blockade premedication on image quality of ECG-gated thoracic aorta CT angiography. 
  • Impact of clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes requiring coronary artery bypass surgery: a multicenter analysis. 
  • Impact of computed tomography (CT)-derived fractional flow reserve on reader confidence for interpretation of coronary CT angiography. 
  • Impact of diabetes mellitus on clinical characteristics, management, and in-hospital outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction (from the NCDR). 
  • Impact of different patterns of invasive care on quality of life outcomes in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome: results from the GUSTO-IIb Canada-United States substudy. 
  • Impact of ethnicity and gender differences on angiographic coronary artery disease prevalence and in-hospital mortality in the American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Impact of exercise stress testing on diagnostic gene expression in patients with obstructive and nonobstructive coronary artery disease. 
  • Impact of fibrinogen levels on angiographic progression and 12-year survival in the armed forces regression study. 
  • Impact of hemodynamic support with Impella 2.5 versus intra-aortic balloon pump on prognostically important clinical outcomes in patients undergoing high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (from the PROTECT II randomized trial). 
  • Impact of nonculprit vessel myocardial perfusion on outcomes of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndromes: analysis from the ACUITY trial (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy). 
  • Impact of on-site cardiac interventional facilities on management and outcome of patients with acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Impact of percutaneous coronary intervention performance reporting on cardiac resuscitation centers: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. 
  • Impact of perioperative myocardial infarction on angiographic and clinical outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting (from PRoject of Ex-vivo Vein graft ENgineering via Transfection [PREVENT] IV). 
  • Impact of pre-stage II hemodynamics and pulmonary artery anatomy on 12-month outcomes in the Pediatric Heart Network Single Ventricle Reconstruction trial. 
  • Impact of race on cardiac care and outcomes in veterans with acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Impact of saphenous vein graft radiographic markers on clinical events and angiographic parameters. 
  • Impact of smoking status on outcomes of primary coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction--the smoker's paradox revisited. 
  • Impact of tissue plasminogen activator and heparin versus heparin alone on quantitative coronary angiographic findings in myocardial infarction. The Toronto Tissue Plasminogen Activator Trial Study Group. 
  • Implications of prior myocardial infarction for patients presenting with an acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Importance of cost and quality of life in decisions about routine angiography after acute myocardial infarction. The role of cost-effectiveness models. 
  • 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 speed and stability of ST-segment recovery with reduced-dose tenecteplase and eptifibatide compared with full-dose tenecteplase for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Improvement in the function of hibernating myocardium in a patient with heart failure due to coronary artery disease receiving high-dose simvastatin. 
  • In vivo assessment of left ventricular remodelling after myocardial infarction by digital video contrast angiography in the rat. 
  • In vivo imaging of rat coronary arteries using bi-plane digital subtraction angiography. 
  • 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-hospital and 1-year outcomes among unselected percutaneous coronary intervention patients treated with either sirolimus- or paclitaxel-eluting stents: results from the EVENT (Evaluation of Drug Eluting Stents and Ischemic Events) registry. 
  • In-stent pseudo-restenosis due to an organized thrombus six months after implantation of a sirolimus-eluting stent. 
  • Incidence and impact of totally occluded culprit coronary arteries in patients presenting with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Incidence and impact on outcome of streptokinase allergy in the GUSTO-I trial. Global Utilization of Streptokinase and t-PA in Occluded Coronary Arteries. 
  • Incidence and outcomes of no-reflow phenomenon during percutaneous coronary intervention among patients with acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Incidence and predictors of lesion-specific ischemia by FFRCT: Learnings from the international ADVANCE registry. 
  • Incidence, distribution, and prognostic impact of occluded culprit arteries among patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes undergoing diagnostic angiography. 
  • Incidental extracardiac findings at coronary CT: clinical and economic impact. 
  • Increased left ventricular dysfunction in elderly patients despite successful thrombolysis: the GUSTO-I angiographic experience. 
  • Incremental prognostic power of single-photon emission computed tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. 
  • Inducible myocardial ischemia and outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction. 
  • Infarct Size, Shock, and Heart Failure: Does Reperfusion Strategy Matter in Early Presenting Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction? 
  • Inferior myocardial infarction complicated by mural thrombus and systemic embolization despite anticoagulation in progressive systemic sclerosis with normal coronary arteriograms. 
  • Influence of coronary angiography on the utilization of therapies in patients with acute heart failure syndromes: findings from Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF). 
  • Influence of insurance type on the use of procedures, medications and hospital outcome in patients with unstable angina: results from the GUARANTEE Registry. Global Unstable Angina Registry and Treatment Evaluation. 
  • Influence of preoperative renal dysfunction on one-year bypass graft patency and two-year outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. 
  • Influence of presenting electrocardiographic findings on the treatment and outcomes of patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Influence of race and sex on thrombogenicity in a large cohort of coronary artery disease patients. 
  • Influence of the timing of cardiac catheterization and the amount of contrast media on acute renal failure after cardiac surgery. 
  • Influence of timing of clopidogrel treatment on the efficacy and safety of bivalirudin in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: an analysis of the ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY) trial. 
  • Initial experience with a novel coronary rinsing and thrombectomy system: "Rinspiration". 
  • Integrating antithrombin and antiplatelet therapies with early invasive management for non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Internal mammary artery graft angioplasty: acute and long-term outcome. 
  • International differences in in-hospital revascularization and outcomes following acute myocardial infarction: a multilevel analysis of patients in ASSENT-2. 
  • Interpersonal Hostility Assessment Technique: description and validation against the criterion of coronary artery disease. 
  • Intervening on small infarct-related arteries: what does the future hold? 
  • Intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy in peri-coronary angiography ischemic stroke. 
  • Intracoronary KAI-9803 as an adjunct to primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Intracoronary bolus administration of eptifibatide during percutaneous coronary stenting for non ST elevation myocardial infarction and unstable angina. 
  • Intracoronary ultrasound evaluation of interventional technologies. 
  • Intraluminal thrombus in facilitated versus primary percutaneous coronary intervention: an angiographic substudy of the ASSENT-4 PCI (Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of a New Treatment Strategy with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) trial. 
  • Intravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator in patients with unstable angina pectoris. Results of a placebo-controlled, randomized trial. 
  • Ionizing radiation exposure to patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction in the United States. 
  • Is a strategy of intended incomplete percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty revascularization acceptable in nondiabetic patients who are candidates for coronary artery bypass graft surgery? The Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI). 
  • Is all unstable angina the same? insights from the Coronary Angioplasty Versus Excisional Atherectomy Trial (CAVEAT-I). The CAVEAT-Investigators. 
  • Is diabetic retinopathy related to subclinical cardiovascular disease? 
  • Is noninvasive testing for coronary artery disease accurate? 
  • 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. 
  • Ischemia change in stable coronary artery disease is an independent predictor of death and myocardial infarction. 
  • Job strain and the prevalence and outcome of coronary artery disease. 
  • Lack of effect of lovastatin on restenosis after coronary angioplasty. Lovastatin Restenosis Trial Study Group. 
  • Laser wire for crossing chronic total occlusions: "learning phase" results from the U.S. TOTAL trial. Total Occlusion Trial With Angioplasty by Using a Laser Wire. 
  • Late restenosis after emergent coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: comparison with elective coronary angioplasty. 
  • Late safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of a zotarolimus-eluting stent compared with a paclitaxel-eluting stent in patients with de novo coronary lesions: 2-year follow-up from the ENDEAVOR IV trial (Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Medtronic Endeavor Drug [ABT-578] Eluting Coronary Stent System Versus the Taxus Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System in De Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions). 
  • Late thrombosis following treatment of in-stent restenosis with drug-eluting stents after discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy. 
  • Late-term clinical outcomes with zotarolimus- and sirolimus-eluting stents. 5-year follow-up of the ENDEAVOR III (A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Medtronic Endeavor Drug [ABT-578] Eluting Coronary Stent System Versus the Cypher Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System in De Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions). 
  • Left bundle branch block in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. Incidence, angiographic characteristics, and clinical outcomes. 
  • Left ventricular intracavitary mass--an unusual case. 
  • Left ventricular volumes and function in the embryonic mouse heart. 
  • Lesion-directed administration of alteplase with intracoronary heparin in patients with unstable angina and coronary thrombus undergoing angioplasty. 
  • Lessons we have learned from the GUSTO trial. Global Utilization of Streptokinase and Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Occluded Arteries. 
  • 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 delivery of heparin post-PTCA: a multicenter randomized pilot study. 
  • Location, Location, Location. 
  • Long-term clinical and angiographic outcomes in patients with diabetes undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery: results from the Project of Ex-vivo Vein Graft Engineering via Transfection IV trial. 
  • Long-term outcomes after invasive management for older patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Long-term outcomes for women versus men with unstable angina/non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction managed medically without revascularization: insights from the TaRgeted platelet Inhibition to cLarify the Optimal strateGy to medicallY manage Acute Coronary Syndromes trial. 
  • Longitudinal Risk of Adverse Events in Patients With Acute Kidney Injury After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Loss of short-term symptomatic benefit in patients with an occluded infarct artery is unrelated to non-protocol revascularization: results from the Occluded Artery Trial (OAT). 
  • Lossy (15:1) JPEG compression of digital coronary angiograms does not limit detection of subtle morphological features. 
  • Low diagnostic yield of elective coronary angiography. 
  • Low molecular weight heparin (dalteparin) compared to unfractionated heparin as an adjunct to rt-PA (alteplase) for improvement of coronary artery patency in acute myocardial infarction-the ASSENT Plus study. 
  • Lower Repeat Revascularization Rates Among Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery are Due to Lack of Adequate Target Vessels. 
  • Measures of neuroticism and disease status in coronary angiography patients. 
  • Mechanism of benefit of combination thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: a quantitative angiographic and hematologic study. 
  • Medical appropriateness of coronary angiograms. 
  • Medical history for prognostic risk assessment and diagnosis of stable patients with suspected coronary artery disease. 
  • Meta-Analysis Comparing Complete Revascularization Versus Infarct-Related Only Strategies for Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Metabolic syndrome is not associated with increased mortality or cardiovascular risk in nondiabetic patients with a new diagnosis of coronary artery disease. 
  • Mortality of Myocardial Infarction by Sex, Age, and Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease Status in the ACTION Registry-GWTG (Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network Registry-Get With the Guidelines). 
  • Multicenter validation of the diagnostic accuracy of a blood-based gene expression test for assessing obstructive coronary artery disease in nondiabetic patients. 
  • Multiple biomarkers at admission are associated with angiographic, electrocardiographic, and imaging cardiovascular mechanistic markers of outcomes in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Multiple population models for multivariate random length data--with applications in clinical trials. 
  • Multivessel coronary artery disease: a key predictor of short-term prognosis after reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarction. Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (TAMI) Study Group. 
  • Multivessel vs culprit-only percutaneous coronary intervention among patients 65 years or older with acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Munchausen's syndrome and cardiac catheterization. A case of a pernicious interaction. 
  • Myocardial infarction with minimal coronary atherosclerosis in the era of thrombolytic reperfusion. The Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (TAMI) Study Group. 
  • Myocardial ischemia in constrictive pericarditis. 
  • Myocardial revascularization using the saphenous vein bypass: a pre- and postoperative assessment. 
  • Myonecrosis following stent placement: association between impaired TIMI myocardial perfusion grade and MRI visualization of microinfarction. 
  • N-terminal prob-type natriuretic peptide is a marker of vascular remodelling and subclinical atherosclerosis in asymptomatic hypertensives. 
  • Native coronary disease progression exceeds failed revascularization as cause of angina after five years in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI). 
  • Negative T waves shortly after ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction are a powerful marker for improved survival rate. 
  • New method of measuring coronary diameter by electron-beam computed tomographic angiography using adjusted thresholds determined by calibration with aortic opacity. 
  • Non-Q-wave versus Q-wave myocardial infarction after thrombolytic therapy: angiographic and prognostic insights from the global utilization of streptokinase and tissue plasminogen activator for occluded coronary arteries-I angiographic substudy. GUSTO-I Angiographic Investigators. 
  • Non-eligibility for reperfusion therapy in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Contemporary insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR). 
  • Non-invasive prediction of reperfusion and coronary artery patency by continuous ST segment monitoring in the GUSTO-I trial. 
  • Noninvasive FFR Derived From Coronary CT Angiography: Management and Outcomes in the PROMISE Trial. 
  • Noninvasive, medical management for non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Nonobstructive coronary artery disease and risk of myocardial infarction. 
  • Nonsystem reasons for delay in door-to-balloon time and associated in-hospital mortality: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Normal coronary rates for elective angiography in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System: insights from the VA CART program (veterans affairs clinical assessment reporting and tracking). 
  • Novel technique for addressing streak artifact in gated dual-source MDCT angiography utilizing ECG-editing. 
  • On-pump versus off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: cost-effectiveness analysis alongside a multisite trial. 
  • One-year outcome of patients after acute coronary syndromes (from the Canadian Acute Coronary Syndromes Registry). 
  • One-year survival among patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock, and its relation to early revascularization: results from the GUSTO-I trial. 
  • Optimal timing of hydration to erase contrast-associated nephropathy: the OTHER CAN study. 
  • Optimization of tube current in coronary multidetector computed tomography angiography: assessment of a standardized method to individualize current selection based on body habitus. 
  • Optimizing rotational atherectomy in high-risk percutaneous coronary interventions: insights from the PROTECT ΙΙ study. 
  • Orbital atherectomy for the treatment of severely calcified coronary lesions: evidence, technique, and best practices. 
  • Outcome after prolonged balloon inflations of greater than 20 minutes for initially unsuccessful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. 
  • Outcome in elderly patients undergoing primary coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction: results from the Controlled Abciximab and Device Investigation to Lower Late Angioplasty Complications (CADILLAC) trial. 
  • Outcome of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in patients with prior coronary artery bypass surgery receiving thrombolytic therapy. 
  • Outcomes According to Cardiac Catheterization Referral and Clopidogrel Use Among Medicare Patients With Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Discharged Without In-hospital Revascularization. 
  • Outcomes after percutaneous coronary artery revascularization procedures for cardiac allograft vasculopathy in pediatric heart transplant recipients: A multi-institutional study. 
  • Outcomes after planned invasive or conservative treatment strategy in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome and a normal value of high sensitivity troponin at randomisation: A Platelet Inhibition and Patient Outcomes (PLATO) trial biomarker substudy. 
  • Outcomes among non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes patients with no angiographically obstructive coronary artery disease: observations from 37,101 patients. 
  • Outcomes following interventions in small coronary arteries with the use of hand-crimped Palmaz-Schatz stents. 
  • Outcomes following pre-operative clopidogrel administration in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: the ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY) trial. 
  • Outcomes in elderly patients with acute coronary syndromes randomized to enoxaparin vs. unfractionated heparin: results from the SYNERGY trial. 
  • Outcomes of a pharmacoinvasive strategy for successful versus failed fibrinolysis and primary percutaneous intervention in acute myocardial infarction (from the STrategic Reperfusion Early After Myocardial Infarction [STREAM] study). 
  • Outcomes of anatomical versus functional testing for coronary artery disease. 
  • Outcomes of patients consented but not randomized in a trial of primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction (the CADILLAC registry). 
  • P2Y12 Receptor Blockade and Myocardial Perfusion. 
  • PCI at non-PCI centres: immediate or rescue? 
  • PROspective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of chest pain: rationale and design of the PROMISE trial. 
  • Partial and transient relief of conduit obstruction by low-pressure balloon dilation in patients with congenital heart disease. 
  • Pathophysiology and prognostic significance of Holter-detected ST segment depression after myocardial infarction. The Tissue Plasminogen Activator: Toronto (TPAT) Study Group. 
  • Patient management after noninvasive cardiac imaging results from SPARC (Study of myocardial perfusion and coronary anatomy imaging roles in coronary artery disease). 
  • Patient selection for diagnostic coronary angiography and hospital-level percutaneous coronary intervention appropriateness: insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Percutaneous coronary intervention for older adults who present with syncope and coronary artery disease? Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Percutaneous coronary intervention in a patient with immune thrombocytopenia purpura. 
  • Percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass surgery for cardiogenic shock and multivessel coronary artery disease? 
  • Percutaneous coronary interventions and cardiovascular outcomes for patients with chronic total occlusions. 
  • Percutaneous left ventricular assist device for high-risk percutaneous coronary interventions: Real-world versus clinical trial experience. 
  • Percutaneous stenting of right pulmonary artery stenosis in fibrosing mediastinitis. 
  • Performance of currently available risk models in a cohort of mechanically supported high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention--From the PROTECT II randomized trial. 
  • Perfusion balloon angioplasty in patients with complex coronary lesion morphology. 
  • Peripartum cardiomyopathy presenting as an acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Persistent angina pectoris in ischaemic cardiomyopathy: increased rehospitalization and major adverse cardiac events. 
  • Perspectives on the future of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockade therapy. 
  • Physical function and independence 1 year after myocardial infarction: observations from the Translational Research Investigating Underlying disparities in recovery from acute Myocardial infarction: Patients' Health status registry. 
  • Pitfalls in the determination of absolute dimensions using angiographic catheters as calibration devices in quantitative angiography. 
  • Plasma N-terminal fragment of the prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide concentrations in relation to time to treatment and Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) flow: a substudy of the Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of a New Treatment Strategy with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (ASSENT IV-PCI) trial. 
  • Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockade and outcome of cardiogenic shock complicating acute coronary syndromes without persistent ST-segment elevation. 
  • Polymorphisms associated with in vitro aspirin resistance are not associated with clinical outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease who report regular aspirin use. 
  • 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. 
  • Practice patterns and clinical outcomes among non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) patients presenting to primary and tertiary hospitals: insights from the EARLY glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition in NSTE-ACS (EARLY-ACS) trial. 
  • Prasugrel 5 mg in the very elderly attenuates platelet inhibition but maintains noninferiority to prasugrel 10 mg in nonelderly patients: the GENERATIONS trial, a pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic study in stable coronary artery disease patients. 
  • Prasugrel versus clopidogrel for patients with unstable angina or non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with or without angiography: a secondary, prespecified analysis of the TRILOGY ACS trial. 
  • Precatheterization Use of P2Y12 Inhibitors in Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Undergoing Early Cardiac Catheterization and In-Hospital Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Insights From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry®. 
  • Predicting chronic left ventricular dysfunction 90 days after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: An Assessment of Pexelizumab in Acute Myocardial Infarction (APEX-AMI) Substudy. 
  • Predicting the risk of abrupt vessel closure after angioplasty in an individual patient. 
  • Prediction of early recurrent myocardial ischemia and coronary reocclusion after successful thrombolysis: a qualitative and quantitative angiographic study. 
  • Prediction of enzymatic infarct size in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Prediction of myocardial perfusion abnormalities by quantitative regional function using a radionuclide angiography database: a comparison with wall motion analysis. 
  • Prediction of one-year survival in high-risk patients with acute coronary syndromes: results from the SYNERGY trial. 
  • Prediction of severe coronary artery disease by combined rest and exercise radionuclide angiocardiography and tomographic perfusion imaging with technetium 99m-labeled sestamibi: a comparison with clinical and electrocardiographic data. 
  • Prediction of the extent and severity of left ventricular dysfunction in anterior acute myocardial infarction by the admission electrocardiogram. 
  • Predictors and sequelae of distal embolization during saphenous vein graft intervention from the CAVEAT-II trial. Coronary Angioplasty Versus Excisional Atherectomy Trial. 
  • Predictors of left ventricular function after acute myocardial infarction: effects of time to treatment, patency, and body mass index: the GUSTO-I angiographic experience. 
  • Predictors of outcome of percutaneous excimer laser coronary angioplasty of saphenous vein bypass graft lesions. The Percutaneous Excimer Laser Coronary Angioplasty Registry. 
  • Predictors of outcomes in medically treated patients with acute coronary syndromes after angiographic triage: an Acute Catheterization And Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy (ACUITY) substudy. 
  • 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. 
  • Preoperative factors associated with worsening in health-related quality of life following coronary artery bypass grafting in the Randomized On/Off Bypass (ROOBY) trial. 
  • Preoperative mild-to-moderate coronary artery disease does not affect long-term outcomes of lung transplantation. 
  • Pressure-flow studies in man: the nature of the aortic flow pattern in both valvular mitral insufficiency and the prolapsing mitral valve syndrome. 
  • Prevalence and predictors of nonobstructive coronary artery disease identified with coronary angiography in contemporary clinical practice. 
  • Prevalence, predictors, and impact of conservative medical management for patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes who have angiographically documented significant coronary disease. 
  • Primary coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction (the Primary Angioplasty Registry). 
  • Prior coronary artery bypass graft patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention. 
  • Prognosis by coronary computed tomographic angiography: matched comparison with myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography. 
  • Prognosis in cardiogenic shock after acute myocardial infarction in the interventional era. 
  • Prognosis in medically stabilized unstable angina: early Holter ST-segment monitoring compared with predischarge exercise thallium tomography. 
  • Prognosis of patients with non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction and nonobstructive coronary artery disease: propensity-matched analysis from the Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy trial. 
  • Prognostic Value of Coronary Artery Calcium in the PROMISE Study (Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain). 
  • Prognostic Value of Noninvasive Cardiovascular Testing in Patients With Stable Chest Pain: Insights From the PROMISE Trial (Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain). 
  • 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 implications of angiographically normal and insignificantly narrowed coronary arteries. 
  • Prognostic importance of new small Q waves following non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Prognostic importance of social and economic resources among medically treated patients with angiographically documented coronary artery disease. 
  • Prognostic significance of coronary thrombus in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndromes: a subanalysis of the ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY) trial. 
  • Prognostic utility of comparative methods for assessment of ST-segment resolution after primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: the Controlled Abciximab and Device Investigation to Lower Late Angioplasty Complications (CADILLAC) trial. 
  • Prognostic validation of an algorithm to convert myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging data from a 12-segment model to a 17-segment model. 
  • Prognostic value of CT angiography in patients with inconclusive functional stress tests. 
  • Prognostic value of a coronary artery jeopardy score. 
  • Prognostic value of angiographic lesion complexity in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (from the acute catheterization and urgent intervention triage strategy trial). 
  • Prospective evaluation of where reperfusion ventricular arrhythmia "bursts" fit into optimal reperfusion in STEMI. 
  • Protection of Distal Embolization in High-Risk Patients with Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (PREMIAR). 
  • Provisional stenting strategies: systematic overview and implications for clinical decision-making. 
  • Psychological correlates of hostility among patients undergoing coronary angiography. 
  • Putting the Acute Coronary Syndrome in Context After 80 Years of Age. 
  • Quality assessment and improvement in interventional cardiology: a Position Statement of the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Part II: public reporting and risk adjustment. 
  • Quality assessment and improvement in interventional cardiology: a position statement of the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, part 1: standards for quality assessment and improvement in interventional cardiology. 
  • Quality of life after coronary angioplasty or continued medical treatment for angina: three-year follow-up in the RITA-2 trial. Randomized Intervention Treatment of Angina. 
  • Quality-of-Life Outcomes With Anatomic Versus Functional Diagnostic Testing Strategies in Symptomatic Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease: Results From the PROMISE Randomized Trial. 
  • Quality-of-Life and Economic Outcomes of Assessing Fractional Flow Reserve With Computed Tomography Angiography: PLATFORM. 
  • Quantitative and qualitative coronary angiographic analysis: review of methods, utility, and limitations. 
  • Quantitative regional wall motion analysis with early contrast ventriculography for the assessment of myocardium at risk in acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Quantitative thallium-201 single photon emission computed tomography after oral dipyridamole for assessing the presence, anatomic location and severity of coronary artery disease. 
  • Racial differences in prevalence of coronary obstructions among men with positive nuclear imaging studies. 
  • Racial variation in the use of coronary-revascularization procedures. 
  • Radial Versus Femoral Access for Coronary Interventions Across the Entire Spectrum of Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials. 
  • Radial Versus Femoral Access for Coronary Angiography/Intervention in Women With Acute Coronary Syndromes: Insights From the RIVAL Trial (Radial Vs femorAL access for coronary intervention). 
  • Radial artery diameter does not correlate with body mass index: A duplex ultrasound analysis of 1706 patients undergoing trans-radial catheterization at three experienced radial centers. 
  • Radial versus femoral access for coronary angiography and intervention in patients with acute coronary syndromes (RIVAL): a randomised, parallel group, multicentre trial. 
  • Radial versus femoral access in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing invasive management: a randomised multicentre trial. 
  • Radiation dose estimation for prospective and retrospective ECG-gated cardiac CT angiography in infants and small children using a 320-MDCT volume scanner. 
  • Radiation dose from contemporary cardiothoracic multidetector CT protocols with an anthropomorphic female phantom: implications for cancer induction. 
  • Radiation exposure in relation to the arterial access site used for diagnostic coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Radiation safety in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. 
  • Randomized comparison of primary percutaneous coronary intervention with combined proximal embolic protection and thrombus aspiration versus primary percutaneous coronary intervention alone in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: the PREPARE (PRoximal Embolic Protection in Acute myocardial infarction and Resolution of ST-Elevation) study. 
  • Rapid assessment of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockade with the platelet function analyzer (PFA-100) during percutaneous coronary intervention. 
  • Rate-related left bundle branch block with chest pain and normal coronary arteriograms treated by exercise training. 
  • Rates of cardiac catheterization cancelation for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction after activation by emergency medical services or emergency physicians: results from the North Carolina Catheterization Laboratory Activation Registry. 
  • Rationale and design of the Aortic Valve replAcemenT versus conservative treatment in Asymptomatic seveRe aortic stenosis (AVATAR trial): A randomized multicenter controlled event-driven trial. 
  • Rationale and design of the CONFIRM (COronary CT Angiography EvaluatioN For Clinical Outcomes: An InteRnational Multicenter) Registry. 
  • Rationale and design of the East-West late lumen loss study: Comparison of late lumen loss between Eastern and Western drug-eluting stent study cohorts. 
  • Rationale and design of the MASS COMM trial: A randomized trial to compare percutaneous coronary intervention between MASSachusetts hospitals with cardiac surgery on-site and COMMunity hospitals without cardiac surgery on-site. 
  • Rationale and design of the Prospective LongitudinAl Trial of FFRCT: Outcome and Resource IMpacts study. 
  • Rationale and design of the dual antiplatelet therapy study, a prospective, multicenter, randomized, double-blind trial to assess the effectiveness and safety of 12 versus 30 months of dual antiplatelet therapy in subjects undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with either drug-eluting stent or bare metal stent placement for the treatment of coronary artery lesions. 
  • Rationale, design and goals of the HeartFlow assessing diagnostic value of non-invasive FFRCT in Coronary Care (ADVANCE) registry. 
  • Reactivity of coronary arteries in relation to serum magnesium levels in patients with ischaemic heart disease--a quantitative coronary angiographic study. 
  • Rebuttal: Response to letter by Chugh S. Regarding "Best practices for transradial angiography and intervention: a consensus statement from the society for cardiovascular angiography and intervention's transradial working group". 
  • Recent advances in digital radiography. 
  • Recombinant hirudin for unstable angina pectoris. A multicenter, randomized angiographic trial. 
  • Recurrent ischemia after thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Recurrent ischemia after thrombolysis: importance of associated clinical findings. GUSTO-I Investigators. Global Utilization of Streptokinase and t-PA [tissue-plasminogen activator] for Occluded Coronary Arteries. 
  • Red versus white thrombi in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention: clinical and angiographic outcomes. 
  • Reduced thrombus burden with abciximab delivered locally before percutaneous intervention in saphenous vein grafts. 
  • Reduction in complications of angioplasty with abciximab occurs largely independently of baseline lesion morphology. EPIC and EPILOG Investigators. Evaluation of 7E3 for the Prevention of Ischemic Complications. Evaluation of PTCA To Improve Long-term Outcome with abciximab GPIIb/IIIa Receptor Blockade. 
  • Reduction of myocardial ischemic injury following coronary intervention (the MC-1 to Eliminate Necrosis and Damage trial). 
  • Regional heterogeneity of human myocardial infarcts demonstrated by contrast-enhanced MRI. Potential mechanisms. 
  • Regional patterns of use of a medical management strategy for patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: insights from the EARLY ACS Trial. 
  • Regional variation across the United States in the management of acute myocardial infarction. GUSTO-1 Investigators. Global Utilization of Streptokinase and Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Occluded Coronary Arteries. 
  • Relation between baseline risk and treatment decisions in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes: an examination of international practice patterns. 
  • 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 estrogen replacement therapy and restenosis after percutaneous coronary interventions. 
  • 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 between leucocyte count, myonecrosis, myocardial perfusion, and outcomes following primary angioplasty. 
  • Relation of Age and Health-Related Quality of Life to Invasive Versus Ischemia-Guided Management of Patients with Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Relation of Baseline Hemoglobin Levels and Adverse Events in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes (from the Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY and Harmonizing Outcomes with RevasculariZatiON and Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trials). 
  • 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 admission high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level and in-hospital mortality in patients with acute non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry). 
  • Relation of angiographic detected intracoronary thrombus and silent myocardial ischemia in unstable angina pectoris. 
  • Relation of early saphenous vein graft failure to outcomes following coronary artery bypass surgery. 
  • Relation of impaired Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction myocardial perfusion grades to residual thrombus following the restoration of epicardial patency in ST-elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Relation of quantitative coronary lesion measurements to the development of exercise-induced ischemia assessed by exercise echocardiography. 
  • 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 Arterial Access and Outcomes in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction With a Pharmacoinvasive Versus Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Strategy: Insights From the STrategic Reperfusion Early After Myocardial Infarction (STREAM) Study. 
  • Relationship between community hospital versus pre-hospital location of randomisation and clinical outcomes in ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients: insights from the Stream study. 
  • Relationship between postoperative clopidogrel use and subsequent angiographic and clinical outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting. 
  • Relationship between time to invasive assessment and clinical outcomes of patients undergoing an early invasive strategy after fibrinolysis for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a patient-level analysis of the randomized early routine invasive clinical trials. 
  • Relationship between vein graft failure and subsequent clinical outcomes after coronary artery bypass surgery. 
  • Relationship of extent of revascularization with angina at one year in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI). 
  • Relationship of the time interval between cardiac catheterization and elective coronary artery bypass surgery with postprocedural acute kidney injury. 
  • Relationships among ventricular arrhythmias, coronary artery disease, and angiographic and electrocardiographic indicators of myocardial fibrosis. 
  • Reliability of single-lead and multiple-lead electrocardiography during and after exercise. 
  • Renal artery stenosis: prevalence and associated risk factors in patients undergoing routine cardiac catheterization. 
  • Renal failure in patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Predictors, clinical and angiographic features, and outcomes. 
  • Reperfusion after primary angioplasty for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: predictors of success and relationship to clinical outcomes in the APEX-AMI angiographic study. 
  • Reperfusion ventricular arrhythmia 'bursts' predict larger infarct size despite TIMI 3 flow restoration with primary angioplasty for anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Reply to the editor. 
  • Reply: To PMID 22892694. 
  • Response to letters regarding article, “Predictors of outcomes in medically treated patients with acute coronary syndromes after angiographic triage: an Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy (ACUITY) substudy”. 
  • Restenosis after coronary angioplasty: an overview. 
  • Restenosis, reocclusion and adverse cardiovascular events after successful balloon angioplasty of occluded versus nonoccluded coronary arteries. Results from the Multicenter American Research Trial With Cilazapril After Angioplasty to Prevent Transluminal Coronary Obstruction and Restenosis (MARCATOR). 
  • Results of Prevention of REStenosis with Tranilast and its Outcomes (PRESTO) trial. 
  • Retinal arterial signs and coronary heart disease. 
  • Revascularization Strategies and Outcomes in Elderly Patients With Multivessel Coronary Disease. 
  • Rheumatoid arthritis complicates noninvasive whole blood gene expression testing for coronary artery disease. 
  • Right ventricular infarction complicated by acute right-to-left shunting. 
  • Risk factors, angiographic patterns, and outcomes in patients with ventricular septal defect complicating acute myocardial infarction. GUSTO-I (Global Utilization of Streptokinase and TPA for Occluded Coronary Arteries) Trial Investigators. 
  • Risk of distal embolization and infarction with transluminal extraction atherectomy in saphenous vein grafts and native coronary arteries. NACI Investigators. New Approaches to Coronary Interventions. 
  • Risk stratification in the setting of non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes 1999-2007. 
  • Role of cardiac evaluation before thoracic endovascular aortic repair. 
  • Role of coronary angiography in acute coronary artery syndromes. 
  • Role of coronary artery calcium score in identifying occult coronary artery disease in patients evaluated for deceased-donor liver transplant - a preliminary report. 
  • Role of target vessel size and body surface area on outcomes after percutaneous coronary interventions in women. 
  • Routine Invasive Versus Selective Invasive Strategy in Elderly Patients Older Than 75 Years With Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. 
  • SPECT, PET, and CTA-Acronyms or Better Imaging? 
  • SYNTAX Score and Long-Term Outcomes: The BARI-2D Trial. 
  • Safety and clinical effectiveness of drug-eluting stents for saphenous vein graft intervention in older individuals: Results from the medicare-linked National Cardiovascular Data Registry(®) CathPCI Registry(®) (2005-2009). 
  • Safety of coronary CT angiography and functional testing for stable chest pain in the PROMISE trial: A randomized comparison of test complications, incidental findings, and radiation dose. 
  • Saline infusion in excimer laser coronary angioplasty. 
  • Saphenous vein graft failure and clinical outcomes: toward a surrogate end point in patients following coronary artery bypass surgery? 
  • Selecting a noninvasive imaging study after an inconclusive exercise test. 
  • Selection of patients for coronary angiography and coronary revascularization early after myocardial infarction: is there evidence for a gender bias? 
  • Selective infusion of thrombolytic therapy in the acute myocardial infarct-related coronary artery as an alternative to rescue percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. 
  • Self-regulation in the era of big data: appropriate use of appropriate use criteria. 
  • Self-report of chest pain symptoms and coronary artery disease in patients undergoing angiography. 
  • Serious infections among unselected patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with contemporary primary percutaneous coronary intervention. 
  • Serum cholesterol in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization for suspected coronary artery disease: diagnostic and prognostic implications. 
  • Serum release of the creatine kinase tissue-specific isoforms MM3 and MB2 is simultaneous during myocardial reperfusion. 
  • Severity of renal vascular disease predicts mortality in patients undergoing coronary angiography. 
  • Sex Differences in Fractional Flow Reserve-Guided Revascularization: A Nationwide Analysis. 
  • Sex differences in mortality following acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Sex, clinical presentation, and outcome in patients with acute coronary syndromes. Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Coronary Arteries in Acute Coronary Syndromes IIb Investigators. 
  • Sex-Stratified Trends in Enrollment, Patient Characteristics, Treatment, and Outcomes Among Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients: Insights From Clinical Trials Over 17 Years. 
  • Short-term outcomes of balloon angioplasty versus stent placement for patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Implications for patients requiring early coronary artery bypass surgery. 
  • Significance of a coronary artery with thrombolysis in myocardial infarction grade 2 flow "patency" (outcome in the thrombolysis and angioplasty in myocardial infarction trials). Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction Study Group. 
  • Significant sex differences in the correlation of electrocardiographic exercise testing and coronary arteriograms. 
  • Simultaneous biplane coronary and pulmonary arteriography: a novel technique for defining the course of an anomalous left main coronary artery originating from the right sinus of Valsalva. 
  • Simultaneous restenosis of Taxus and Cypher drug-eluting stents. 
  • Single nucleotide polymorphisms in multiple novel thrombospondin genes may be associated with familial premature myocardial infarction. 
  • Single resting hsTnT level predicts abnormal myocardial stress test in acute chest pain patients with normal initial standard troponin. 
  • Single versus multiple internal mammary artery grafting for coronary artery bypass: 15-year follow-up of a clinical practice trial. 
  • Sirolimus-eluting stents vs vascular brachytherapy for in-stent restenosis within bare-metal stents: the SISR randomized trial. 
  • Six-month clinical and angiographic follow-up after direct angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction. Final results from the Primary Angioplasty Registry. 
  • Six-month outcomes of percutaneous coronary balloon angioplasty in acute coronary syndromes: Results from the PURSUIT trial. 
  • Slowed ST segment recovery despite early infarct artery patency in patients with Q waves at presentation with a first acute myocardial infarction. Implications of initial Q waves on myocyte reperfusion. 
  • Soluble VCAM-1 and E-selectin, but not ICAM-1 discriminate endothelial injury in patients with documented coronary artery disease. 
  • Spectral coronary multidetector computed tomography angiography: dual benefit by facilitating plaque characterization and enhancing lumen depiction. 
  • Spontaneous MI After Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome Managed Without Revascularization: The TRILOGY ACS Trial. 
  • Spontaneous multivessel coronary artery dissection in a young asymptomatic patient. 
  • Spontaneous reperfusion in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: comparison of angiographic and electrocardiographic assessments. 
  • Strategies of patient care in acute coronary syndromes: rationale for the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) registry. 
  • Stress cardiac MR imaging compared with stress echocardiography in the early evaluation of patients who present to the emergency department with intermediate-risk chest pain. 
  • Structured reporting: coronary CT angiography: a white paper from the American College of Radiology and the North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging. 
  • Successful percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation in anomalous right coronary arteries arising from the left sinus of valsalva: a report of two cases. 
  • Sudden cardiac arrest in ESRD patients. 
  • Surrogate markers for late cardiac allograft survival. 
  • TIMI frame count: a quantitative method of assessing coronary artery flow. 
  • TIMI grade 3 flow and reocclusion after intravenous thrombolytic therapy: a pooled analysis. 
  • Takotsubo cardiomyopathy complicating thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. 
  • Tc-99m sestamibi cardiac SPECT imaging during coronary artery occlusion in humans: comparison with dipyridamole stress studies. 
  • Temporal changes in biomarkers and their relationships to reperfusion and to clinical outcomes among patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Temporal trends in patient and treatment delay among men and women presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Temporal trends in target vessel revascularization in clinical practice: long-term outcomes following coronary stenting from the Duke Database for Cardiovascular Disease. 
  • Temporary endovascular bypass: rescue technique during mechanical thrombolysis. 
  • The Contemporary Use of Angiography and Revascularization Among Patients With Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the United States Compared With South Korea. 
  • The GUSTO trial and the open artery theory. 
  • The Harmonizing Outcomes with RevasculariZatiON and Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction (HORIZONS-AMI) Trial: study design and rationale. 
  • The Management of Acute Chest Pain: What Lies Beyond the Emergency Department Doors? 
  • The Open (Radial) Artery Hypothesis: How We Can Preserve a Better Arterial Access Site. 
  • The PROMISE trial: An inside perspective. 
  • The Puzzle of Noninvasive Testing in Women: Filling in the Pieces With the CRESCENT Trial (Calcium Imaging and Selective CT Angiography in Comparison to Functional Testing for Suspected Coronary Artery Disease). 
  • The Systematic Evaluation of Identifying the Infarct Related Artery Utilizing Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Patients Presenting with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. 
  • The VB-1 catheter: an improved catheter for difficult-to-engage internal mammary artery grafts. 
  • The added value of simultaneous myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function. 
  • The association between body mass index and coronary artery disease severity: a comparison of black and white patients. 
  • The choice of arterial access for percutaneous coronary intervention and its impact on outcome: An expert opinion perspective. 
  • The clinical evaluation of the Endeavor zotarolimus-eluting coronary stent in Japanese patients with de novo native coronary artery lesions: primary results and 3-year follow-up of the Endeavor Japan study. 
  • The contrast media iohexol causes vasoconstriction of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery: implications for appropriate stent sizing. 
  • The contribution of hypertension to black-white differences in likelihood of coronary artery disease detected during elective angiography. 
  • The cost of doing business in a digital age. 
  • The effect of blockade of the CD11/CD18 integrin receptor on infarct size in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with direct angioplasty: the results of the HALT-MI study. 
  • The global health and economic burden of hospitalizations for heart failure: lessons learned from hospitalized heart failure registries. 
  • The impact of processes of care on myocardial infarct size in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: observations from the CRISP-AMI trial. 
  • The influence of angiographically demonstrated coronary collaterals on the results of stress echocardiography. 
  • The influence of collateral flow on the antegrade and retrograde distribution of cardioplegia in patients with an occluded right coronary artery. 
  • The multicenter study of enhanced external counterpulsation (MUST-EECP): effect of EECP on exercise-induced myocardial ischemia and anginal episodes. 
  • The natural history and recommended management of patients with traumatic coronary artery fistulas. 
  • The natural history of single-vessel chronic coronary occlusion: a 25-year experience. 
  • The relation between clinical features, angiographic findings, and the target lesion revascularization rate in patients receiving the endeavor zotarolimus-eluting stent for treatment of native coronary artery disease: an analysis of ENDEAVOR I, ENDEAVOR II, ENDEAVOR II Continued Access Registry, and ENDEAVOR III. 
  • The relationship between periprocedural myocardial infarction and subsequent target vessel revascularization following percutaneous coronary revascularization: insights from the EPIC trial. Evaluation of IIb/IIIa platelet receptor antagonist 7E3 in Preventing Ischemic Complications. 
  • The role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography angiography in suspected non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients: design and rationale of the CARdiovascular Magnetic rEsoNance imaging and computed Tomography Angiography (CARMENTA) trial. 
  • The role of diabetes mellitus in the composition of coronary thrombi in patients presenting with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention. 
  • The significance of coronary calcification detected by fluoroscopy. A report of 360 patients. 
  • The significance of elevated troponin T in patients with nondialysis-dependent renal insufficiency: a validation with coronary angiography. 
  • The theory and practice of imaging outcomes research. 
  • The truth and consequences of the COURAGE trial. 
  • The value of estimated functional capacity in estimating outcome: results from the NHBLI-Sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study. 
  • The weighted generalized estimating equations approach for the evaluation of medical diagnostic test at subunit level. 
  • Thermal-perfusion balloon coronary angioplasty: in vivo evaluation. 
  • Thoracic cardiovascular CT: technique and applications. 
  • Three-dimensional images of coronary arteries after heart transplantation using electron-beam computed tomography data with volume rendering. 
  • Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (TAMI) trial. 
  • Thrombolysis in unstable angina. Randomized double-blind trial of t-PA and placebo. 
  • Ticagrelor Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: For Better Vein Graft Patency or Better Patient Outcomes? 
  • Time to coronary angiography and outcomes among patients with high-risk non ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: results from the SYNERGY trial. 
  • Timing of in-hospital coronary artery bypass graft surgery for non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry ACTION Registry-GWTG (Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network Registry-Get With The Guidelines). 
  • Trained and supervised physician assistants can safely perform diagnostic cardiac catheterization with coronary angiography. 
  • Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: an update. 
  • Transfemoral Approach for Coronary Angiography and Intervention: A Collaboration of International Cardiovascular Societies. 
  • Transient platelet aggregation as a mechanism of unstable angina. Aggressive treatment with coronary angioplasty. 
  • Transluminal extraction catheter for the treatment of diseased saphenous vein grafts: a multicenter experience. 
  • Transluminal intracoronary reperfusion catheter: a device to maintain coronary perfusion between failed coronary angioplasty and emergency coronary bypass surgery. 
  • Transradial approach for coronary angiography and intervention in the elderly: A meta-analysis of 777,841 patients. 
  • Transradial approach for coronary angiography and interventions: results of the first international transradial practice survey. 
  • Transradial arterial access for coronary and peripheral procedures: executive summary by the Transradial Committee of the SCAI. 
  • Treatment of carotid-cavernous fistulas using intraarterial balloon assistance: case series and technical note. 
  • Treatment strategies for microvascular dysfunction following acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Trends in physician management of uncomplicated acute myocardial infarction, 1970 to 1987. 
  • Trends in presenting characteristics and hospital mortality among patients with ST elevation and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction from 1990 to 2006. 
  • Trends in the use of diagnostic coronary angiography, percutaneous coronary intervention, and coronary artery bypass graft surgery across North Carolina. 
  • Trial of abciximab with and without low-dose reteplase for acute myocardial infarction. Strategies for Patency Enhancement in the Emergency Department (SPEED) Group. 
  • Troponin-positive, MB-negative patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: An undertreated but high-risk patient group: Results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network-Get With The Guidelines (NCDR ACTION-GWTG) Registry. 
  • Two-year outcome after angiographically documented myocardial reperfusion for acute coronary occlusion. Thrombolysis and Angioplasty Study Group. 
  • Type A behavior and angiographically documented coronary atherosclerosis in a sample of 2,289 patients. 
  • Unimproved chest pain in patients with minimal or no coronary disease: a behavioral phenomenon. 
  • Unrecognized left main coronary artery disease in patients undergoing interventional procedures. 
  • Unrecognized non-Q-wave myocardial infarction: prevalence and prognostic significance in patients with suspected coronary disease. 
  • Upstream clopidogrel use and the efficacy and safety of early eptifibatide treatment in patients with acute coronary syndrome: an analysis from the Early Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibition in Patients with Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome (EARLY ACS) trial. 
  • 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 multidetector computed tomography for the assessment of acute chest pain: a consensus statement of the North American Society of Cardiac Imaging and the European Society of Cardiac Radiology. 
  • Use of multidetector computed tomography for the assessment of acute chest pain: a consensus statement of the North American Society of Cardiac Imaging and the European Society of Cardiac Radiology. 
  • Use of resources, quality of life, and clinical outcomes in patients with and without new Q waves after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction (from the GUSTO-I trial). 
  • Use of the Instantaneous Wave-free Ratio or Fractional Flow Reserve in PCI. 
  • Use of the perfusion balloon as a primary dilation device. 
  • 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 Multiple Biomarkers for Predicting Incident Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Patients Who Underwent Diagnostic Coronary Angiography (from the Catheter Sampled Blood Archive in Cardiovascular Diseases [CASABLANCA] Study). 
  • Usefulness of the Duke Sudden Cardiac Death risk score for predicting sudden cardiac death in patients with angiographic (>75% narrowing) coronary artery disease. 
  • Utility of observation units for young emergency department chest pain patients. 
  • Utilization of coronary computed tomography angiography for exclusion of coronary artery disease in ED patients with low- to intermediate-risk chest pain: a 1-year experience. 
  • Utilization, Characteristics, and In-Hospital Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients With ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Results From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network Registry-Get With The Guidelines. 
  • Validation of the association between a branched chain amino acid metabolite profile and extremes of coronary artery disease in patients referred for cardiac catheterization. 
  • Validation of the modified Sgarbossa criteria for acute coronary occlusion in the setting of left bundle branch block: A retrospective case-control study. 
  • Value of cardiovascular magnetic resonance stress perfusion testing for the detection of coronary artery disease in women. 
  • Variant angina and spontaneous coronary artery dissection. 
  • Variations in practice and outcomes in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention in the United States and Canada: insights from the Assessment of Pexelizumab in Acute Myocardial Infarction (APEX AMI) trial. 
  • Visualization of discrete microinfarction after percutaneous coronary intervention associated with mild creatine kinase-MB elevation. 
  • Vulnerable plaque intervention: State of the art. 
  • Wellens syndrome: a life-saving diagnosis. 
  • What constitutes optimal surgical revascularization? Answers from the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI). 
  • What do you need to know before performing a percutaneous coronary intervention? 
  • What is the frequency and functional and clinical significance of complex lesions in non-infarct-related arteries after fibrinolysis for acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction? 
  • Which is the true channel? 
  • Whole blood gene expression testing for coronary artery disease in nondiabetic patients: major adverse cardiovascular events and interventions in the PREDICT trial. 
  • Wrong Sinus Coronary Arteries: Another Piece of the Puzzle. 
  • [Influence of the anatomical pattern of the coronary arteries on myocardial infarction]. 
  • [Is coronary magnetic resonance angiography already a clinically useful diagnostic tool?]. 
  • 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. 
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