Tag: outcomes

There is ongoing discussion as to whether it is beneficial to avoid pulmonary sinus augmentation in the arterial switch operation. We report a single-surgeon series of mid--term results for direct pulmonary artery anastomosis during switch operation for transposition of the great arteries (TGA)...

Complete revascularisation (CR) by means of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been associated  with better long-term prognosis than incomplete revascularisation (IR) in several clinical trials...

The relationship between admission low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels and long-term outcomes has not been established in patients with acute coronary syndrome. We tested the hypothesis that patients who develop non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) despite low LDL have a worse cardiovascular outcome in the long term...

Common variants of the renin–angiotensin system (RAS) genes have been linked to a higher risk of coronary  artery disease (CAD) and its complications.  To determine the prognostic significance of a combination of three common polymorphisms of RAS genes (angiotensin  converting enzyme — ACE Ins/Del, angiotensin receptor type 1 — AGT1R A1166C and angiotensinogen — ATG M235T) in  patients with CAD...

Having initially reported on the overall level of stress in Her Majesty’s Coastguard (HMCG), in a second study we found that a combined (negative) effects approach to stress was better able to identify the associated psychosocial risk factors than by using the well-documented Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) or Job Demand-Control Support (JDCS) models alone.

Blood pressure (BP) is changing with every heart beat and therefore may vary periodically or accidentally during day, week or in a longer period of time, e.g. season. As BP is labile, it creates a personal condition which is defi ned as blood pressure variability (BPV). BPV is rather a fl oating physiological phenomenon than a regular hemodynamic state...