Coronary disease
- Cardiac rehabilitation: not just exercise anymore
The treatment of sicker patients and shorter hospital stays are forcing a rethinking of approaches to cardiac rehabilitation.
- Coronary heart disease in African Americans: primary and secondary prevention
How physicians can help improve the cardiovascular health of their black patients, who have a high level of CHD risk factors.
- Current status of stress echocardiography in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease
Electrocardiography with exercise or pharmacologic stress is gaining clinical acceptance, but its accuracy depends on the expertise of the people who perform it.
- Coronary artery disease in renal transplant recipients
Screening for coronary artery disease before transplantation can identify high -risk patients and save lives and money.
- Diagnostic evaluation of the patient with coronary artery disease
Evaluation of patients with possible CAD involves balancing conflicting considerations, such as test sensitivity and accuracy, cost, and access.
- Coronary artery disease in women: a risk-factor analysis
Coronary artery disease (CAD) has long been considered a disease of men. However, the risk factors for CAD are similar for women and men, and these factors need to be considered when counseling women for the prevention of CAD.
- Coronary artery disease in young women: risk factor analysis and long-term follow-up
Risk factors include hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes mellitus, familial coronary disease, and smoking. The long-term prognosis is excellent for those without advanced diabetes mellitus and renal failure.
- Efficacy of beta blockade, thrombolytic therapy, and coronary angioplasty in diabetic patients with coronary artery disease
Determining the effectiveness of these interventions in diabetic patients has received little attention, despite the association of diabetes with increased mortality from coronary artery disease.