Knowledge and Confidence of a Convenience Sample of Australasian Emergency Doctors in Managing Dental Emergencies: Results of a Survey by Hossein Samaei, Tracey Joy Weiland, Stuart Dilley, George Alexander Jelinek

“…Forty percent (166/416) incorrectly answered a question about Ludwig’s Angina. Eighty-three percent (360/433) were confident in the pharmacological management of toothache but only 26% (112/434) confident in recognizing periodontal disease. …”
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Body Mass Index and Hospital Mortality in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Receiving Care in a University Hospital by Mercedes Camprubi, Sandra Cabrera, Jordi Sans, Georgina Vidal, Teresa Salvadó, Alfredo Bardají

“…A total of 824 patients with a diagnosis of myocardial infarction or unstable angina were analyzed. Body mass index was an independent factor in hospital mortality (odds ratio 0.739 (IC 95%: 0.597-0.916), P=0.006). …”
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Prognostic Value of Glomerular Filtration Rate in Diabetic Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction by Ailed Elena Rodríguez Jiménez

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: low glomerular filtration rate was associated with a <em>left</em><em> </em><em>ventricular</em><em> </em><em>ejection</em><em> </em><em>fraction</em> &lt;45% at discharge (p = 0.0060) and cardiac complications including arrhythmias, <em>atrioventricular</em><em> </em><em>conduction</em><em> </em><em>disturbances</em>, reinfarction, postinfarction angina and Killip class ≥ III (p = 0.0000). It was also associated with increased mortality and lower <em>reperfusion</em><em> </em><em>rates</em>.…”
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Edoxaban Monotherapy in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Patients with Coronary Artery Disease by Daisuke Fukamachi, Yasuo Okumura, Naoya Matsumoto, Eizo Tachibana, Koji Oiwa, Makoto Ichikawa, Hironori Haruta, Kazumiki Nomoto, Ken Arima, Atsushi Hirayama

“…There was no incidence of a myocardial infarction, stent thrombosis, unstable angina requiring revascularization, ischemic stroke, systemic stroke, or hemorrhagic stroke in either of the groups. …”
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ST-Segment Depression in Hyperventilation Indicates a False Positive Exercise Test in Patients with Mitral Valve Prolapse by Andreas P. Michaelides, Charalampos I. Liakos, Charalambos Antoniades, Dimitrios L. Tsiachris, Dimitrios Soulis, Polichronis E. Dilaveris, Konstantinos P. Tsioufis, Christodoulos I. Stefanadis

“…We studied 218 consecutive patients ( years, 103 males) with MVP (according to echocardiographic study), and positive treadmill ET was performed due to multiple cardiovascular risk factors or angina-like symptoms. A coronary angiography was performed to detect coronary artery disease (CAD). …”
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The value of revascularization and adherence to therapy in the development of cardiovascular complications in long-term monitoring of patients with myocardial infarction of the rig... by V.Y. Tseluyko, T.A. Lozova, V.P. Zheleznyy, O.S. Sasyuk

“…The combined endpoints included: unstable angina (UA), Re-MI, stroke and cardio-vascular (CV) death. …”
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Рerioperative period of high-risk patients with coronary artery disease by O.K. Gogayeva

“…Acute myocardial infarction at the time of admission was diagnosed in 12 (6.1 %) patients, unstable angina – in 72 (37.1 %) patients. Among comorbid conditions, type 2 diabetes mellitus was diagnosed in 50 (25.7 %) patients, impaired glucose tolerance – in 82 (42.2 %) patients, obesity – in 74 (38.1 %) patients, 86 (44.3 %) patients were overweight with a body mass index 25–29.9 kg/m2, and 75 (38.6 %) patients were diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. …”
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Downregulation of CD4+LAP+ and CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells in Acute Coronary Syndromes by Ying-zhong Lin, Shan-he Lu, Zheng-de Lu, Ying Huang, Ying Shi, Ling Liu, Xiao-yan Wang, Qing-wei Ji

“…The frequencies of CD4+LAP+ and CD4+CD25+ Treg cells were detected using flow cytometric analysis, and the plasma IL-10 and TGF-β1 levels were measured using an ELISA in 29 stable angina (SA) patients, 30 NSTEACS patients, 27 STEAMI patients, and a control group (30 cases). …”
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Impact of Visit-to-Visit Triglyceride-Glucose Index Variability on the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly by Fei Chen, Ying Pan, Ziqing Liu, Rong Huang, Jing Wang, Jian Shao, Yaqin Gong, Xiyi Sun, Xiaobo Jiang, Weihao Wang, Zhaoqiang Li, Shao Zhong, Qi Pan, Kaixin Zhou

“…CVD events were identified from the chronic disease registry or follow-up database and included myocardial infarction, angina, coronary, and stroke. Multivariate Cox regression was used to examine the correlation between TyG variability and incident CVD. …”
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Visfatin Related to the Severity of Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Retrospective Study of 164 Patients at a Tertiary Chest Pain Center by Meifan Zheng, Zhongwei Wu, Chaoquan Liu, Fei Xiao

“…Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) poses a pervasive threat to individuals grappling with cardiovascular afflictions, manifesting as unstable angina, non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), or sudden cardiac death, depending on vascular obstruction’s extent and location. …”
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Identifying Factors for Low-Risk Participation in Alternative Cardiac Rehabilitation Models for Patients with Coronary Heart Disease Using MI’S SCOREPAD by Eric J. Brandt, Joshua Garfein, Chih-Wen Pai, Joseph Bryant, Eva Kline-Rogers, Samantha Fink, Melvyn Rubenfire

“…Low-risk factors included not having any of the following: metabolic syndrome, presence of implantable cardioverter defibrillator or permanent pacemaker, active smoking, prior stroke, congestive heart failure, obesity, advanced renal disease, poor exercise capacity, peripheral arterial disease, angina, or clinical depression (MI’S SCOREPAD). We report on the proportion of participants with these risk factors and the proportion with all of these low-risk factors. …”
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The effect of air-pollution and weather exposure on mortality and hospital admission and implications for further research: A systematic scoping review. by Mary Abed Al Ahad, Frank Sullivan, Urška Demšar, Maya Melhem, Hill Kulu

“…Hot and cold temperature was a risk factor for wide range of cardiovascular, respiratory, and psychiatric illness; yet, in few studies, the increase in temperature reduced the risk of hospital admissions for pulmonary embolism, angina pectoris, chest, and ischemic heart diseases. …”
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Association of body roundness index with cardiovascular disease in patients with cardiometabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES 2009-2018 by Xiaohua He, Jingling Zhu, Wenfei Liang, Xiuling Yang, Weimin Ning, Zhan Zhao, Jingyi Chen, Qiuxing He

“…Therefore, this study intends to investigate the association of BRI with the risk of CVD and its components including congestive heart failure (CHF), coronary heart disease (CHD), angina, heart attack, and stroke in patients with CMS. …”
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Molecular imprinted polymer-based potentiometric approach for the determination of carvedilol and ivabradine hydrochloride in dosage form, spiked human plasma and in presence of th... by Nermine V. Fares, Haitham A. El Fiky, Dina A. Ahmed, Maha F. Abd El Ghany, Amr M. Badawey, Mahmoud A. Tantawy

“…Abstract Carivalan® pharmaceutical formulation, which includes carvedilol and ivabradine hydrochloride, is commonly prescribed for alleviating pain associated with angina. Solid contact ion-selective electrodes with wide range of applications have been developed for analysis of these two active ingredients. …”
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The Nrf-2/HO-1 Signaling Axis: A Ray of Hope in Cardiovascular Diseases by Xueyan Zhang, Yihan Yu, Hanyu Lei, Yufeng Cai, Jie Shen, Ping Zhu, Qingnan He, Mingyi Zhao

“…Cardiovascular disease, which can lead to angina and shortness of breath, remains one of the most serious threats to human health. …”
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Optical Coherence Tomography Analysis of Attenuated Plaques Detected by Intravascular Ultrasound in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes by Takashi Kubo, Yoshiki Matsuo, Yasushi Ino, Takashi Tanimoto, Kohei Ishibashi, Kenichi Komukai, Hironori Kitabata, Atsushi Tanaka, Keizo Kimura, Toshio Imanishi, Takashi Akasaka

“…We used optical coherence tomography (OCT) in 104 patients with unstable angina to compare lesion characteristics between IVUS-detected attenuated plaque and nonattenuated plaque. …”
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Demographics and regional trends of ischemic heart disease-related mortality in older adults in the United States, 1999-2020. by Fakhar Latif, Muhammad Moiz Nasir, Wajeeh Ur Rehman, Mohammed Hamza, Jishanth Mattumpuram, Komail Khalid Meer, Helme Silvet, Alon Yarkoni, Mouhamed Amr Sabouni, Nabil Braiteh, Keyoor Patel, Abdulqadir J Nashwan

“…Chronic IHD (1552.0) consistently showed the highest AAMRs throughout the study, surpassing myocardial infarction (515.6), other ischemic heart diseases (24.0), and angina pectoris (5.6).<h4>Conclusion</h4>Targeted interventions and resource allocation are crucial for areas with high IHD-related mortality. …”
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NT-proBNP and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Who Received Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Prospective... by Zuoan Qin, Yaoyao Du, Quan Zhou, Xuelin Lu, Li Luo, Zhixiang Zhang, Ning Guo, Liangqing Ge

“…Stent thrombosis, reinfarction, congestive heart failure, unstable angina, and cardiac death were considered as MACEs in this study. …”
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Plasma Chemerin Levels Are Increased in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients with High Thrombus Burden by Ahmet Hakan Ateş, Uğur Arslan, Aytekin Aksakal, Ahmet Yanık, Metin Özdemir, Selim Kul

“…Ninety-seven consecutive patients who presented with STEMI and underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with coronary stents were enrolled, and 30 age- and sex-matched patients with stable angina pectoris who underwent coronary angiography formed the control group. …”
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Kounis Syndrome as First Manifestation of Allergic Sensitization by D. Forlani, G. Scarano, A. D’Alleva, M. Di Marco, L. Paloscia, A. Gatta, L. Della Valle, A. Farinelli, A. Lumaca, C. Petrarca, R. Paganelli, L. Di Giampaolo, M. Di Gioacchino

“…In Cases 1 and 2, the association of intense chest pain with acute urticaria after an allergenic contact (wasp sting and betalactam antibiotic administration, respectively) was suspected to be an attack of angina related to an allergic reaction. No signs of an allergic reaction were observed in Case 3, but only the history of a wasp sting suggested its relationship to loss of consciousness and heart ischemia when hypersensitivity to venom was ascertained. …”
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