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81. Aneurysms | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    Aneurysms Description An aneurysm is a bulge or "ballooning" in the wall of an artery … Arteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood from the heart to other parts of the body. … Most aneurysms occur in the aorta , the main artery that runs from the heart through the chest and abdomen … Aneurysms also can happen in arteries in the brain, heart and other parts of the body.

82. Nuclear Scans | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    April 14, 2016 - Cancer Systematic Review Archived March 29, 2016 Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery … Disease Research Protocol Archived January 15, 2015 Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery … Systematic Review Archived June 12, 2012 Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery … December 8, 2010 Comparative Effectiveness of Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery

83. | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    Cancer Immunotherapy Cancer in Children Carbohydrates Cardiac Arrest Caregivers Carotid Artery … Defects Connective Tissue Disorders Constipation COPD Coping with Chronic Illness Coronary Artery … Bypass Surgery Coronary Artery Disease Coronavirus Infections Cough Critical Care Crohn's

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    Cancer Immunotherapy Cancer in Children Carbohydrates Cardiac Arrest Caregivers Carotid Artery … Defects Connective Tissue Disorders Constipation COPD Coping with Chronic Illness Coronary Artery … Bypass Surgery Coronary Artery Disease Coronavirus Infections Cough Critical Care Crohn's

85. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    September 29, 2011 - Clinical presentations CAD is the presence of atherosclerosis in the epicardial coronary arteries … 2011 2 Chronic stable angina resulting from progressive narrowing of the coronary arteries … It can also be present in patients with normal coronary arteries and myocardial ischemia related to … The disadvantages of PCI are early restenosis and the inability to relieve many totally occluded arteries … difficult to revascularize percutaneously and surgically. 14 Microvascular disease of the coronary arteries

86. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Screening, Management, and Treatment | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - catheterization is currently the gold standard for diagnosing PAH because it confirms elevated pulmonary artery … An echocardiogram is a noninvasive test that provides an estimate of pulmonary artery pressures at rest … A small subset of patients with PAH, when tested, will experience a drop in mean pulmonary artery pressure … Abbreviations: KQ = key question; PAH = pulmonary artery hypertension Methods In developing this … Estimating pulmonary artery pressures by echocardiography in patients with emphysema.

87. High Blood Pressure | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 04, 2022 - Pressure Description Blood pressure is the force of your blood pushing against the walls of your arteries … Each time your heart beats, it pumps blood into the arteries. … Outcomes and Related Risk Factors Systematic Review Archived August 16, 2016 Renal Artery … Comparative Effectiveness Review Research Protocol Archived January 20, 2015 Renal Artery … Review Archived October 24, 2006 Comparative Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Renal Artery

88. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - Completion Date: 3-23-11 1 Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Peripheral artery … endovascular intervention, and bypass surgery for improving health outcomes for patients with peripheral artery … Is endovascular intervention (PTA, stents) more effective than exercise therapy in Peripheral Artery

89. Percutaneous Heart Valve Replacement | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - replacement as the delivery of a prosthetic heart valve via a catheter inserted either through a vein or artery … (femoral vein; femoral, subclavian, or axillary arteries; or the ascending aorta) or through the apex … The route of access was via the femoral artery in 580 patients (68 percent). … The route of access for the remaining 53 patients (6 percent) was via the femoral vein, subclavian artery … , axillary artery, or ascending aorta.

90. Vascular Diseases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 21, 2018 - It includes the arteries, veins and capillaries that carry blood to and from the heart. … Arteries can become thick and stiff, a problem called atherosclerosis . … Depression: A Systematic Review Systematic Review Archived August 16, 2016 Renal Artery … and Add-on Therapy to Metformin Research Protocol Archived January 20, 2015 Renal Artery … Update Research Protocol Archived January 15, 2015 Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery

91. Vascular Diseases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    June 21, 2018 - It includes the arteries, veins and capillaries that carry blood to and from the heart. … Arteries can become thick and stiff, a problem called atherosclerosis . … Depression: A Systematic Review Systematic Review Archived August 16, 2016 Renal Artery … and Add-on Therapy to Metformin Research Protocol Archived January 20, 2015 Renal Artery … Update Research Protocol Archived January 15, 2015 Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery

92. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - Outcome(s): Decreased mortality; decreased morbidity (including but not limited to control of pulmonary artery

93. FRN 41 - Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Women: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2013 - FRN 41 - Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Women: Future Research … CAD = coronary artery disease; NIT = noninvasive technology ES-3 Figure A. … Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Women. … Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Women. … Meta-analysis of exercise testing to detect coronary artery disease in women.

94. Nonemergent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Optimal Medical Treatment for Stable Ischemic Heart Disease: A Rapid Response Literature Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    August 01, 2023 - multiple coronary vessels and disease in the proximal portion of the left anterior descending coronary artery … guidance from the American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) on coronary artery … Most studies of revascularization for coronary artery disease do not focus on direct head-to-head comparisons … versus OMT for SIHD but instead either (1) compare OMT to invasive revascularization (PCI and coronary artery

95. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    June 06, 2011 - and passed up through the aorta to directly engage the right and left coronary arteries; an iodinated … angiography over noninvasive techniques are that the use of a catheter makes it possible to see the coronary arteries … bleeding can occur at the access site, and manipulation of the catheter within the aorta and coronary arteries … The contrast agent used during the procedure to visualize the coronary arteries may cause anaphylaxis … disease and the need for invasive coronary artery imaging.

96. Stroke | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 19, 2025 - Ischemic Stroke Abstract Archived April 14, 2010 Real World Effectiveness of Carotid Artery … October 15, 2007 Comparative Effectiveness of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and Coronary Artery … Bypass Grafting for Coronary Artery Disease Abstract Archived January 1, 2005 Addressing

97. Vascular Diseases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 17, 2011 - It includes the arteries, veins and capillaries that carry blood to and from the heart. … Arteries can become thick and stiff, a problem called atherosclerosis . … January 24, 2011 Comparative Effectiveness of Treatment Strategies for Women With Coronary Artery … the Comparison of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions With Bypass Graft Surgery in Nonacute Coronary Artery … 2007 Report Abstract Archived April 14, 2010 Real World Effectiveness of Carotid Artery

98. X-Rays | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 29, 2016 - Cancer Systematic Review Archived March 29, 2016 Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery … Research Protocol Archived January 15, 2015 Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery Disease … Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures and Imaging Techniques Versus Angiography Alone in Coronary Artery … Systematic Review Archived June 12, 2012 Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery

99. X-Rays | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 29, 2016 - Cancer Systematic Review Archived March 29, 2016 Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery … Research Protocol Archived January 15, 2015 Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery Disease … Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures and Imaging Techniques Versus Angiography Alone in Coronary Artery … Systematic Review Archived June 12, 2012 Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery

100. Topic 0610 CE of Treatments for Uterine Fibroids NSD FINAL (pdf file)
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     September 03, 2014 - Staff-Generated PICO Population(s): Women with symptomatic uterine fibroids Intervention(s): Uterine artery … laparoscopic myomectomy or hysterectomy, and adjunctive medical treatment Comparator(s): Uterine artery … What is the safety and efficacy of treatment with uterine artery embolization compared with abdominal