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  1. Disposition of Comments Report for Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Women (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cad-women-diagnosis_disposition-comments.pdf
    June 12, 2012 - Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Women. … Coronary Artery Disease 2011;22(6):421-427. … Coronary Artery Disease 2011;22(6):421-427. … in particular, are known to have higher incidences of chest pain in the setting of normal coronary arteries … CT has direct visualization of the coronary arteries and thus this should be straightforward.

  2. 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.

  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    December 01, 2012 - Cardiac catheterization showed branch occlusion of the left circumflex coronary artery. … An autopsy revealed 3-vessel atherosclerotic coronary artery disease and a 4-day-old transmural myocardial … the pain was ischemic in nature and the patient had several established risk factors for coronary artery … Coronary CT angiography is an emerging strategy to definitively identify or exclude coronary artery … stenosis in individuals without known coronary artery disease: results from the prospective multicenter

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 27, 2024 - Uterine Artery Injury during Cesarean Delivery Leads to Cardiac Arrests and Emergency Hysterectomy … Uterine Artery Injury during Cesarean Delivery Leads to Cardiac Arrests and Emergency Hysterectomy. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/uterine-artery-injury-during-cesarean-delivery-leads-cardiac-arrests-and … On inspection of the surgical site, transection of her left uterine artery was identified. … Indeed, blood flow to the uterus, via the uterine arteries, increases from 50 mL/min in the non-pregnant

  5. Crossing the Line | PSNet

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    December 01, 2012 - The internal jugular vein usually runs just lateral to the carotid artery as it traverses the anterior … Throughout its course, it runs anterior and inferior to the artery. … the lumen of the right carotid artery. … Simultaneous analysis of radial artery blood improves the accuracy of this technique. … Catheter tip in the carotid artery; note this was a subclavian approach. Figure 5.

  6. 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

  7. Clinician Summary of USPSTF Recommendation Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (pdf file)

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    December 01, 2019 - The USPSTF has made recommendations on screening for carotid artery stenosis and screening for peripheral … abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening1 https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/RecommendationStatementFinal/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening … https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/RecommendationStatementFinal/peripheral-artery-disease-in-adults-screening-with-the-ankle-brachial-index

  8. Kmetik, Karen | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2023 - Kmetik, Karen Exceptions to outpatient quality measures for coronary artery … Exceptions to outpatient quality measures for coronary artery disease in electronic health records.

  9. Recommendation: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

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    July 10, 2018 - Update in Progress for Enhanced Risk Assessment for Cardiovascular Disease: Coronary Artery Calcium … ) to the systolic blood pressure at the brachial artery. … is obtained by electron-beam or multidetector CT, which measure the calcium content in the coronary arteries … ) to the systolic blood pressure at the brachial artery. … electron-beam or multidetector computed tomography, which measure the calcium content in the coronary arteries

  10. Effective Health Care (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0255_06-25-2010.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - whether percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is needed in patients being evaluated for coronary artery … Left main artery lesions c. … For patients being evaluated for coronary artery disease, what is the comparative effectiveness of strategies … indicates that there is emerging data on different techniques for evaluating patients with coronary artery

  11. Blood Thinners | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    are used to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke by reducing the formation of blood clots in arteries

  12. Exhibit 2.5 Circulatory Conditions

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    January 01, 2005 - 3,386.1 100.798   51.1 3,235.0 84.997   48.8 101 Coronary atherosclerosis (coronary artery … 83.4 3.464 8 45.7 99.1 3.444 9 54.3 110 Occlusion or stenosis of precerebral arteries … (blockage of arteries before brain) 141.1 6.078 12 79.9 3.491 9 56.6 61.1 2.685 … 62.3 1.880 13 43.1 82.1 2.434 11 56.8 115 Aortic, peripheral, and visceral artery … aneurysms (ballooning or rupture of an artery) 81.4 3.917 16 58.4 2.861 14 71.8 22.8

  13. Doctor wear gloves is using lancet on a patient's finger. (doc file)

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    April 01, 2025 - insulin infusion reduces deep sternal wound infection in patients with diabetes undergoing coronary artery … bypass grafting using bilateral internal mammary artery grafts: a propensity-matched analysis.

  14. Resources for Women’s Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    July 01, 2018 - Cardiovascular Disease: An Updated Systematic Review Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery … Disease in Women Treatment Strategies for Women With Coronary Artery Disease Clinician Research Summaries … Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Women: Future Research Needs … Treatment Strategies for Women With Coronary Artery Disease: Future Research Needs Resources for Patients

  15. Leveraging Health Information Technology to Avoid Unnecessary Asymptomatic Carotid Revascularization - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r21hs021581-goodney-final-report-2015.pdf
    January 01, 2015 - from the Vascular Quality Initiative, we developed and tested a health IT tool, called the Carotid Artery … performed to reduce future stroke risk in patients with symptomatic, severe, extra-cranial carotid artery … Similar benefits have been reported for carotid artery stenting (CAS). … These findings, and their implications for decision-making for patients with carotid artery surgery, … Beta-Blocker Use Is Associated with Lower Stroke and Death after Carotid Artery Stenting.

  16. Anchoring Bias With Critical Implications | PSNet

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    June 15, 2022 - A computed tomography angiogram revealed complete occlusion of the left superficial femoral artery secondary … These findings would significantly raise the possibility of left superficial femoral artery disease.( … April 3, 2013 Relationship between preventability of death after coronary artery bypass

  17. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cad-women-diagnosis_research-protocol.pdf
    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.

  18. Neurological Red Flags: A Missed Stroke after Intermittent Episodes of Dizziness and Headache | PSNet

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    February 08, 2023 - with suspected dissection of the left vertebral artery. … Cervical artery dissections can occur spontaneously or after head or neck trauma, which can be minimal … Multiple patients with cervical artery dissection, some complicated by posterior circulation stroke, … Vertebral artery dissections after chiropractic neck manipulation in Germany over three years. … 'Convulsions' in basilar artery occlusion.

  19. Disposition of Comments for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Screening, Management, and Treatment (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hypertension-pulmonary-arterial_disposition-comments.pdf
    April 25, 2013 - in ruling out PAH in patients with symptoms suggestive of PAH who have elevated systolic pulmonary artery … I would perform pulmonary artery catheterization. … There are many modalities for following PAH, not just pulmonary artery catheterization. … well-defined tricuspid regurgitation jet which will occur only in patients with elevated pulmonary artery … This is seen again on page 54: “ Systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP) estimated by echocardiography

  20. Retail and Mail Order Drugs Used in 2014-18 and Later Prescribed For COVID-19 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    January 01, 2022 - system; peripheral and visceral vascular disease; arterial dissections; aortic, peripheral, and visceral artery
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