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  1. 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.

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

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

  3. 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

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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

  7. Effective Health Care (pdf file)

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    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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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.

  11. 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

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

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    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.

  13. 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

  14. Renal Artery Stenosis Management Strategies: An Updated Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. 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

  18. Rapid Evidence Product_Nonemergent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Optimal Medical Treatment for Stable Ischemic Heart Disease: A Rapid Response Literature Review (pdf file)

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    October 01, 2022 - uncertain in patients with SIHD, normal ejection fraction, significant stenosis in 3 major coronary arteries … • ACS • Normal LVEF, and 1- or 2-vessel CAD not involving the proximal LAD† • ≥1 coronary arteries … ischemic heart disease in which there is a complete or nearly complete blockage in one or more coronary arteries … available (i.e., normal LVEF, and 1- or 2-vessel CAD not involving the proximal LAD; or 1 or more coronary arteries … Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Medical Therapy for Chronic Total Occlusion of Coronary Arteries

  19. Effective Health Care (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0407_01-20-2011.pdf
    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

  20. Facts and Figures Exhibit 2.3

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    January 01, 2007 - newborn infant) 2,322 2,212‡ 14.3 9.5 51.2 20 20 Coronary atherosclerosis (coronary artery … Five heart-related diagnoses—coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, heart attacks, cardiac … Males accounted for 62 percent of hospital stays for coronary artery disease and 60 percent of stays … Hospitalizations for these conditions decreased for both males (coronary artery disease by 28 percent … and heart attacks by 16 percent) and females (coronary artery disease by 37 percent and heart attacks
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