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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-bibliography/quality-measurement-and-improvement/assessing
Assessing the validity of national quality measures for coronary artery disease using an electronic health … Issue: 20 Page Number: 2272-7 Link: Assessing the validity of national quality measures for coronary artery
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September 01, 2013 - Screening for Peripheral Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment With the Ankle-Brachial … Index in Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement
Screening for Peripheral Artery Disease and Cardiovascular … Preventive Services Task
Force (USPSTF) recommendation on screening for peripheral artery
disease (PAD … Peripheral artery disease is more common in men than in women and occurs at an earlier age in men. … When whole-body MRA showing at least 50% stenosis in
the pelvic or lower-extremity arteries was used
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January 26, 2022 - Unfortunately, the surgeon had damaged an intercostal artery when he inserted the chest tube emergently … The proceduralist must also be on the lookout for injury to surrounding
structures (such as arteries … Iatrogenic injury to the intercostal artery: aetiology, diagnosis
and therapeutic intervention. … Intercostal artery laceration during thoracocentesis: increased risk in elderly
patients. … Course and variation of the intercostal artery by CT scan.
Chest. 2013;143(3):634-639.
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July 01, 2010 - Prior endarterectomy (OR, 3.06;
95% CI, 2.65-3.53) and coronary artery disease (OR, 2.12; 95% CI, 2.03 … Endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid
artery stenosis. … Decision memo for carotid artery
stenting in post-approval studies (CAG-
00259N). … Protected carotid-artery stenting versus
endarterectomy in high-risk patients. … Endarterectomy vs stenting for carotid artery
stenosis: a systematic review and meta-
analysis.
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July 01, 2010 - Prior endarterectomy (OR, 3.06;
95% CI, 2.65-3.53) and coronary artery disease (OR, 2.12; 95% CI, 2.03 … Endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid
artery stenosis. … Decision memo for carotid artery
stenting in post-approval studies (CAG-
00259N). … Protected carotid-artery stenting versus
endarterectomy in high-risk patients. … Endarterectomy vs stenting for carotid artery
stenosis: a systematic review and meta-
analysis.
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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
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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
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April 01, 2024 - Group 9 4 Major Therapeutic
X2KH3E9 Bypass Right Femoral Artery using Conduit through Femoral Vein … to Popliteal Artery, Percutaneous Approach, New Technology Group 9 4 Major Therapeutic
X2KJ3D9 Bypass … Left Femoral Artery using Conduit through Femoral Vein to Superficial Femoral Artery, Percutaneous Approach … Femoral Vein to Popliteal Artery, Percutaneous Approach, New Technology Group 9 4 Major Therapeutic … X2U4079 Supplement Coronary Artery/Arteries with Vein Graft Extraluminal Support Device(s), Open Approach
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October 06, 2006 - OR coronary(4w)bypass OR cabg OR coronary artery bypass surgery/de
OR coronary artery bypass graft/de … and left main coronary artery disease. … Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty or coronary artery bypass grafting
for coronary artery … CABG for coronary artery
disease? … ο Calculated N
Midcab ο Calculated N
Internal Mammary Arteries
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October 06, 2006 - OR coronary(4w)bypass OR cabg OR coronary artery bypass surgery/de
OR coronary artery bypass graft/de … and left main coronary artery disease. … Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty or coronary artery bypass grafting
for coronary artery … CABG for coronary artery
disease? … ο Calculated N
Midcab ο Calculated N
Internal Mammary Arteries
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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
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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
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March 19, 2018 - pain: those whose pain remained undiagnosed after 6 months versus those diagnosed with either coronary artery … Only a minority of the undiagnosed patients underwent diagnostic testing for coronary artery disease … The highest risk of myocardial infarction was in patients with diagnosed coronary artery disease, but
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December 01, 2019 - in ruling out PAH in patients with symptoms suggestive of PAH who have elevated systolic pulmonary artery … Echocardiography estimates of pulmonary artery pressures (sPAP, tricuspid gradient [TG], and tricuspid … B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) showed moderate correlation with most RHC measures (mean pulmonary artery
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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.
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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.
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September 29, 2011 - Clinical presentations
CAD is the presence of atherosclerosis in the epicardial coronary arteries … 2011
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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.
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Microvascular disease of the coronary
arteries
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effectivehealthcare-admin.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
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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.
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Microvascular disease of the coronary
arteries
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/hypertension-pulmonary-arterial/research-protocol
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.
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July 01, 2018 - Monitoring Methods: Future Research Needs (March 2013)
Treatment Strategies for Women With Coronary Artery … Disease: Future Research Needs (February 2013)
Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery … the Comparison of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions With Bypass Graft Surgery in Nonacute Coronary Artery