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  1. A Real Heartache | PSNet

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    October 01, 2018 - 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 latter technology is a noninvasive test with excellent test characteristics to exclude coronary artery … stenosis in individuals without known coronary artery disease: results from the prospective multicenter … Age 65 years or older • Three or more risk factors for atherosclerosis • Known coronary artery

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

    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 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

  4. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Screening, Management, and Treatment | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    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.

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

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/cardiovascular-disease-screening-using-nontraditional-risk-assessment
    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

  6. Archived: Coronary Heart Disease (Electrocardiography): Screening (2004) | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/coronary-heart-disease-electrocardiography-screening-2004
    February 03, 2004 - computerized tomography (EBCT) scanning for coronary calcium for either the presence of severe coronary artery … Screening for Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease . … Coronary artery surgery study (CASS): a randomized trial of coronary artery bypass surgery. … A comparison of angioplasty with medical therapy in the treatment of single-vessel coronary artery disease … Coronary angioplasty versus coronary artery bypass surgery: the Randomized Intervention Treatment of

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Effective Health Care (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare-admin.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

  11. 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

  12. Vascular Diseases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/health-topics/vascular-diseases?page=0
    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

  13. Vascular Diseases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/health-topics/vascular-diseases
    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

  14. Percutaneous Heart Valve Replacement | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/percutaneous-heart-valves/technical-brief
    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.

  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. AHRQ - Quality Indicators

    qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Modules/IQI_TechSpec_ICD10_v2020.aspx
    March 01, 2021 - Pancreatic Resection Volume IQI 04 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Repair Volume IQI 05 Coronary Artery … Appendectomy in the Elderly Rate IQI 25 Bilateral Cardiac Catheterization Rate IQI 26 Coronary Artery

  17. AHRQ - Quality Indicators

    qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Modules/IQI_TechSpec_ICD10_v2021.aspx
    July 01, 2021 - Pancreatic Resection Volume IQI 04 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Repair Volume IQI 05 Coronary Artery … Appendectomy in the Elderly Rate IQI 25 Bilateral Cardiac Catheterization Rate IQI 26 Coronary Artery

  18. Final Research Plan: Peripheral Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Disease: Screening and Risk Assessment With the Ankle-Brachial Index | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/peripheral-artery-disease-in-adults-screening-with-the-ankle-brachial-index
    June 16, 2016 - WhatsApp Share to Email Print Final Research Plan Peripheral Artery … the evidence on the effectiveness of screening in generally asymptomatic populations for peripheral artery … The figure illustrates how screening generally asymptomatic adults for peripheral artery disease (PAD … PAD secondary to atherosclerosis ‡ Other anatomic locations for vascular disease (e.g., coronary artery … Adults with known coronary artery disease or severe chronic kidney disease will continue to be excluded

  19. SRDR - Systematic Review Data Repository |

    srdr.ahrq.gov/projects/1312/studies/133267
    January 01, 2015 - Study Title and Description Dark chocolate and vascular function in patients with peripheral artery … Title Data Title Dark chocolate and vascular function in patients with peripheral artery … peripheral artery disease (Fontaine stage II) and/or a history of vascular revascularization

  20. Effective Health Care (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0404_01-14-2011.pdf
    January 01, 2011 - Outcome(s): Decreased mortality; decreased morbidity (including but not limited to control of pulmonary artery
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