Safety of performing transoesophageal echocardiography in patients with oesophageal varices [0.03%]
食管曲张静脉患者经食管超声心动图检查的安全性
Dania Hudhud,Haytham Allaham,Mohammad Eniezat et al.
Dania Hudhud et al.
Introduction: Oesophageal varices (EV) are one of the complications of liver cirrhosis that carries a risk of rupture and bleeding. The safety of performing transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in patients with pre-exis...
Cardiovascular outcomes of early versus delayed coronary intervention in low to intermediate-risk patients with STEMI in Thailand: a randomised trial [0.03%]
泰国低至中等风险的STEMI患者的早期与延期冠状动脉介入治疗的心血管结局：随机对照试验
Yotsawee Chotechuang,Arintaya Phrommintikul,Srun Kuanprasert et al.
Yotsawee Chotechuang et al.
Background: The benefit of an early coronary intervention after streptokinase (SK) therapy in low to intermediate-risk patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) still remains uncertain. The current study ai...
Finger necrosis with eosinophilia and symmetrical occlusion of the peripheral artery [0.03%]
伴有嗜酸性粒细胞增多的指端坏死和外周动脉对称性阻塞
Ryo Nishikawa,Toru Hirano,Osami Kawarada
Ryo Nishikawa
Case presentation: A 59-year-old man with hypertension, dyslipidemia and a current smoking history had presented with bilateral painful finger ulcers (figure 1A). The patient was referred to our hospital for the diagnosis and treatment. On ...
Left ventricular vortex formation time in elite athletes: novel predictor of myocardial performance [0.03%]
优秀运动员左心室涡旋形成时间：新的心肌功能预测指标
Kian Keong Poh,Nicholas Ngiam,Malissa J Wood
Kian Keong Poh
Background: Efficient transportation of blood through the left ventricle (LV) during diastole depends on vortex formation. Vortex formation time (VFT) can be measured by echocardiography as a dimensionless index. As elite...
Validation of a questionnaire measuring patient knowledge of atrial fibrillation in an Asian cohort [0.03%]
在亚洲人群中验证房颤患者知识问卷信度和效度的方法
Rebecca Hoe,Wanyun Lin,Mary Ann Cruz Bautista et al.
Rebecca Hoe et al.
Background: Poor patient understanding of atrial fibrillation (AF) may contribute to underuse of anticoagulation. There are no validated instruments to measure patient knowledge in Asian cohorts. This study aims to valida...
Tiberiu A Pana,Adrian D Wood,Jesus A Perdomo-Lampignano et al.
Tiberiu A Pana et al.
Objective: We aimed to examine the impact of heart failure (HF) on stroke mortality (in-hospital and postdischarge) and recurrence in a national stroke cohort from Thailand. ...
Cornell product is an ECG marker of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction [0.03%]
康奈尔产品是射血分数保留的心力衰竭的ECG标志物
Eugene Sj Tan,Siew Pang Chan,Chang Fen Xu et al.
Eugene Sj Tan et al.
Objective: ECG markers of heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) are lacking. We hypothesised that the Cornell product (CP) is a risk marker of HFpEF and has prognostic utility in HFpEF. ...
Twenty-five-year-old woman with palpitations and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy [0.03%]
心悸伴肥厚性心肌病病例的诊断与治疗
Krittapoom Akrawinthawong,Vineet Kumar
Krittapoom Akrawinthawong
Clinical introduction: A 25-year-old woman with a diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and pre-excitation on ECG presented with unexplained syncope and daily palpitation. Genetic testing was positive for lysosom...
Outcomes of patients with heart failure after primary prevention ICD unit generator replacement [0.03%]
植入型心律转复除颤器起搏器首次更换后心衰患者的结局分析
Khang-Li Looi,Andrew Gavin,Lisa Cooper et al.
Khang-Li Looi et al.
Objective: Data describing outcomes after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) unit generator replacement in patients with heart failure (HF) with primary prevention devices are limited. ...
Pratheesh George Mathen,Gopal Chandra Ghosh,Viji Samuel Thomson
Pratheesh George Mathen
A 58-year-old man presented to the chest pain unit with crescendo angina over 24 hours and worsening dyspnoea of 10 hours duration. He was a known diabetic and hypertensive on regular treatment for 10 years and a habitual smoker with over 1...