Objectives: This study sought to determine whether adding myocardial computed
tomography perfusion (CTP) to computed tomography angiography (CTA) improves …

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) decreases ischemic complications of acute
coronary syndromes. The benefits of PCI in stable ischemic heart disease (SIHD) depend on …

Objectives To assess the perceptions of patients with stable coronary artery disease of the
urgency and benefits of elective percutaneous coronary intervention and to examine how …

There continues to remain uncertainty regarding the effect of percutaneous coronary
intervention (PCI) vs medical therapy in patients with stable angina. We therefore performed …

In 2013 the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) released new guidelines on the
management of stable coronary artery disease. These guidelines update and replace the …

Aims Almost a third of outpatients with chronic coronary artery disease (CAD) report having
angina in the prior month, which is frequently under-recognized by their cardiologists …

Abstract Treatment of stable angina is often challenging. In spite of several therapeutic
approaches, many of these patients still have symptoms, which inevitably affect their daily …

Although non-invasive perfusion and viability imaging often provide the gateway to coronary
revascularisation, current non-invasive imaging methods only report the surrogate markers …

5.2. Appropriate Indication for Elective PCI........ 935 5.3. Assessment of Candidacy for Dual-
Antiplatelet Therapy................... 935 5.4. Use of Embolic Protection Devices in the Treatment …

Background: The inferior frontal lobe is an important area of the brain involved in the stress
response, and higher activation with acute mental stress may indicate a more severe stress …