The rationale for Heart Team decision-making for patients with stable, complex coronary artery disease

SJ Head, S Kaul, MJ Mack, PW Serruys… - European heart …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Stable complex coronary artery disease can be treated with coronary artery bypass grafting
(CABG), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), or medical therapy. Multidisciplinary …

Redevelopment and validation of the SYNTAX score II to individualise decision making between percutaneous and surgical revascularisation in patients with complex …

K Takahashi, PW Serruys, V Fuster, ME Farkouh… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Randomised controlled trials are considered the gold standard for testing the
efficacy of novel therapeutic interventions, and typically report the average treatment effect …

From randomized trials to registry studies: translating data into clinical information

ML Brown, BJ Gersh, DR Holmes, KR Bailey… - Nature Clinical Practice …, 2008 - nature.com
All clinicians face the challenge of practicing evidence-based medicine and are confronted
with data from a variety of studies, ranging from prospective randomized and registry studies …

[图书][B] Science outside the laboratory: Measurement in field science and economics

M Boumans - 2015 - books.google.com
The conduct of most of social science occurs outside the laboratory. Such studies in field
science explore phenomena that cannot for practical, technical, or ethical reasons be …

[HTML][HTML] TCF7L2 polymorphism rs7903146 is associated with coronary artery disease severity and mortality

AGP Sousa, GF Marquezine, PA Lemos, E Martinez… - Plos one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background TCF7L2 polymorphisms have been consistently associated with type 2 diabetes
mellitus in different populations and type 2 diabetes mellitus is a major risk factor for …

Screening for significant coronary artery disease in high-risk renal transplant candidates

LHW Gowdak, FJ de Paula, LAM César… - Coronary artery …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Background Renal transplant candidates are at an increased risk for coronary artery disease
(CAD), a strong predictor of cardiovascular events [major adverse coronary events (MACE)] …

The shortcomings of clinical practice guidelines

KD Boudoulas, CV Leier, P Geleris, H Boudoulas - Cardiology, 2015 - karger.com
Accumulation of medical knowledge related to diagnosis and management over the last 5-6
decades has altered the course of diseases, improved clinical outcomes and increased …

PCI versus CABG for multivessel coronary disease in diabetics

G Tarantini, A Ramondo, M Napodano… - Catheterization and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: To explore the clinical performance of a strategy of revascularization by
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug‐eluting stent (DES) in diabetic patients …

[PDF][PDF] Problems related to the application of guidelines in clinical practice: a critical analysis

P Geleris, H Boudoulas - Hellenic J Cardiol, 2011 - academia.edu
Even though the use of guidelines in the treatment of patients has led to a reduction of
cardiovascular events in comparison with patients where guidelines were not applied, as a …

The metabolic treatment of patients with coronary artery disease: effects on quality of life and effort angina

LAM César, LH Gowdak… - Current pharmaceutical …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
The effectiveness of drug therapy in controlling angina and the resulting improvement in
exercise capacity were reviewed. We performed a Medline search of published reports on …