Publications by authors named "Anda-Cristina Scurtu"

Article Synopsis
  • Long-term outcomes of cardiovascular diseases in Eastern Europe, specifically in a Romanian PCI registry, were assessed, focusing on ethnic minorities like Hungarians and Roma.
  • The study analyzed data from 6,867 patients over a median follow-up of 3.60 years, revealing a total of 1,064 cardiovascular-related deaths and 1,374 all-cause deaths, with ethnic minorities experiencing higher mortality rates.
  • Findings indicated significantly worse long-term survival rates for Hungarian and Roma patients compared to the Romanian population, highlighting disparities in health outcomes among these groups.
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Out-of-hospital mortality in coronary artery disease (CAD) is particularly high and established adverse event prediction tools are yet to be available. Our study aimed to investigate whether precision phenotyping can be performed using routine laboratory parameters for the prediction of out-of-hospital survival in a CAD population treated by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). All patients treated by PCI and discharged alive in a tertiary center between January 2016 - December 2022 that have been included prospectively in the local registry were analyzed.

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Elevated filling pressure of the left ventricle (LV) defines diastolic dysfunction. The gold standard for diagnosis is represented by the measurement of LV end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) during cardiac catheterization, but it has the disadvantage of being an invasive procedure. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between LVEDP and cardiac serum biomarkers such as natriuretic peptides (mid-regional pro-atrial natriuretic peptide [MR-proANP], B-type natriuretic peptide [BNP], and N-terminal prohormone BNP [NT-proBNP]), soluble ST2 (sST2), galectin-3 and mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin (MR-proAMD).

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