Background And Objectives: Although recent lipid-lowering therapies are effective in reducing low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) levels, many patients treated with lipid-lowering agents do not achieve target LDL-C levels, especially in very high risk patients. The aim of this study is to compare the effect of ezetimibe/simvastatin 10/20 mg and atorvastatin 20 mg on achieving a target LDL-C goal in very high risk patients.
Subjects And Methods: A total of 74 patients with very high risk were enrolled in the study.
An intramural hematoma is an accumulation of blood between the internal and external elastic membranes within the medial space, whereas an extramural hematoma is a dilution and/or dissemination of blood throughout the adventitia. Intra- and extra-hematomas are observed by intravascular ultrasound during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The patient described herein presented with angina pectoris.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLeft ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction with preserved ejection fraction is frequently encountered in clinical practice. However, the relations between LV filling patterns and myocardial function by using two-dimensional (2D) speckle tracking imaging are not well known. One hundred thirteen individuals (mean age 59 ± 12 years), referred for a clinically indicated echocardiogram, underwent standard and 2D strain echocardiography.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Although atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with adverse cardiovascular (CV) outcomes, the prognosis of heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) with AF is still uncertain. This study was designed to evaluate whether the occurrence of CV events in patients with HFPEF and AF could be predicted by tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) of mitral annular velocity.
Methods: Clinical and echocardiographic data from January 2004 to December 2005 in patients with HFPEF and AF were investigated in this retrospective study.
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