Publications by authors named "Danijela Djordjevic Radojkovic"

Introduction: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a non-traumatic and non-iatrogenic separation of the coronary arterial wall.

Materials And Methods: This systematic review and meta-analysis is reported following the PRISMA guidelines and is registered in the PROSPERO database. A literature search was focused on female patients in generative period (16-55 of age) with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) caused by SCAD, and comparison from that database NP-SCAD (spontaneous coronary artery dissection in non pregnant women) and P-SCAD (spontaneous coronary artery dissection in pregnant women).

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In this study, the hepatoprotective effect of aminoguanidine in acute liver damage caused by carbon tetrachloride-CCl at a dose of 1 mL/kg, i.p. was investigated in experimental rats.

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To date, many questions about the extent and cause of pharmacokinetic (PK) variability of even the most widely studied and prescribed β1-adrenergic receptor blockers, such as metoprolol and bisoprolol, remain unanswered. Given that there are still no published population pharmacokinetic (PopPK) analyses of bisoprolol in routinely treated patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), the aim of this study was to determine its PK variability in 71 Serbian patients with ACS. PopPK analysis was conducted using a nonlinear mixed-effects model (NONMEM), version 7.

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Introduction: Entrapment and fracture of diagnostic or therapeutic devices within the coronary circulatory system are a rare, but increasing problem.

Case Report: A 70-year-old man was admitted in our clinic for coronary angiography before the planned aortic valve replacement. An arterial sheath was inserted in the right common femoral artery.

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Background: The aim of our study was to examine regional differences in the demographics, etiology, risk factors, comorbidities and treatment of female patients with heart failure (HF) in the Cardiac Insufficiency BIsoprolol Study in ELDerly (CIBIS-ELD) clinical trial.

Methods And Results: One hundred and fifty-nine female patients from Germany and 169 from Southeastern (SE) Europe (Serbia, Slovenia and Montenegro) were included in this subanalysis of the CIBIS-ELD trial. Women comprised 54% of the study population in Germany and 29% in SE Europe.

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Introduction: Stress hyperglycemia (SH) in STEMI is associated with high risk of in-hospital mortality. It is still controversial if SH is marker of high post-hospital risk.

Objectives: The aim was to analyze in-hospital and one-year risk associated with SH in STEMI and to study if SH is marker of LV remodeling.

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Background: Microalbuminuria has been reported to occur in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and associated with worse outcome. In our prospective analysis we included patients with AMI with the primary aim to examine whether urinary albumin excretion is increased in those patients and whether it is associated with worse in-hospital prognosis (major complications). The secondary objective was to examine the predictive power of microalbuminuria for 6-month mortality and re-hospitalization for cardiovascular disease.

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Background And Aims: Due to prolonged life-spans and modern therapeutic approaches, there has been an increase in the number of patients aged ≥ 65 years with chronic heart failure (CHF). The duration and quality of life in elderly patients with CHF also depend on accompanying diseases. Although frequency of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in patients with CHF is about 30%, it is hard to find similar data in the elderly population.

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Rhabdomyosarcoma accounts for 20% of primary malignant cardiac tumours. We describe a woman with cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma. She had loss of appetite, loss of weight, and symptoms of heart failure.

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