Gender in cardiac resynchronisation therapy.

Gender differences in cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) response are not clear enough. This study aimed to assess gender influence on systemic inflammation, neurohormonal activation, fibrosis in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) and CRT. We compared group I (61 men) and group II (16 women) of patients undergoing CRT.

Clinical manifestations and risk factors of coronary artery disease in patients with diabetes mellitus in western Siberia.

Objective: To compare the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and clinical manifestations of coronary artery disease (CAD) between patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and CAD who lived at northern latitudes vs. those who resided at southern latitudes in the Tyumen region, western Siberia.

Study Design: This retrospective study involved 382 patients with type 2 DM selected from 8,573 patients with angiographic CAD (>50% stenosis).

Asymmetric septal hypertrophy in patients with coronary artery disease.

Aims: To assess the relationship between asymmetric septal hypertrophy (ASH) and manifestations of coronary artery disease (CAD).

Methods And Results: A total of 5128 consecutive patients with proven diagnosis of CAD were examined. There were 2469 patients with left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy (LVH) (48.