Publications by authors named "F Weidinger"
Background: Little is known about how younger and older hospitalized patients differ with respect to reasons for admission, comorbidities, diagnostics, treatment and intercurrent problems.
Objective: The aim of the study was to compare the previously named characteristics in the clinical profile of patients > 90 years old (nonagenarians) with a control group of patients 70-75 years old admitted to an emergency hospital department for internal medicine and cardiology.
Material And Method: The study included all consecutive nonagenarians and gender-matched control patients who were admitted during 2011.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the potential of using retinal imaging, particularly the foveal avascular zone (FAZ), as a non-invasive method for screening coronary artery disease (CAD).
- Researchers analyzed data from 212 patients undergoing coronary angiography, applying both known and new metrics associated with the FAZ to assess their relationship with CAD severity measured by the Gensini score.
- The new ellipse-based metrics, particularly the Chamfer distance, showed significant predictive capabilities for distinguishing between patients with and without CAD, achieving high accuracy in identifying CAD presence and severity levels.
This report from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Atlas Project updates and expands upon the 2021 report in presenting cardiovascular disease (CVD) statistics for the ESC member countries. This paper examines inequalities in cardiovascular healthcare and outcomes in ESC member countries utilizing mortality and risk factor data from the World Health Organization and the Global Burden of Disease study with additional economic data from the World Bank. Cardiovascular healthcare data were collected by questionnaire circulated to the national cardiac societies of ESC member countries.
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