Relationship Between NT-proBNP Levels and Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in Patients with Unstable Angina and Diabetes Mellitus and Preserved LVEF.

N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is suggested to be altered in patients with systolic heart failure or acute coronary syndrome. We explored the relationship between left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and levels of NT-proBNP in patients with unstable angina and type 2 diabetes mellitus and preserved LVEF.Patients with unstable angina were divided into normal glucose tolerance (controls) and type 2 diabetes mellitus groups.

Antithrombotic treatment strategy for patients with coronary artery ectasia and acute myocardial infarction: A case report.

Background: There is no consensus on the antithrombotic treatment strategy for patients with coronary artery ectasia (CAE).

Case Summary: This case reports the dynamic observation of a patient for 48 mo after a diagnosis of CAE with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The first antithrombotic agents used were aspirin (100 mg/d) and clopidogrel (75 mg/d).

Multivessel coronary artery ectasia and severe calcification in a patient with pheochromocytoma: a case report.

Multivessel coronary artery ectasia with severe calcification is rare among patients with coronary artery disease. A 74-year-old Chinese woman suffered from acute myocardial infarction on a background of 50 years of poorly controlled hypertension secondary to pheochromocytoma, which was surgically removed in June 2012 prior to the presentation. Coronary angiography revealed total occlusion of the proximal left anterior descending artery, and multiple ectasias with severe calcification in the left main, circumflex and right coronary artery.

Short- and Long-term Outcomes in Patients with Connective Tissue Diseases Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with connective tissue diseases (CTDs). Risk factors and clinical characteristics in these patients are not equivalent to those in traditional CAD patients. The objective of this study was to report short- and long-term clinical outcomes in a consecutive series of patients with CTD who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stent implantation.

Impact of red blood cell distribution width on long-term mortality in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

Objectives: Recent studies have reported increased red blood cell distribution width (RDW) has been associated with adverse outcomes in heart failure and stable coronary disease. We investigated the association between RDW and risk of all-cause mortality in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who were free of heart failure at baseline.

Methods: We enrolled 691 patients with STEMI who were free of heart failure at baseline confirmed by coronary angiography in Beijing Friendship Hospital from January 2007 to December 2008.

[Acute angiographic and clinical outcomes of patients with calcified chronic total occlusion underwent percutaneous coronary intervention].

Objective: To evaluate the in-hospital outcome of patients with calcified chronic total occlusion (CTO) lesion underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Methods: The clinic and lesion characteristics as well as acute PCI outcome were analyzed in 726 patients with calcified CTO [624 detected by coronary angiography (CAG) and 102 detected by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)] and received PCI therapy from June 1995 to February 2007 in our department.

Results: There were 728 diseased vessels with 732 lesions in these patients.