Holter ECG assessment of the effects of three different local anesthetic solutions on cardiovascular system in the sedated dental patients with coronary artery disease.

Objective: The purpose of the study is to compare the effects of lidocaine alone, epinephrine-combined lidocaine and prilocaine with octapressin on the cardiovascular system during minor oral surgery of sedated cardiac dental patients under local anesthesia.

Methods: Connected to a Holter electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor for a total of 5 hours starting 1 hour before the procedure, twenty patients with high risk of coronary artery disease were included in the prospective cohort study. All the patients had three operations at 3 different appointments with at least one-week intervals and each operation was performed under local anesthesia achieved by 3.

[Evaluation of hospitalization period and five-year follow-up of patients admitted with acute coronary syndrome following coronary artery bypass graft surgery].

Objectives: We evaluated patients admitted with the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

Study Design: This retrospective study included 72 consecutive CABG patients (10 women, 62 men; mean age 63±9 years; range 45 to 83 years). Acute coronary syndrome was defined as the presence of unstable angina or myocardial infarction (MI) with or without ST elevation.

[Egg consumption and cardiovascular health].

Egg has been accepted as a symbol of high cholesterol diet for years and its consumption has been a matter of debate for cardiovascular health. Clinical studies have yielded conflicting results, increasing the amplitude of arguments. This article reviews the current literature related to egg consumption and summarizes the merits and demerits of egg consumption on a scientific basis.

Pseudonormalization: clinical, electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, and angiographic characteristics.

Objective: Spontaneous pseudonormalization (PN) is a unique 12-lead electrocardiography (ECG) finding which has been reported to be associated with severe, transmural myocardial ischemia. To date, a paucity of data exists about the incidence and clinical characteristics of patients with PN. Therefore the aim of this study was to investigate the incidence and the electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, and angiographic characteristics of patients with PN.

Benefits of statin treatment in cardiac syndrome-X1.

Aims: The pathophysiological mechanism in cardiac syndrome-X (anginal chest pain, positive exercise test, and angiographically normal coronary arteries) has been suggested as an impairment in normal endothelial function of the coronary microvasculature, resulting in inadequate flow reserve. The aim of this study was to determine whether statins with proven beneficial effects on endothelium, have any effect on endothelial functions and exercise induced ischaemia in cardiac syndrome-X.

Methods And Results: Study population consisted of prospectively enrolled 40 patients with cardiac syndrome-X.

Guideline implementation in a multicenter study with an estimated 44% relative cardiovascular event risk reduction.

Background: The extent of cardiovascular risk reduction by implementing coronary prevention guidelines needs to be documented in various population samples.

Hypothesis: This is a multicenter study to assess the impact of risk reduction in cardiovascular events upon implementation of coronary prevention guidelines in patients with or at high risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) in the setting of clinical practice.

Methods: Enrolled volunteers numbered 2,021.

[Evaluation of early alterations in transmitral diastolic flow and tissue Doppler findings of the Basal segments of both ventricles in early period after coronary angioplasty].

Objective: Diastolic dysfunction of the left ventricle (LV) appears to be the earliest manifestation of myocardial ischemia. Experimental and clinical studies have shown that both early and late improvements of diastolic function occur after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Because of the limited utility of transmitral flow profile in the evaluation of the LV diastolic function, recently, assessment of myocardial velocities by Doppler tissue imaging is gaining importance.