Publications by authors named "Kamaldeep Chawla"

Objectives: In a retrospective study, we aimed to explore the prevalence of risk factors and trends of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) in Indian females <45 years of age compared to males of the same age group who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective, observational, multi-centre study of young Indian females and males (<45 years) who underwent PCI as per the guidelines at three high-volume centres in India.

Results: In a group of 3656 patients under the age of 45 who had PCI, 3.

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Background: The Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD-Atrial Fibrillation (GARFIELD-AF) is an ongoing prospective noninterventional registry, which is providing important information on the baseline characteristics, treatment patterns, and 1-year outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). This report describes data from Indian patients recruited in this registry.

Methods And Results: A total of 52,014 patients with newly diagnosed AF were enrolled globally; of these, 1388 patients were recruited from 26 sites within India (2012-2016).

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Background: Catalytic iron (CI) mediates vascular injury by generating reactive oxygen species. We evaluated role of CI in predicting mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and studied association of contrast nephropathy with CI levels.

Methods: We investigated 806 patients with ACS undergoing contrast exposure for a cardiac procedure who were followed up for 30 days.

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Objective: To study the efficacy and safety of single intravenous bolus administration of indigenously developed tenecteplase in the management of patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction in clinical practice.

Methods: Post-licensure, observational, prescription-event monitoring study.

Results: Data of 6000 patients who had ST-elevation myocardial infarction and received weight-adjusted tenecteplase injection was analyzed.

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Objective: to study the efficacy and safety of indigenously developed tenecteplase injection in the management of Indian STEMI patients in clinical practice.

Methods: post-licensure, observational, prescription event monitoring study.

Results: 2100 patients received weight-adjusted tenecteplase injection.

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