Publications by authors named "Moshe Garty"
The relationship between triglyceridemia and diabetes mellitus remains unclear. This study evaluated the risk of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose associated with a wide range of triglyceride levels. A longitudinal retrospective study was carried out employing data from a screening center between the years 2000 and 2012.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To assess the possibility of a relationship between body mass index (BMI) and intraocular pressure (IOP) in both men and women.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional analysis of a database from a screening center in Israel which assessed 18,575 subjects, within an age range 20 to 80 years.
Results: The mean (±SD) age of the study sample was 46 (±10) years, 68% were men.
Background And Objectives: We aimed to find predictors for development of anemia in a large cohort of adults.
Patients And Methods: Cohort study of a large health database from a screening center at the Rabin Medical Center in Israel, between the years 2000-2013. We asked which variables, known at the first visit, would predict anemia at the last visit.
Background/aim: Hyperhomocysteinemia and hyperuricemia are both considered risk factors for coronary artery disease. However, the relationship between the 2 has not yet been thoroughly investigated. This study aimed to evaluate this relationship more closely.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To estimate the effect of elevated serum homocysteine level on renal function decline and on the incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the general population.
Methods: A historical prospective study on 3602 subjects attending a screening center in Israel between the years 2000 and 2012. Only subjects with normal estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and without proteinuria were included.
Introduction: C reactive protein (CRP) is an acute phase reactant that primarily produced by hepatocytes yet may be locally expressed in renal tubular cells. We assessed the association of CRP and the risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD) development.
Methods: Historical prospective cohort study was conducted on subjects attending a screening center in Israel since the year 2000.
Background: Cross-sectional studies have long suggested that renal function declines with age. Longitudinal studies regarding this issue are limited.
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed a database of subjects attending a screening center in Israel between the years 2000-2012.
This study was conducted to examine the relationship between the degree of asymptomatic hyperuricemia and the development of gout, in men and women. The database of a screening center was searched for all subjects with asymptomatic hyperuricemia (>7.0 mg/dl men, >5.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Any association between the body mass index (BMI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) has so far proved inconclusive. Most studies have estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) using the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation. This has recently been replaced by the more accurate Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There is a striking increase in the number of people with metabolic syndrome (MetS) as a result of the global epidemic of obesity and diabetes. Increasing evidence suggests that uric acid may play a role in MetS.
Objectives: To assess the prevalence of MetS in a large cohort from Israel and its association with hyperuricemia using the latest three definitions of MetS.
Background: Current guidelines regarding the use of intravenous morphine (IM) in the management of patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) are discordant; whereas the American guidelines reserve IM for terminal patients, the European guidelines recommend its use in the early stage of treatment. Our aim was to determine the impact of IM on outcomes of ADHF patients.
Methods: Stepwise logistic regression and propensity score analysis of ADHF patients with and without use of IM was performed in a national heart failure survey.
Background: By and large, prior registries and randomized trials have not distinguished between acute heart failure (AHF) associated with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) versus other causes.
Aims: To examine whether the treatments and outcomes of ACS-associated AHF are different from non-ACS-associated AHF.
Methods: We examined in a prospective, nationwide hospital-based survey the adjusted outcomes of AHF patients with and without ACS as its principal cause.
Patients with recurrent acute myocardial infarction (AMI), who represent ≤35% of hospitalized patients with AMI, are at an increased risk of complications and death. Our study purpose was to compare the treatment and outcome of patients hospitalized with recurrent acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) from 1998 to 2006 with those of patients with a first STEMI. We performed 5 biennial nationwide 2-month surveys during 1998 to 2006, collecting data prospectively from all patients hospitalized for AMI or acute coronary syndrome in all 25 coronary care units in Israel.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere is controversy regarding type of bundle branch block (BBB) that is associated with increased mortality risk in patients with heart failure (HF). The present study was designed to explore the association between BBB pattern and long-term mortality in hospitalized patients with systolic HF. Risk of 4-year all-cause mortality was assessed in 1,888 hospitalized patients with systolic HF (left ventricular ejection function <50%) without a pacemaker in a prospective national survey.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: The present study was designed to identify and compare predictors of short- and long-term mortality in elderly and young patients hospitalized with acute heart failure (HF).
Methods And Results: The risk of in-hospital, 1- and 4-year mortality was assessed among 2336 acute HF patients in a prospective national survey. Interaction-term analysis was utilized to identify and compare independent risk factors between elderly (>75 years [n = 1182]) and younger (< or =75 years [n = 1154]) study patients.
Aims: Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) commonly coexist, and each adversely affects the other. The aim of the study was to prospectively evaluate the impact of AF and its subtypes on management, and early and long-term outcome of hospitalized HF patients.
Methods And Results: Data were prospectively collected on HF patients hospitalized in all public hospitals in Israel as part of a national survey (HFSIS).
Background: In acute coronary syndromes (ACSs), blood transfusion (BT) has been associated with worse outcomes. The impact of BT among patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) remains unknown.
Methods: Propensity score analysis of patients with ADHF with and without BT in a national heart failure (HF) survey was used in this study.
A widened QRS interval is associated with increased mortality in patients with heart failure (HF). However, the prognostic significance of the type of bundle branch block (BBB) pattern in these patients is unclear. The data of 4,102 patients with HF hospitalized during a prospective national survey were analyzed to investigate the association between BBB type and 1-year mortality in 3,737 patients without pacemakers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: Renal insufficiency (RI) is a strong predictor of adverse outcome in patients with heart failure (HF). We aimed to determine the prevalence of RI being unrecognized and its significance in patients hospitalized with HF.
Methods And Results: We analysed data from a prospective survey of 4102 hospitalized patients with HF.
Background: Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is associated with high morbidity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).We examine the effect of preoperative systemic corticosteroids on morbidity in this setting.
Methods: Ninety candidates for elective CABG participated in a prospective, open randomized trial, including 30 patients with COPD who received a single injection of a long-acting corticosteroid, 30 with COPD who received placebo, and 30 without COPD who served as controls.
Background: Heart failure with preserved systolic left ventricular function is a major cause of cardiac disability.
Objectives: To examine the prevalence, characteristics and late clinical outcome of patients hospitalized with HF-PSF on a nationwide basis in Israel.
Methods: The Israel nationwide HF survey examined prospectively 4102 consecutive HF patients admitted to 93 internal medicine and 24 cardiology departments in all 25 public hospitals in the country.
Background: Despite improved management of heart failure patients, their prognosis remains poor.
Objectives: To characterize hospitalized HF patients and to identify factors that may affect their short and long-term outcome in a national prospective survey.
Methods: We recorded stages B-D according to the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association definition of HF patients hospitalized in internal medicine and cardiology departments in all 25 public hospitals in Israel.
The study sought to determine the duration of standing needed to detect most cases of orthostatic hypotension (OH) in the emergency room (ER) and to correlate OH with symptoms, hospitalization and survival. Patients attending a tertiary-center ER within a 2-month period underwent orthostatic tests after 1, 3 and 5 min of standing. OH was defined as a drop of > or = 20 mmHg in systolic pressure or > or = 10 mmHg in diastolic pressure on assuming an upright posture.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFActinomyces endocarditis is very rare. At present the only Actinomyces species identified causing endocarditis are A. israelii, A.
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