Which laboratory malnutrition markers best predict 1-year mortality in hospitalized older adults?

Purpose: To study which laboratory malnutrition markers best predict 1-year mortality in the general population of hospitalized older adults as well as among patients at risk for malnutrition.

Methods: A historical prospective study. All older adults (age ≥ 65 years) hospitalized in one geriatric department during 9 months were included.

Anemia and inflammation have an additive value in risk stratification of patients undergoing coronary interventions.

Aims: Anemia and inflammation are both associated with unfavorable outcomes in patients with ischemic heart disease and might be pathophysiologically linked. We aimed to analyze the additive value of anemia and inflammation on the outcomes of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.

Methods: Cox regression models were fitted for hemoglobin and C-reactive protein (CRP) cut-offs and performed separately for myocardial infarction (MI) and angina pectoris patients undergoing catheterization at a tertiary hospital between 2006 and 2011.

Prevalence and predictors of slow flow in angiographically normal coronary arteries.

Background: One out of 5 patients undergoing coronary angiography has angiographically normal coronary arteries (ANCA). Some of them have abnormally slow coronary flow (SCF). The prevalence and causes of SCF in these patients are not clear.

Depressive symptoms and erectile dysfunction in men with coronary artery disease.

Objectives: To study the association between erectile dysfunction (ED) and depressive symptoms in men with coronary artery disease (CAD). A cross-sectional analysis of data obtained during a prospective study was carried out.

Methods: A cohort of men undergoing coronary angiography filled-out the sexual health inventory for males (SHIM) and the mental health inventory 5 (MHI5) questionnaires for detection and severity assessment of both ED and depressive symptoms.

Sexual activity and erectile dysfunction in elderly men with angiographically documented coronary artery disease.

We studied the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) in elderly men, aged 65 years or above, with coronary artery disease (CAD) documented by coronary angiography. A total of 123 men (112 men with CAD and 11 men without CAD), mean age 74.6+/-5.