Peripheral Arterial Disease in Women: The Gender Effect.

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a common atherosclerotic disease approximately affecting 8.5 million Americans above age 40 and is associated with significant functional impairment, morbidity and mortality from both cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular causes. PAD has increasing prevalence in females contrary to previous findings.

Bilateral Giant Cell Arteritis Presenting as Bilateral Sudden Vision Loss.

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of primary vasculitis and it mainly involves large to medium sized vessels. It is also referred to as temporal arteritis as it primarily affects the temporal artery. Ocular involvement frequently occurs in GCA; if not promptly diagnosed, it can cause devastating ocular complications including complete vision loss and permanent blindness.

Association Between Health Insurance Status and In-Hospital Outcomes After ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

Lack of health insurance is associated with adverse clinical outcomes; however, association between health insurance status and outcomes in patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is unclear. Using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample data from 2003 to 2014, hospitalizations with STEMI in patients 18 years of age and older were extracted. Based on health insurance status, patients were categorized into insured and uninsured groups.

Cardiogenic shock and access site choice.

Transradial access (TRA) has increased in utilization, although operators have been reluctant to use TRA in patients presenting with cardiogenic shock (CS). Experienced TRA operators have started using TRA in CS patients, although the literature is scant. Several datasets have included CS patients in their study population, while others have systematically excluded CS patients when comparing outcomes with TRA to transfemoral access (TFA).

Electrocardiogram-based scoring system for predicting secondary pulmonary hypertension: A cross-sectional study.

Objectives: In this study, we have developed an electrocardiogram-based scoring system to predict secondary pulmonary hypertension.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Setting: Single tertiary-care hospital in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.