High-risk plaque criteria evaluated on computed tomography angiography were found to provide added value for the prediction of long-term outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease.
Patients with proximal left anterior descending artery stenosis were found to have comparable clinical outcomes when treated with percutaneous coronary intervention in the proximal LAD segment or with nonproximal angioplasty.
Coronary computed tomography angiography may consistently improve coronary heart disease outcomes in individuals with chest pain.
Fractional flow reserve derived from routine coronary angiography may improve coronary lesion assessment.
Coronary computed tomographic angiography was associated with a lower 5-year mortality rate in patients with stable chest pain.
Net adverse cardiac events occurred in 15.2% of patients with radial access and 17.2% with femoral access while undergoing invasive therapies for acute coronary syndrome.
There was a lower death rate from coronary heart disease and non-fatal MI at 5 years in patients with stable chest pain.
Anemia with a baseline hemoglobin <13 g/dL was associated with a more than 5-fold increased risk for contrast-induced acute kidney injury in patients undergoing coronary angiography.
A significantly higher rate of adverse cardiac events was observed in chronic total occlusions compared with moderate to severe coronary artery disease.
A smaller proportion of patients undergoing stress echocardiography were hospitalized, with shorter lengths of stay than coronary computed tomography angiography.
