... between data sources and with random monitoring of 100 patients by an experienced physician/researcher. The registry was approved by the local ethics committee. The observational registry had several endpoints: (i) to describe clinical and angiographic characteristics and treatment strategies and compare...

... the incidence, treatment strategies and outcomes of acute coronary syndrome in a large unselected cohort of patients with respect to the signs of ongoing myocardial ischaemia. Methods The CZECH-3 registry included 1754 consecutive patients admitted for suspected acute coronary syndrome to 43 hospitals...

... (all adjusted P < 0.01). Moreover, NT-proBNP significantly improved discrimination and reclassification of the SSII. Notably, there was a significant interaction between NT-proBNP quartiles and treatment strategies for MACCE (P = 0.004). Revascularization was associated with lower...

... SPECT/CT fusion imaging Coronary CT angiography Myocardial perfusion imaging Treatment strategy Clinical decision making Although coronary angiography has remained the gold standard for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD), the assessment of functional lesion relevance cannot be based...

.... Unstable angina Treatment strategy Revascularization Prognosis Data from several large observational studies have demonstrated that revascularization in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (nSTE-ACS) is associated with a substantial reduction in mortality compared...

... conservative treatment strategy. f1 Correspondence: Petr Widimský, MD, Cardiocenter, University Hospital Královské Vinohrady, Šrobárova 50, 100 34 Prague 10, Czech Republic. References 1 N Engl J Med . 1993 ; 329 : 673 –682 2 Zijlstra...

...European Society of Cardiology Therapy of specific supraventricular tachycardias requires a treatment strategy which is adjusted to the particular supraventricular tachycardia. The choice exists between rhythm control, and here more specifically between medical rhythm control, which might...