We thank all hospitals and staff participating in the Improving Care for Cardiovascular Disease in China-Acute Coronary Syndrome(CCC-ACS)project.The CCC-ACS Project is a collaborative project of the American Heart Association and the Chinese Society of Cardiology.The American Heart Association received funding from Pfizer through an independent grant for learning and change and AstraZeneca as a quality improvement initiative.
BACKGROUND Many studies have demonstrated the benefit of complete multivessel revascularization versus culprit-only intervention in patients of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction(STEMI)and multivessel coronary...
BACKGROUND Coronary artery spasm is a major cause of myocardial ischemia.Although coronary artery spasm has been known for a long time,its mechanism has not yet been identified.Many clinicians,especially young clinici...
support of the staff members of the Clinical Research Department of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases(NICVD)Karachi,Pakistan.
BACKGROUND Even though percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI)improved the survival of patients with acute myocardial infarction,still multivessel coronary artery disease remains an important factor burdening prognosi...
Multivessel coronary artery ectasia with severe calcification is rare among patients with coronary artery disease. A 74-year-old Chinese woman suffered from acute myocardial infarction on a background of 50 years of p...
Coronary artery spasm is typically a transient and marked narrowing of a single coronary artery lumen that induces myocardial ischemia.In general,patients with coronary spastic angina have a good prognosis.Herein,we d...
Objective To evaluate the clinical outcomes of "one-time" versus staged multivessel stenting in elderly (〉 60 years)patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) and multivessel disease (MV...
This study was supported by the grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81100160, 81470504). The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Background Many studies have indicated that medical therapy and percutaneous coronary intervention have similar effects in terms of the long-term prognosis of patients with stable coronary artery disease. This study i...
Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM) are at a higher risk of developing coronary artery disease(CAD) than are non-T2 DM patients. Moreover, the clinical outcomes in CAD with T2 DM are poor despite improvements...
Background The clinical significance of complete revascularization for ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) pa- tients during admission is still debatable. Methods A total of 1406 STEMI patients from t...