Issue 4/2014
Content (28 Articles)
Periprocedural coagulability in patients undergoing ablation of atrial fibrillation: lessons from a periablation anticoagulation strategy of a brief withdrawal of warfarin without heparin bridging
Akinori Sairaku, Yukihiko Yoshida, Haruo Hirayama, Yukiko Nakano, Yasuki Kihara
CHA2DS2-VASc versus CHADS2 for stroke risk assessment in low-risk patients with atrial fibrillation: a pilot study from a single center of the NCDR-PINNACLE registry
Chatchawan Piyaskulkaew, Tejwant Singh, Susan Szpunar, Louis Saravolatz II, Howard Rosman
Elevated levels of RDW is associated with non-valvular atrial fibrillation
Barış Güngör, Kazım Serhan Özcan, İzzet Erdinler, Ahmet Ekmekçi, Ahmet Taha Alper, Damirbek Osmonov, Nazmi Çalık, Sukru Akyuz, Ercan Toprak, Hale Yılmaz, Aydın Yıldırım, Osman Bolca
The equipoise of perioperative anticoagulation management: a Canadian cross-sectional survey
Leslie Skeith, Alejandro Lazo-Langner, Michael J. Kovacs
Attenuation of spontaneous thrombolytic activity measured by the global thrombosis test in male habitual smokers
Akira Suehiro, Ichiro Wakabayashi, Tsutomu Yamashita, Junichiro Yamamoto
Evaluation of initial heparin infusion rates for a high-dose protocol
Adam Smith, Eileen M. Stock, Nathan Fewel, Michael Rose, Carrie L. Griffiths
Pharmacodynamic effects of adjunctive high dose atorvastatin on double dose clopidogrel in patients with high on-treatment platelet reactivity depending on diabetes mellitus status
Mario Leoncini, Anna Toso, Mauro Maioli, Dominick J. Angiolillo, Betti Giusti, Rossella Marcucci, Rosanna Abbate, Francesco Bellandi
Cluster randomized controlled trial of a simple warfarin maintenance dosing algorithm versus usual care among primary care practices
Robby Nieuwlaat, John W. Eikelboom, Sam Schulman, Harriette G. C. van Spall, Karleen M. Schulze, Benjamin J. Connolly, Spencer M. Cuddy, Lowiek M. Hubers, Alexander C. Stehouwer, Stuart J. Connolly
Differences in intravascular ultrasound and histological findings in culprit coronary plaques between ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and stable angina
Cheol Whan Lee, Ilseon Hwang, Chan-Sik Park, Hyangsin Lee, Duk-Woo Park, Soo-Jin Kang, Seung-Whan Lee, Young-Hak Kim, Seong-Wook Park, Seung-Jung Park
A novel hollow and perforated flexible wire allows the safe and effective local application of thrombolytic therapy in a mouse model of deep vein thrombosis
Thilo Witsch, Maximilian Mauler, Nadine Herr, Daniela Stallmann, Christoph Bode, Christoph Hehrlein, Daniel Duerschmied
Platelet-derived microparticle count and surface molecule expression differ between subjects with and without type 2 diabetes, independently of obesity status
Xuguang Zhang, Susan C. McGeoch, Alexandra M. Johnstone, Grietje Holtrop, Alan A. Sneddon, Sandra M. MacRury, Ian L. Megson, Donald W. M. Pearson, Prakash Abraham, Baukje De Roos, Gerald E. Lobley, Niamh O’Kennedy
Factor-Xa inhibitors protect against systemic oxidant damage induced by peripheral-ischemia reperfusion
Ahmet Caliskan, Celal Yavuz, Oguz Karahan, Suleyman Yazici, Orkut Guclu, Sinan Demirtas, Binali Mavitas
Red blood cell distribution width and 3-year outcome in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization
Yaron Arbel, Edo Y. Birati, Ariel Finkelstein, Amir Halkin, Shlomo Berliner, Ben-Zion Katz, Miri Revivo, Hila Saranga, Itzhak Herz, Gad Keren, Shmuel Banai
Association between local interleukin-6 levels and slow flow/microvascular dysfunction
Fangming Guo, Mei Dong, Faxin Ren, Chuanhuan Zhang, Jianping Li, Zhigang Tao, Jun Yang, Guangping Li
Thrombolysis in patients with pulmonary embolism and elevated heart-type fatty acid-binding protein levels
Enes Elvin Gul, Ilknur Can, Mehmet Kayrak, Turyan Abdulhalikov, Halil Ibrahim Erdogan, Gokhan Altunbas, Kurtulus Ozdemir, Hasan Gok
Vascular complications after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI): risk and long-term results
Katarzyna Czerwińska-Jelonkiewicz, Ilona Michałowska, Adam Witkowski, Maciej Dąbrowski, Ewa Księżycka-Majczyńska, Zbigniew Chmielak, Krzysztof Kuśmierski, Tomasz Hryniewiecki, Marcin Demkow, Janina Stępińska
Comparative efficacy of in vitro and in vivo metabolized aspirin in the DeBakey ventricular assist device
Jawaad Sheriff, Gaurav Girdhar, Wei-Che Chiu, Jolyon Jesty, Marvin J. Slepian, Danny Bluestein
Comparison of cost-effectiveness of anticoagulation with dabigatran, rivaroxaban and apixaban in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation across countries
Martin Krejczy, Job Harenberg, Svetlana Marx, Konrad Obermann, Lutz Frölich, Martin Wehling
Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients: an international web-based survey of healthcare providers
Amer M. Zeidan, Jessica Wellman, Patrick M. Forde, Javier Bolaños-Meade, Michael B. Streiff
The unmet need for philanthropic funding of early career cardiovascular investigators
Tariq Ahmad, Richard C. Becker
Lupus anticoagulant, warfarin, and alternative laboratory monitoring of anticoagulation
Siva S. Ketha, Rajiv K. Pruthi, Robert D. McBane, Waldemar E. Wysokinski
Small hepatic veins Budd–Chiari syndrome
Oliviero Riggio, Chiara Marzano, Alessia Papa, Chiara Pasquale, Maria Ludovica Gasperini, Antonietta Gigante, Dominique Charles Valla, Aurélie Plessier, Antonio Amoroso
Inflammatory status as a major role of risk factor for atrial fibrillation
Sevket Balta, Sait Demirkol, Zekeriya Arslan, Murat Unlu, Turgay Celik
Pharmacoepidemiologic study of warfarin prescription in a Brazilian tertiary hospital
Camilo Molino Guidoni, Paulo Roque Obreli-Neto, Leonardo Regis Leira Pereira
Off-label thrombolysis versus full adherence to the current European Alteplase license: impact on early clinical outcomes after acute ischemic stroke
Manuel Cappellari, Giuseppe Moretto, Nicola Micheletti, Francesco Donato, Giampaolo Tomelleri, Giosuè Gulli, Monica Carletti, Giovanna Maddalena Squintani, Tiziano Zanoni, Sarah Ottaviani, Silvia Romito, Giorgio Tommasi, Anna Maria Musso, Luciano Deotto, Giuseppe Gambina, Domenico Sergio Zimatore, Paolo Bovi
Intravenous thrombolysis in stroke patients under 55 years of age: is there a different effect according to etiology and severity?
Daniel Prefasi, Blanca Fuentes, Patricia Martínez-Sánchez, Ana Rodríguez-Sanz, Gerardo Ruiz-Ares, Borja Sanz-Cuesta, Manuel Lara Lara, Exuperio Díez-Tejedor
The baseline NIHSS score in female and male patients and short-time outcome: a study in young ischemic stroke
Ning Yang, Bin Zhang, Cong Gao
Erratum to: Clinical features in patients with pulmonary embolism at a community hospital: analysis of 4 years of data
Navin Bajaj, Andrew L. Bozarth, Juan Guillot, Joseph Kojo Kittah, Sri Ram Appalaneni, Cesar Cestero, Raymond Kofi Amankona, James A. Pippim