Combined and independent impact of coronary artery calcification and inflammation on risk for adverse cardiovascular events after percutaneous coronary intervention: Results from a large single-center registry.
Shunsuke AoiUsman BaberJason C KovacicRoxana MehranMelissa AquinoGeorge D DangasJoseph SweenyPooja VijaySrushti ShahNitin BarmanPedro MorenoAnnapoorna S KiniSamin K SharmaPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2020)
The presence of both moderate/severe CAC and systemic inflammation confers a synergistic effect on risk for MACE following PCI, indicating the need for novel or more intense therapeutic interventions to mitigate risk in such patients.
Keyphrases
- cardiovascular events
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- coronary artery
- end stage renal disease
- acute myocardial infarction
- chronic kidney disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- newly diagnosed
- oxidative stress
- antiplatelet therapy
- ejection fraction
- cardiovascular disease
- type diabetes
- emergency department
- pulmonary artery
- heart failure
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- left ventricular
- pulmonary hypertension