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Case Report: Vasospastic angina presenting as phantom odor perception

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

BackgroundVasospastic angina usually presents with intermittent episodes of chest pain. It can rarely be associated with the perception of phantom odors.Case summaryA 69-year-old woman presented for evaluation of intermittent shortness of breath and chest pain.

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GE HealthCare and Medis Medical Imaging Announce Collaboration Focused on Non-Invasive Coronary Assessments to Help Advance Precision Care in Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease

DAIC

Together, the two companies will work to further the development and commercialization of Medis Quantitative Flow Ratio (Medis QFR), a non-invasive approach to the assessment of coronary physiology, as part of GE HealthCare’s interventional cardiology portfolio built around the Allia Platform. Use Heart to Act on Angina.

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Randomised trial of stable chest pain investigation: 3-year clinical and quality of life results from CE-MARC 2

Open Heart

Aims Guidelines for suspected cardiac chest pain have used historical risk stratification tools, advocating invasive coronary angiography (ICA) first-line in those at highest risk. 12) Questionnaire and EuroQol-5 Dimension Questionnaire were recorded.

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Importance of provoked spasms at the sites of nonobstructive stenosis as well as at the sites of obstructive stenosis in patients with obstructive coronary arteries and coronary spasm

Coronary Artery Disease Journal

Objectives There are few reports regarding the prognosis in patients with obstructive coronary artery disease (OCAD) and vasospastic angina (VSA). An obstructed coronary artery was defined as ≥50% luminal narrowing.

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BioCardia’s CardiAMP Cell Therapy Chronic Myocardial Ischemia Trial Results Show Patient Benefits in Important Outcomes

DAIC

Results from the open label roll-in cohort of patients having chronic myocardial ischemia with refractory angina showed an average increase in exercise tolerance of 107 seconds and an average of 82% reduction in angina episodes at the primary six-month follow-up endpoint compared to before receiving the study treatment.

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Utility of exercise ECG testing in clinical practice: back to the future?

Heart BMJ

Assessment of patients presenting for the first time with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) remains cumbersome with multiple diagnostic options. Invasive coronary angiography as a first-line test tends to be reserved for patients with high probability of CAD (typical angina symptoms with risk.

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Rise of the Lysenkoist Cardiologists

Dr. Anish Koka

Knowledge of this fundamental pillar of biology should drive how cardiologists approach men and women being evaluated for the presence of significant coronary disease. Atypical angina is classified as having any two of the three symptoms, and non-anginal pain any one of the three symptoms.