Images in cardiovascular medicine. Classic Holter manifestation of Wolff-Parkinson-White patternXiushui Ren
Division of Cardiology, California Pacific Medical Center, 2333 Buchanan St, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
Circulation 118:1767. 2008
Comparison of outcomes using bare metal versus drug-eluting stents in coronary artery disease patients with and without human immunodeficiency virus infectionXiushui Ren
Division of Cardiology, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
Am J Cardiol 104:216-22. 2009
..In conclusion, these data suggest that treatment with DESs in the HIV population is safe and efficacious...
Prevalence and prognosis of asymptomatic left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in ambulatory patients with coronary heart diseaseXiushui Ren
Department of Cardiology, California Pacific Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Am J Cardiol 99:1643-7. 2007
..Patients with asymptomatic LV diastolic dysfunction may benefit from more aggressive therapy to prevent or delay the development of HF...
- Remote second-hand tobacco exposure in flight attendants is associated with systemic but not pulmonary hypertension
Xiushui Ren
Division of Cardiology, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
Cardiol J 15:338-43. 2008
..We hypothesized that remote secondhand smoke exposure results in persistent cardiopulmonary hemodynamic abnormalities...
- Usefulness of diastolic dominant pulmonary vein flow to predict hospitalization for heart failure and mortality in ambulatory patients with coronary heart disease (from the Heart and Soul Study)
Xiushui Ren
Department of Cardiology, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA
Am J Cardiol 103:482-5. 2009
..004). In conclusion, diastolic dominant pulmonary vein flow pattern was a stand-alone predictor of adverse cardiac events, and its presence was associated with significantly higher rates of HF hospitalizations and cardiovascular death...
- Clinical significance of elevated B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with acute lung injury with or without right ventricular dilatation: an observational cohort study
Magda Cepkova
Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
Ann Intensive Care 1:18. 2011
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- Elevated pulmonary artery pressure by Doppler echocardiography predicts hospitalization for heart failure and mortality in ambulatory stable coronary artery disease: the Heart and Soul Study
Bryan Ristow
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 49:43-9. 2007
..We compared the predictive ability of tricuspid regurgitation (TR) and end-diastolic pulmonary regurgitation (EDPR) gradients in outpatients with coronary artery disease...
- Relation of concentric remodeling to adverse outcomes in patients with stable coronary artery disease (from the Heart and Soul Study)
Jamie Berger
Department of Medicine and Division of Cardiology, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
Am J Cardiol 107:1579-84. 2011
..In conclusion, our hypothesis was not supported because CR was not associated with adverse CV events in our cohort of patients with stable CAD...
- Pulmonary dead space fraction and pulmonary artery systolic pressure as early predictors of clinical outcome in acute lung injury
Magda Cepkova
Department of Anesthesia, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Chest 132:836-42. 2007
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- Cardiac arrest in patients who smoke crack cocaine
Priscilla Y Hsue
Division of Cardiology, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, USA
Am J Cardiol 99:822-4. 2007
..In patients with cardiac arrest, cocaine users are younger than nonusers and more likely to survive with neurologic recovery, even compared with age-matched controls with cardiac arrest...
- Successful retrograde recanalization of a left anterior descending artery chronic total occlusion through a previously placed left anterior descending-to-diagonal artery stent
Ramford Ng
Division of Cardiology, California Pacific Medical Center, 2333 Buchanan Street, Room 1 109, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
J Invasive Cardiol 22:E16-8. 2010
..Intravascular ultrasound imaging was also used to confirm an intraluminal location of the retrograde guidewire...
