There appears to be no obvious increase in acute coronary heart disease events associated with Ramadan (Temizhan et al, 1999), although there is one anecdotal remark from Sudan pointing to a noticeable increase of angina pectoris during Ramadan (Gumaa et al, 1978).
Due to obvious ethical issues, no coronary angiography was performed in the patients without SMI, and some patients with CAD but no SMI may have been missed.
When a hard-charging executive begins to discuss his coronary bypass, the obvious ploy is to interrupt with talk of your triple bypass.
Such a precise cardiovascular risk assessment is crucial for the choice of diagnostic methods and intensive therapeutic modalities (e.g. coronary angiography) with obvious benefits and risks [ 3].
Patients were excluded if they had ECG changes diagnostic for an acute coronary syndrome, clinically obvious unstable angina, co-morbidity or alternative pathology requiring hospital admission (e.g. suspected pulmonary embolus), negligible risk of acute coronary syndrome (e.g. age less than 25 years), or if they were unable to consent to participation.
The report of the American Heart Attack Survey [35] [36] indicated that within a year following a coronary event, a less obvious risk of mortality was evident among pet owners than among those not having a pet.
However, as the histopathological characteristics are similar to coronary atherosclerosis, there are obvious similarities between the pathogenesis of CAE and CAD.
It is found that compound Danshen, Honghua, Shuxuetong, Ginkgo biloba, ligustrazine, Erigeron breviscapus, Ciwujia, Mailuoning, Ge Gensu, and Dan Hong injection have obvious advantages in the treatment of coronary heart disease, angina, and acute cerebral infarction [ 2].
In 2012, Dumas et al. reported on 422 OHCA survivors without obvious noncardiac arrest etiology who underwent early coronary angiography [ 16].
