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Dennis V. Cokkinos
Researcher at Academy of Athens
Publications - 500
Citations - 15125
Dennis V. Cokkinos is an academic researcher from Academy of Athens. The author has contributed to research in topics: Myocardial infarction & Heart failure. The author has an hindex of 55, co-authored 486 publications receiving 14350 citations. Previous affiliations of Dennis V. Cokkinos include National and Kapodistrian University of Athens & University of Oxford.
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Management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation. The Task Force on the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction of the European Society of Cardiology.
Frans Van de Werf,Diego Ardissino,Amadeo Betriu,Dennis V. Cokkinos,Erling Falk,Keith A.A. Fox,Desmond G. Julian,Maria Lengyel,Franz-Josef Neumann,Witold Rużyłło,C. Thygesen,S. Richard Underwood,Alec Vahanian,Freek W.A. Verheugt,William Wijns +14 more
TL;DR: The management of acute myocardial infarction continues to undergo major changes as discussed by the authors, and good practice should be based on sound evidence derived from well-conducted clinical trials.
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Prasugrel versus clopidogrel for acute coronary syndromes without revascularization
Matthew T. Roe,Paul W. Armstrong,Keith A.A. Fox,Harvey D. White,Dorairaj Prabhakaran,Shaun G. Goodman,Jan H. Cornel,Deepak L. Bhatt,Peter Clemmensen,Felipe Martinez,Diego Ardissino,Jose C. Nicolau,William E. Boden,Paul A. Gurbel,Witold Rużyłło,Anthony J. Dalby,Darren K. McGuire,Jose L. Leiva-Pons,Alexander Parkhomenko,Shmuel Gottlieb,Gracita O. Topacio,Christian W. Hamm,Gregory Pavlides,Assen Goudev,Ali Oto,Chuen Den Tseng,Béla Merkely,Vladimir Gašparović,Ramón Corbalán,Mircea Cintezǎ,R. Craig McLendon,Kenneth J. Winters,Eileen Brown,Yuliya Lokhnygina,Philip E. Aylward,Kurt Huber,Judith S. Hochman,E. Magnus Ohman,J.-P Bassand,V. R. Castillo,T. Chua,M. Cinteza,David Erlinge,David P. Foley,Viliam Fridrich,J. Ge,Shaun G. Goodman,A. Goudev,N. Gratsiansky,Christian Hamm,M. H. Jeong,Zhu Junren,José-Luis López-Sendón,Thomas F. Lüscher,W. E. Mogrovejo,J. Nicolau,Birute Petrauskiene,Luís A. Providência,Mathew T. Roe,Piyamitr Sritara,M. Syvänne,G. Topacio,Freek W.A. Verheugt,Petr Widimsky,Stephen D. Wiviott,R. Zambahari,F. Van de Werf,Andrzej Budaj,Bernard J. Gersh,Gilles Montalescot,Stuart J. Pocock,Robert G. Wilcox,David O. Williams,Matthew Wilson,Rajendra H. Mehta,John H. Alexander,David F. Kong,Renato D. Lopes,Kenneth W. Mahaffey,Chiara Melloni,L K Newby,Bimal R. Shah,Pierluigi Tricoci,Daniel J. George,Anne W. Beaven,Kimberly L. Blackwell,Michael A. Morse,Jane E. Onken,Neal Ready,John H. Strickler,Zafar Sy,Gail E. Hafley,Karen S. Pieper,Susanna R. Stevens,Tony Schibler,M. Chan,C. T. Chin,Shahyar M. Gharacholou,Sumeet Subherwal,Roger E. McLendon,Debra Marshall,W. Macias,L. Lenarz,H. Petijean,F. Plat,R. van Kranen,Dmitry Zamoryakhin,J. P. Albisu,C. Alvarez,M. Amuchastegui,A. L. Astesiano,J. Beloscar,J. Bergallo,Johann S. de Bono,A. Bordonava,C. E. Botta,N. Budassi,Alberto Caccavo,L. R. Cartasegna,H. Colombo,Rebecca B. Costello,G. Covelli,F. De Valais,R. Dran,E. Duronto,E. H. Forte,D. F. Garcia,A. Garcia Escudero,M. A. Hominal,A. D. Hrabar,J. O. Ibañez,H. Jure,R. Leon de la Fuente,L. L. Lobo Marquez,H. L. Luciardi,H. Luquez,J. Marino,R. Martingano,G. Moises Azize,D. Nul,C. Patocchi,A. Piombo,A. Prado,M. Rodriguez,A. Romero Acuña,G. B. Scaro,A Sosa Liprandi,S. D. Varini,S. J. Vigo,G. Aroney,Margaret Arstall,A. Blenkhorn,Peter R. Carroll,D. Chew,Nancy H. Collins,C. Hammett,A. Lee,M. Marrinan,P. Roberts-Thomson,J. Waites,Werner Benzer,I. Lang,A. Podczeck-Schweighofer,P. Baetslé,C. Beauloye,M. De Tollenaere,Patrizio Lancellotti,P. Marechal,A. Van Dorpe,Denilson Campos de Albuquerque,P. Andrade Lotufo,M. Ardnt,G. Arminio,F. A. Alves da Cost,Luciano Moreira Baracioli,D. Bertolim Precoma,F. Carvalho Neuenschwander,M. Damiao Gomes Seabra,J. De Souza,N. T. Duda,Oscar Pereira Dutra,Audes D. M. Feitosa,Hugo Vargas Filho,H. C. Finimundi,Marco Antonio Mota Gomes,L. Gubolino,A. E. Guimarães,Mauro Esteves Hernandes,César A. Jardim,W. Kunz Sebba Barroso de Souza,P. E. Leaes,Lilia Nigro Maia,E. Manenti,J. A. Marin Neto,R. Marino,Y. Michalaros,R. Mora Junior,J. B. Moraes Junior,L. Nogueira Liberato de Sousa,P. Pimentel Filho,Carisi Anne Polanczyk,A. Rabelo Alves,R. F. Ramos,Gilmar Reis,J. Rocha Faria Neto,F. Rossi Dos Santos,Wladmir Faustino Saporito,José Francisco Kerr Saraiva,P. C. Sartori,J. Scholz Issa,D. Silva Junior,Antônio Carlos Sobral Sousa,Maria Emília Figueiredo Teixeira,Sergio Luiz Zimmermann,P. Lazov,M. Tokmakova,K. Penchev,Ivo Petrov,E. Baldjiev,P. Georgiev,V. Hergeldjieva,A. Manolova,B. Dimov,A. Mihov,G. Pencheva,Dimitar Raev,K. Ramshev,H. Tumbev,M. Tzekova,B. Boichev,A. Kadiiski,T. Devedzhiev,A. Bakbak,J. Berlingieri,J. Burstein,Jean-Pierre Déry,J. Heath,T. Huynh,S. Kassam,W. Kostuk,R. Labonte,C. Maccallum,S. Nawaz,A. U. Quraishi,M. Senaratne,G. Syan,R. Syan,Saul Vizel,P. Castro,F. Florenzano,R. Lamich,L. Manriquez,S. Potthoff,B. Stockins,C. Bugueño,J. Cobos,P. Sepulveda,M. Opazo,H. Montecinos,Y. Ke,Y. D. Chen,J. Chen,J. Wang,W. Li,B. Xu,G. Ma,Z. Li,Y. Sun,J. Tang,Z. Yuan,L. Tang,Y. Zhou,Q. He,J. Xu,H. Zhang,K. Yang,S. Zhou,S. Zhao,Z. Zheng,Xian Li,D. Wang,X. Hong,R. Guan,L. Wang,H. Huang,Y. Xia,Y. Hao,S. Zhang,X. Zhao,X. Liu,J. Yan,Y. Huang,B. Wang,G. S. Vallejo,R. Bohorquez,N. I. Gomez,R. Fernandez,L. E. Mayorga,Jaime Gomez,A. Quintero,A. Figueredo,J. Senior,J. L. Accini,E. Roncallo,S. Frischwasser,M. S. Sanchez,Y. Bouzid,N. Ciglenecki,J. F. Certic,J. Grman,K. Sutalo,M. Bergovec,Aleksandar Knezevic,J. Mirat,M. Padovan,S. Car,P. Samardzic,J. Bagatin,L. Kraus,Z. Coufal,Tomáš Janota,J. Kettner,Aleš Linhart,M. Hondl,P. Osmancik,M. Padour,P. Telekes,J. Vojacek,P. Vojtisek,L. Francek,P. Sedlon,J. Brønnum-Schou,Poul Anders Hansen,H. Nielsen,A. El-Etreby,A. El Hawary,Y. El Rakshy,A. Mowafy,Hany Ragy,Ashraf Reda,S. Sabri,K. Nyman,Mika Laine,E. Bressollette,A. Rifai,Nicholas Danchin,M. Ovize,Yves Cottin,B. Farah,A. Furber,Pierre Coste,M. Elbaz,Olivier Morel,Francois Schiele,S. Elhadad,A. Belhassane,N. El Mansour,F. Leroy,D. Coisne,E. Ferrari,O. Nguyen-Khac,G. Range,F. Moulin,J. E. Poulard,Udo Sechtem,T. Kaelsch,Henning Ebelt,Meinrad Gawaz,S. Genth-Zotz,H. Moellmann,Hubertus Heuer,Christoph Kadel,Helmut U. Klein,G. Werner,E. Boudriot,J. Kruells-Muench,F. Baer,D. Alexopoulos,Antonis S. Manolis,D. Platogiannis,M. Anastasiou-Nana,Ioannis Nanas,Dennis V. Cokkinos,I. Fotiadis,N. Koliopoulos,Nikitas Moschos,Christopher D. Olympios,Z. Ples,L. Illyes,J. Csikasz,S. Zolyomi,E. Kis,Z. Kovacs,G. Lupkovics,Anikó Ilona Nagy,L. Regos,János Tomcsányi,András Jánosi,M. Medvegy,I. Szakal,Andras Vertes,G. Szalai,D. Banker,S. Dani,Sanjay Kumar,M. K. Sarna,R. K. Seerangachar,A. Deshpande,I. A. Khan,Santosh Gupta,A. Dharmadhikari,P. Babu,M. Fulwani,Prafulla Kerkar,S. Varma,Pritibha Singh,R. Babu,J. Menon,S. Sengupta,S. Sathe,R. K. Premchand,Rohit Kalra,S. Kalashetti,V. Pai,V. Bose,V. Jain,V. Kale,P. Benjarge,N. Ghaisas,S. Thanvi,R. Durgaprasad,R. L. Kulkarni,H. Joshi,A. Abyankar,V. Bisne,Vijay K. Chopra,Pavan S. Reddy,R. Sarma,Neetika Garg,D. K. Agarwal,J. Arneja,S. Bandyopadhyay,A. Bharani,Rakesh Yadav,Sandipan Dutta,N. Chidambaram,A. Dande,M. Gadkari,Peter J. Grant,Arif Anis Khan,Rakesh Gupta,J. B. Gupta,G. Shetty,P. V. Lavhe,R. K. Jain,Johny Joseph,N. Calambur,Stigi Joseph,H. Mardikar,Anthony Mathur,P.P. Mohanan,M. Kumbla,T. Nair,A. Nambiar,N. Jathappa,G. Parale,Taral Patel,A. Puri,B. Rao,R. Saligrama,J. Sawhney,S. Sethi,Bateshwar Prasad Singh,A. Srinivas,B. S. Jagadesa,D. Foley,N. Mahon,N. Mulvihill,P. Nash,T. Arad,J. Balkin,A. Francis,H. Hammerman,Y. Hasin,Amos Katz,O. Kracoff,Alon Marmor,M. Mosseri,Shaul Atar,A. Roth,Doron Zahger,Yoav Turgeman,A. Weiss,M. De Luca,G. Antonelli,G. Piovaccari,M. Barbiero,C. Cuccia,S. De Servi,Francesco Fedele,P. Golino,A. Manari,Alberto Menozzi,Sergio Berti,L. Moretti,Giuseppe Musumeci,G. Pajes,L. Paloscia,L. Mos,A. Salvioni,Massimo Volpe,G. De Luca,C. Astarita,Piera Angelica Merlini,L. Di Lorenzo,L. Fattore,Giuseppe Ambrosio,L. Mircoli,Marcello Galvani,Claudio Cavallini,D. Nassiacos,R. Scioli,J. Yoon,D. K. Kim,S. H. Hur,Jang Ho Bae,Seung Woon Rha,S. R. Lee,K. S. Kim,Y. G. Ko,J. O. Jeong,S. K. Lee,T. J. Hong,M. Kim,J. Y. Hwang,E. K. Shin,S. W. Kim,J. Anusauskiene,A. Dambrauskaite,D. Jarasuniene,R. Raugaliene,M. R. Babarskiene,W. A. Ahmad,Z. Yusof,O. Maskon,T. K. Ong,Heba Abdullah,A. Chandran,Y. S. Chong,C. Y. Lee,L. Ramanathan,R. Sciberras,R. G. Xuereb,P. Fajardo,G. Ramos-Lopez,M. A. Alcocer,M. C. Ramirez,M. O. Ibarra,Guillermo Llamas Esperon,C. S. Díaz,A. Hamer,John Elliott,Sian E. Harding,H. Hart,B. G. Castillo,R. N. Ortega,G. Frago,F. Henriquez,D. C. Acosta,E. C. Zambrano,W. Mogrovejo,A. Chois,C. F. Gamio,M. A. Barrera,J. Cabrera,L. Z. Dextre,M. Reyes,D. Tellez,R. Castillo,C. Chavez,A. Godoy,N. Llerena,C. A. Morales,R. Habaluyas,G. Rogelio,E. J. Ramos,P. Chua,V. Mendoza,Louie Tirador,J. Abanilla,M. I. Edmilao,R. M. Coching,D. Morales,M. Dalkowski,R. Sciborski,J. Lewczuk,A. Hoffmann,J. Lesnik,B. Andruszkiewicz,D. Wojciechowski,W. Kus,R. Jozwa,Jaroslaw D. Kasprzak,Andrzej Lubiński,A. Karczmarczyk,Jarosław Wójcik,Marcin Gruchała,Stanislaw Bartus,M. Bronisz,Ewa Mirek-Bryniarska,Dariusz Dudek,J. Gorny,R. Grzywna,Teresa Kawka-Urbanek,K. Niezgoda,Robert Olszewski,M. Ogorek,Jacek Gniot,Jadwiga Nessler,Piotr Ponikowski,K. Wita,Elżbieta Zinka,Krzysztof Zmudka,Roman Szełemej,J. Moreira,J. M. Bastos,João Pedro Ferreira,D. Martins,V. G. Ribeiro,Giovânio Vieira da Silva,F. Seixo,João Morais,R. Rinaldi,L. Rodriguez-Ospina,P. Colon-Hernandez,C. Matei,Gabriel Tatu-Chitoiu,D. Iordachescu-Petica,I. Teodorescu,V. Ochean,M. C. Constantinescu,G. E. Stanciulescu,E. Bobescu,F. R. Bolohan,I. M. Coman,M. Creteanu,G. A. Dan,I. Dobre,P. Ionescu,Bogdan Minescu,D. M. Olinic,C. Pop,S. C. Stamate,Victor S. Gurevich,N. Bichan,E. Baranov,D A Zateyshchikov,V. Barbarich,I. G. Gordeev,Tereshchenko Sn,Y. Dovgalevskiy,M. Boyarkin,Z. Shogenov,E. Suprun,S. V. Shalaev,G P Arutyunov,T. Supryadkina,N. Perepech,I. Nikolskaya,M. Rossovskaya,L. Khaisheva,V. Simanenkov,S. Boldueva,K. Zrazhevskiy,O. Barbarash,L. Egorova,Valentin Markov,N. Novikova,N. Alexeeva,L. Ermoshkina,G. Ishmurzin,V. Miloradovic,M. Pavlovic,S. Ilic,M. Krotin,A. Neskovic,Petar Otasevic,Z. Vasiljevic-Pokrajcic,Miodrag Ostojic,M. Y. Chan,P. P. Goh,M. Kokles,V. Bugan,M. Urban,J. Sirotiakova,M. Belicova,T. Duris,P. Poliacik,M. Slanina,G. Letcher,Mark B. Abelson,A. Dalby,T. Gould,Pravin Manga,T. Pillay,H. Theron,T. Venter,L. van Zyl,Mohammed R. Essop,N. van der Merwe,J. M. Alegret,D. L. Gomez,T. R. Vera,J. Bruguera I Cortada,J. H. Garcia,E. Dalli,M. A. Paz,F. Ridocci,J. L. Coronado,C. Romero,R. H. Urbano,R. Carlsson,G. Falck,A. Gallino,A. Linka,W. T. Lai,K. G. Shyu,A. H. Li,C. E. Chiang,J. Y. Hou,S. Kuanprasert,S. Srimahachota,C. Wongvipaporn,P. Laothavorn,Rungroj Krittayaphong,S. Tangsuntornwiwat,W. Moleerergpoom,P. Kaewsuwanna,T. Sakulsaengprapha,N. Viboolkitvarakul,A. Buakhamsri,R. Braam,D. C G Basart,Roland P.T. Troquay,J. P. Herrman,D. J. van der Heijden,M. Broeders,T. Römer,J. C. Post,Eric P. Viergever,P. A.G. Zwart,Reginald G.E.J. Groutars,R. Breedveld,E. Ronner,G. Hoedemaker,P. van Kalmthout,A. Kuijper,J. H. Geertman,B. J.B. Hamer,C. J.P.J. Werter,I. Westendorp,H. J. Kruik,S. B. Zouari,E. Boughzala,R. Boujnah,Habib Gamra,Habib Haouala,S. Kammoun,A. Ben Khalfallah,F. Maatouk,Dilek Ural,Merih Kutlu,Mahmut Şahin,H. Ebinc,Serdar Kucukoglu,M. Demirtas,C. Kirma,Armagan Altun,Ali Aydinlar,Sinan Aydoğdu,M. Cayli,E. Bozkurt,E. E. Buyukoner,D. Erdogan,M. Acikel,M. Ozdemir,Kurtulus Ozdemir,Mehmet Yazici,B. Goloborodko,V. Nykonov,I. Vakaliuk,A. Yagensky,M. Vatutin,V. Shcherbak,I. Kovalskyy,A. Bagriy,O. Ushakov,S. Zhurba,V. Sierkova,O. Bashkirtsev,A. Vasylenko,Y. Karpenko,Igor Kaidashev,K. Amosova,V. Batushkin,A. Faynyk,L. Horbach,O. Karpenko,O. Koval,I. Kraiz,P. Potapenko,L. Rudenko,Y. Malynovsky,V. Tseluyko,V. Volkov,O. Prokhorov,D. Sarkar,Andrew Moriarty,M. El-Harari,G. Brigden,N. Qureshi,F. Alamgir,A. de Belder,P. Keeling,J. Cooke,Nancy J. Brown,S. Junejo,R. Vuyyuru,D. Connolly,H. Kadr,Huw Griffiths,K. Tang,James Cotton,Craig S. Barr,Steven Lindsay,Asok Venkataraman,D. Rittoo,Ashok Jacob,R. Watkin,C. Lang,Maurice Pye,John C. Chambers,Kreton Mavromatis,Paulo Roberto Ferreira Rossi,Abraham Al Ahmad,H. V. Anderson,Josh Roberts,B. Klugherz,A. Haidar,T. Downes,Domitilla Russo,William Wallace,Ravi Bhagwat,T. Mathew,P. Jetty,David C. Henderson,J. Dy,S. Isserman,V. Kondle,O. Quintana,Sorin J. Brener,Z. Masud,N. Vijay,Manish Jain,J. Longo,D. Safley,Samir Pancholy,E. Shaoulian,J. Allan,A. Bazzi,J. Chahin,S. Shurmur,Raul D. Santos,Judith D. Goldberg,O. Gigliotti,A. Irimpen,Mohsin A.F. Khan,B. Kusnick,C. Treasure,Joseph G. Rogers,James S. Zebrack,Melanie B. Turner,N. Adjei,C. Ingram,C. Mathis,W. Buchanan,G. Heins,C. Ahsan,Jill Anderson,K. Atassi,William Bachinsky,Mirza S. Baig,Annabelle Rodriguez,A. Tang,R. Foreman,H. Berlin,Alain Bouchard,S. Thew,S. Borromeo,W. Bowden,T. Boyek,J. Arter,John E.A. Blair,Harish Chandna,Jeffry Katz,E. Conn,T. Connelly,M. Del Core,J. Shanes,I. Dotani,D. Drenning,N. Bustros,C. Fastabend,E. Flores,E. Goudreau,F. Gredler,Ruth Ann Greenfield,S. Guidera,H. Gogia,Steven E. Hearne,Paul Hermany,Hamid Taheri,M. Izzo,Naseem Jaffrani,Gail V.W. Johnson,D. Keedy,F. Waxman,M. Kesselbrenner,J. Floro,E. Korban,A. Labroo,H. Lui,Steven Georgeson,Jeffrey A. Breall,R. Baman,J. Mandak,H. Marais,D. Lee,J. Meisner,P. Micale,S. Meymandi,R. Vicari,A. Mouhaffel,R. Moscoso,V. Papademetriou,G. Piegari,S. Promisloff,Ernesto Rivera,William J. Rogers,D. Roth,D. Sadler,John G. Canto,J. Schmedtje,S. Shaikh,Y. Shalev,Mukul Sharma,Aref Rahman,Stephen M. Schwartz,D. Sporn,C. Staniloae,L. Tami,O. Barnum,T. Tu,J. Tuma,Andreas U. Wali,S. Welka,Vance Wilson,Liwa T. Younis,B. Zakhary,D. Ziperman,Narinder Singh,E. Kukuy,W N Leimbach,M. Chang,M. Carter,P. Simpson,J. Miklin,Gary S. Niess,S. Schaefer,Charles R. Lambert,E. Soh,K. Heintz,Jacquelyn Miller,Y. Chandrashekhar,J. D. Pappas,Haroon Rashid,W. Wright,Alan Rees,R. Bach,W. Wu,S. Singhi,Arshed A. Quyyumi,T. Lau,J. Nobel,Apur R. Kamdar,Ameer Kabour,T. Stys,Norma Keller,Ashok Kumar,K. Danisa,Steven O. Smith,A. Espinoza,D. Deac,David T. Roberts,D. Gumm,Jorge F. Saucedo,L. Gimple,D. Weinstein,R. Blonder,M. Moran,Robert S Iwaoka,C. Bayron,L. Tejada,L. White,H. Ingersoll,Peter J. Casterella,S. Chiaramida,James Harris,Ronald Rodriguez,A. Vo,K. Dave,J. Giacomini,P. Kotha,C. Park,Imran Arif,F. McGrew,M. Atieh,X. Huang,G. Zarrella,J. McGarvey,D. Koganti,Abdulhay Albirini,H. Kozman,Marvin J. Slepian,J. A. Quion,Kodangudi B. Ramanathan,M. Bessen,A. Rafael,GR Aycock +1038 more
TL;DR: Among patients with unstable angina or myocardial infarction without ST-segment elevation, prasugrel did not significantly reduce the frequency of the primary end point, as compared with clopidogrel, and similar risks of bleeding were observed.
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Management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with st-segment elevation
F. Van de Werf,Diego Ardissino,Amadeo Betriu,Dennis V. Cokkinos,Erling Falk,Keith A.A. Fox,Desmond G. Julian,Maria Lengyel,Franz-Josef Neumann,Witold Rużyłło,C. Thygesen,Richard Underwood,A Vahanian,Freek W.A. Verheugt,William Wijns +14 more
TL;DR: The Task Force on the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction of the European Society of Cardiology is a group of doctors from around the world concerned with the management of acute myocardial infarction.
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Gender-related differences in presentation, treatment, and outcome of patients with atrial fibrillation in Europe: a report from the Euro Heart Survey on Atrial Fibrillation.
Nikolaos Dagres,Robby Nieuwlaat,Panos E. Vardas,Dietrich Andresen,Samuel Lévy,Stuart M. Cobbe,Dimitrios Th. Kremastinos,Günter Breithardt,Dennis V. Cokkinos,Harry J.G.M. Crijns +9 more
TL;DR: Women with AF had more comorbidities, more HF with preserved systolic function, and a lower QoL than men, and in the large group with atypical or no symptoms, women were treated appropriately more conservatively with less rhythm control than men.
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The natural history of aneurysmal coronary artery disease.
V. P. Demopoulos,Christopher D. Olympios,C. N. Fakiolas,E. G. Pissimissis,N. M. Economides,Evdokia N. Adamopoulou,Stefanos G. Foussas,Dennis V. Cokkinos +7 more
TL;DR: Although there is a measurable incidence of previous myocardial infarction, patients with pure ectasia have a good prognosis and the wisdom of giving oral anticoagulants to such patients is questioned.