Coronary microvascular dysfunction is associated with poor glycemic control amongst female diabetics with chest pain and non-obstructive coronary artery disease by Jaskanwal D. Sara, Riad Taher, Nikhil Kolluri, Adrian Vella, Lilach O. Lerman, Amir Lerman

“…We assessed the association between endothelial-dependent and endothelial-independent coronary microvascular dysfunction and glycemic control in patients presenting with chest pain and nonobstructive coronary disease at angiography. …”
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A Challenging Combination: Anomalous Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery, Myocardial Bridging, and Endothelial Dysfunction by Edward A. El-Am, Edward A. El-Am, Michel T. Corban, Amy W. Pollak, Amir Lerman, Naser M. Ammash

“…50 years old female patient with a medical history of hypertension presented to the clinic with chest pain, palpitations, and dyspnea on exertion of 2 years duration. …”
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Coronary Endothelial Dysfunction Is Associated With Increased Risk of Incident Atrial Fibrillation by Michel T. Corban, Shigeo Godo, Daniel R. Burczak, Peter A. Noseworthy, Takumi Toya, Bradley R. Lewis, Lilach O. Lerman, Rajiv Gulati, Amir Lerman

“…We hypothesized that CED is associated with increased risk of incident AF among patients with chest pain and nonobstructive coronary artery disease. …”
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Plasma Ceramide Levels Are Elevated in Patients With Early Coronary Atherosclerosis and Endothelial Dysfunction by Nadia Akhiyat, Vlad Vasile, Ali Ahmad, Jaskanwal Deep Sara, Valentina Nardi, Lilach O. Lerman, Allan Jaffe, Amir Lerman

“…Methods and Results Participants presenting with chest pain and nonobstructive epicardial coronary artery disease underwent coronary endothelial function. …”
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Coronary Microvascular Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients With Angina and Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease Is Associated With Elevated Serum Homocysteine Levels by Ali Ahmad, Michel T. Corban, Takumi Toya, Jaskanwal D. Sara, Ben Lerman, Ji Young Park, Lilach O. Lerman, Amir Lerman

“…Methods and Results This study included 1418 patients with chest pain or an abnormal functional stress test and with nonobstructive coronary artery disease (<40% angiographic stenosis), who underwent CMED evaluation with functional angiography and had serum homocysteine levels measured. …”
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Clinical Predictors of Mortality in Prehospital Distress Calls by Emergency Medical Service Subscribers by Gabby Elbaz-Greener, Shemy Carasso, Elad Maor, Lior Gallimidi, Merav Yarkoni, Harindra C. Wijeysundera, Yitzhak Abend, Yinon Dagan, Amir Lerman, Offer Amir

“…Age above 80 years (OR 3.34; 95% CI 3.03–3.69, <i>p</i> < 0.005), first EMS SBP ≤ 130 mm Hg (OR 2.61; 95% CI 2.36–2.88, <i>p</i> < 0.005), dyspnea at presentation (OR 2.55; 95% CI 2.29–2.83, <i>p</i> < 0001), and chest pain with ischemic ECG changes (OR 1.95; 95% CI 1.71–2.23, <i>p</i> < 0.001) were the highest predictors of 1 month mortality and remained so for mortality at 3 and 12 months. …”
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