2016
Microvascular Dysfunction as Opposed to Conduit Artery Disease Explains Sex-specific Chest Pain in Emergency Department Patients With Low to Moderate Cardiac Risk
Safdar B, Ali A, D’Onofrio G, Katz SD. Microvascular Dysfunction as Opposed to Conduit Artery Disease Explains Sex-specific Chest Pain in Emergency Department Patients With Low to Moderate Cardiac Risk. Clinical Therapeutics 2016, 38: 240-255.e1. PMID: 26778090, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2015.12.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChest painControl subjectsMicrovascular dysfunctionArtery diseaseObstructive coronary artery diseaseCommon emergency department presentationConduit vessel functionCoronary artery vasomotionTransient forearm ischemiaAcute chest painCardiac risk factorsPersistent chest painAcute coronary syndromeBrachial artery diameterFramingham risk scoreProspective cohort studyChest pain centerSystolic blood pressureAsymptomatic healthy volunteersCoronary artery diseaseEmergency department presentationsBrachial artery reactivityPeripheral microvascular dysfunctionHigh-resolution ultrasoundArtery dysfunction
2000
Clinical Characteristics as Predictors of Recurrent Alcohol‐related Seizures
Rathlev N, Ulrich A, Fish S, D'Onofrio G. Clinical Characteristics as Predictors of Recurrent Alcohol‐related Seizures. Academic Emergency Medicine 2000, 7: 886-891. PMID: 10958128, DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb02066.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol-related seizuresClinical characteristicsBlood pressureEthanol levelsRecurrent seizuresLower riskLower-risk clinical characteristicsPlacebo-treated patientsDiastolic blood pressureSubset of patientsSystolic blood pressureRetrospective secondary analysisDaily ethanol consumptionRecurrent alcoholPlacebo armRandomized trialsPrevious seizuresEmergency departmentEthanol abuseClinical dataDrug treatmentHeart rateEthanol consumptionSeizuresRespiratory rate