Background Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) frequently complicates coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. As the frequency of obesity has increased in the United States, the number of obese patients undergoing…
Objectives We sought to detect outcomes of patients with severe mitral stenosis on the long-term follow-up submitted to percutaneous balloon dilation using Inoue vs. multitrack balloons. Background Heart failure and…
Background Significant advances in surgical techniques and postsurgical care have been made in the last 10 years. The goal of this study was to evaluate any decline in the age-adjusted…
Background Significant advances have been made in the last few decades. We have recently shown that PCI-related mortality has been declining in recent years. The goal of this study was…
Background Earlier SPIRIT percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) trials with the XIENCE V everolimus-eluting stent (EES), including SPIRIT FIRST, II, III, and IV, met their prespecified primary and major secondary endpoints;…
Background The risk of gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is higher in patients taking dual antiplatelet therapy, but other risk factors for GIB are less well defined. Methods We compared 141 patients…
Background Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) via transradial approach (TRA) has emerged as an alternative and competitive method compared with transfemoral approach (TFA) for PCI in simple to complex coronary disease….
Aim To evaluate the effectiveness of the new film-forming cyanoacrylate liquid microbial sealant InteguSEAL⁎ (Kimberly-Clark) to reduce local skin bacteria contamination and bacteremia after percutaneous interventions (PI). Methods Sixty-three consecutive…
Background Coronary allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is a major cause of mortality in heart transplantation. Immunosuppressants, coronary risk factors, and statins may influence its pathogenesis. There are conflicting reports regarding the…
