Statins have strong recommendations for secondary prevention of future cardiovascular events in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD). However, statins remain vastly underused in patients with cardiovascular disease and those…
Most medications are not labeled for use in the pediatric population because they have not been formally studied in children. Data on off-label use of cardiovascular (CV) drugs in the…
Significant effort has been put into the optimization of the antenatal diagnosis of coarctation of the aorta (CoA). However, although left-sided cardiac lesions are known to cluster, the necessity to…
Regarding the drug interactions between sacubitril/valsartan and statins, we identified 3 reports of rhabdomyolysis with high-potency statins. However, it remains unknown whether the combined use of these medications could lead…
Fractional flow reserve (FFR) determines the functional significance of epicardial stenoses assuming negligible venous pressure (P v ) and microvascular resistance. However, these assumptions may be invalid in end-stage liver…
Adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) are frequently affected by thyroid diseases (TDs). However, the clinical relevance of TD in ACHD remains unknown. We aimed to describe the prevalence of…
There is a lack of current, multi-institutional data regarding hospital outcomes of infants with interrupted aortic arch (IAA). We analyzed the Pediatric Health Information System database to identify infants with…
Our aim was to assess changes of right ventricular end-diastolic volumes (RVEDVi) and right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) in asymptomatic adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot, with native right ventricular…
Actual timing of the Fontan operation is variable. Our aim was to evaluate the impact of age at the time of Fontan operation on mortality and clinical outcome and characterize…
This study aims to characterize flow, volume, and strain of the left atrium in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) with atrial fibrillation (AF) using cine cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging. Cine CMR…
