The value of multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention (MV-PCI) in patients with cardiogenic shock (CS) and multivessel disease (MVD) is still unclear because randomized controlled trials are missing. Therefore, we sought…
Concern has been raised that Asian-Americans may have a higher bleeding risk than Caucasian-Americans when treated with fibrinolytic and antithrombotic agents. To date there is limited evidence to support or…
The use of drug-eluting stents (DESs) in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) has shown early benefit over bare-metal stents (BMSs) in decreasing adverse cardiac events. However, there are concerns regarding…
A United States national sample of 20,962 participants (57% women, 44% blacks) from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study provided general population estimates for electrocardiographic…
We read the recently published report by Saksena et al comparing cardiovascular outcomes of individual antiarrhythmic drugs versus rate-control drugs using propensity score–matched subcohorts in the Atrial Fibrillation Follow-Up Investigation…
Major Textbooks in Cardiovascular Surgery ⁎ ⁎ Acid-free Paper. 1. Cohn LH, editor. Cardiac Surgery in the Adult. Fourth Edition. New York: McGraw Hill 2012:1448, $299.00. 2. Franco KL, Thourani…
In recent years, I have been intrigued by reading about Bhutan ( Figure 1 ) , the Shangri-La Himalayan kingdom wedged between India and China. When an opportunity arose to…
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a form of systemic vasculitis that causes chronic changes in arterial walls, including pulmonary arteries. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that…
To evaluate (1) whether right ventricular (RV) dysfunction, evaluated using tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) is associated with a worse outcome in patients with the Eisenmenger syndrome, (2) which…
The aim of this study was to use 3-dimensional (3D) speckle-tracking echocardiography to test the hypothesis that left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony may negatively affect LV torsional mechanics in patients with…
