An occlusion or severe stenosis (angiographic culprit lesion) of the infarct-related artery is frequently located at the site of the maximum thrombus burden, whereas the origin of the plaque rupture…
Current recommendations for the antithrombotic management of patients receiving oral anticoagulation (OAC) who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation (PCI-S) are based on limited and relatively weak data. To…
Cilostazol is a generic drug with antiplatelet and antiproliferative effects. It is unclear whether adding cilostazol to standard dual antiplatelet therapy (aspirin and clopidogrel) after percutaneous coronary intervention reduces restenosis…
Therapeutic strategies preventing late target lesion revascularization (TLR) after drug-eluting stent implantation have not been yet adequately investigated. In 13,087 consecutive patients undergoing first percutaneous coronary intervention in the CREDO-Kyoto…
Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors are novel drugs for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. They exert their action through inhibition of the catabolism of locally secreted incretins such as…
Drs. Nabel and Braunwald have elegantly illustrated in their Figure 1 that preventive and therapeutic strategies substantially reduced risk for cardiovascular death. In contrast, the death rate from cancer has…
The recently published report by Parikh et al reinforces the thromboembolic nature of atrial flutter. The described prevalence of left atrial (LA) thrombi and spontaneous echocardiographic contrast (SEC) in this…
The wording of the second and third column headings in Table 1 was incorrect. The second column heading should have read “No Alternans (n = 24)” and the third column…
We wish to thank Dr. Madias for his interest in our report. With regard to electrocardiographic data, the types of bundle branch block were specified in the footnote of Table…
Familial aortic aneurysm (AA) is mostly inherited as an autosomal dominant disorder. However, recessively inherited AA has also been observed but in association with skin manifestations of cutis laxa, which…
