Femoral arterial puncture is the most common access method for coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs). Access complications, although infrequent, affect morbidity, mortality, costs, and length of hospital stay….
Systemic anticoagulation decreases the risk of radial artery occlusion (RAO) after transradial catheterization and standard occlusive hemostasis. We compared the efficacy and safety of provisional heparin use only when the…
Left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy is a fundamental prognostic factor in a variety of cardiac diseases. Three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) has achieved better estimation of LV mass than 2-dimensional echocardiography. However, significant…
The 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is a functional performance measure commonly used in the assessment of patients with heart failure (HF) and is often used to complement cardiopulmonary exercise (CPX)…
I have read with interest the report recently published by Yarmohammadi et al evaluating the role of the CHADS 2 score in the risk stratification of patients with nonvalvular atrial…
I read the recently published report “Cardiologist Concordance With the American College of Cardiology Appropriate Use Criteria for Cardiac Testing in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease,” by Lin et al,…
This report focuses on cardioprotection and describes the advantages and disadvantages of various methods of inducing therapeutic hypothermia (TH) with regard to neuroprotection and cardioprotection for patients with cardiac arrest…
New oral anticoagulants, including apixaban, dabigatran, and rivaroxaban, have been developed as alternatives to warfarin, the standard oral anticoagulation therapy for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). A systematic review and…
The use of electrocardiography in sports or military screening is considered an effective tool for diagnosing potentially fatal conditions. The present study was designed to compare the yield of electrocardiographic…
High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels are a strong, independent inverse predictor of cardiovascular disease. The present study aimed to determine whether serum HDL cholesterol levels correlated with disease severity and…
