Frequency-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) is becoming a useful diagnostic tool for coronary imaging for quantitative coronary analysis. Second-generation FD-OCT produces detailed coronary lumen images. However, the reproducibility of coronary…
We sought to assess possible interactions between eplerenone use and a plasma marker of collagen turnover on prognosis in patients after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and preserved left ventricular (LV)…
This meta-analysis evaluated the optimal noninvasive strategy for cardiac risk assessment of patients >65 years of age with known or suspected coronary artery disease using the available literature. Patients >65…
Several studies have suggested that epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is associated with coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the role of EAT as a potential risk factor for, and predictor of,…
Few studies have explored hospitalization outcome differences between patients who are seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) compared to HIV-seronegative patients with acute myocardial infarctions (AMIs). The aim of this…
The objectives of this study were to describe contemporary postdischarge death rates of patients hospitalized at all Worcester, Massachusetts, hospitals after initial acute myocardial infarctions (AMIs) and to examine factors…
We thank Dr. Letić very much for his interest in our report. Dr. Letić observes that it would have been helpful in our report (1) to include some comment about…
I read the study by Di Franco et al comparing asymptomatic subjects with exercise-induced ST-segment depression and normal coronary arteries to patients with microvascular angina. Coronary blood flow response to…
Mitral valve prolapse may involve 1 leaflet or 2 leaflets, yet management guidelines do not differentiate posterior leaflet (PML) from bileaflet (BML) prolapse. We hypothesized that patients with BML have…
A recent report published in The American Journal of Cardiology regarding the relation of diagonal ear lobe crease (DELC) to coronary artery disease (CAD) raised our interest, because it addresses…
