Role of Baseline Echocardiography in the Preoperative Management of Liver Transplant Candidates
Liver transplantation (LT) has not traditionally been offered to patients with intracardiac shunts (ICSs) or pulmonary hypertension (PH). There is a paucity of data regarding cardiac structural characteristics in LT…
Effect of Pulmonary Valve Replacement on Left Ventricular Function in Patients With Tetralogy of Fallot
Pulmonary valve regurgitation is the most common complication after complete repair of tetralogy of Fallot. The benefits of pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) on right ventricular (RV) volumes is well established….
Electrocardiogram in Pneumonia
Findings on electrocardiogram may hint that pulmonary embolism (PE) is present when interpreted in the proper context and lead to definitive imaging tests. However, it would be useful to know…
Utility of Combined Assessment of Baseline Dyssynchrony and Its Acute Improvement to Predict Long-Term Outcomes After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Although left ventricular (LV) mechanical dyssynchrony can predict the response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), the presence of baseline LV dyssynchrony might not be the only determinant of the response…
Relation of Cytosolic Iron Excess to Cardiomyopathy of Friedreich’s Ataxia
Cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of death in Friedreich’s ataxia. This autosomal recessive disease is caused by a homozygous guanine-adenine-adenine trinucleotide repeat expansion in the frataxin gene (chromosome 9q21). One…
Reliability of Peak Exercise Testing in Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
Exercise intolerance is the primary symptom in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), a major determinant of their decreased quality of life, and an important outcome in…
Relation of Gender-Specific Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation to Differences in Warfarin Anticoagulation Control (from AFFIRM)
Warfarin decreases risk of stroke for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) dependent on percent time in the therapeutic range (TTR) with an international normalized ratio (INR) of 2 to 3….
Gender Does Not Affect Postdischarge Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized for Worsening Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (from the Efficacy of Vasopressin Antagonism in Heart Failure Outcome Study With Tolvaptan [EVEREST] Trial)
Women have traditionally been underrepresented in heart failure (HF) trials, and their baseline characteristics and outcomes after hospitalization for HF are unclear. We retrospectively analyzed the clinical characteristics and outcomes…
Association of Epicardial Fat, Hypertension, Subclinical Coronary Artery Disease, and Metabolic Syndrome With Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction
Epicardial fat is a metabolically active fat depot that is strongly associated with obesity, metabolic syndrome, and coronary artery disease (CAD). The relation of epicardial fat to diastolic function is…
