Despite mechanical reperfusion, elderly patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) still experience unsatisfactory outcomes. Drug-eluting stents (DES) have significantly reduced target-vessel revascularization (TVR), but concerns have emerged about the…
Although most of the additional increases in coronary heart disease morbidity and mortality are estimated to occur outside developed regions such as North America and Europe, few nationwide studies have…
The door-to-balloon times frequently exceed the recommended delay. We therefore evaluated the performance of a novel “physician-less” cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) activation system relying on the automated electrocardiographic diagnosis alone….
Whether an additional clopidogrel load in patients receiving chronic clopidogrel therapy and undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is associated with clinical benefit has not been…
Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and nonobstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) have a substantial risk of subsequent coronary events within 1 year. The aim of the present study was…
Several biologic and clinical factors contribute to the increased 30-day mortality and re-infarction rate in women with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Sex differences in cardiac hemodynamic parameters such as…
Growing evidence suggests that reductions in circulating thyroid hormone (TH) levels, in particular reductions in biologically active T3, are commonly observed in patients with various acute and chronic cardiac etiologies,…
Heart rate, blood pressure, and vascular tone, as well as ventilator drive, respiratory rate, and breathing pattern, are, at least in part, under the control of specific reflexes. These reflexes…
Inferolateral early repolarization (ER) patterns on standard electrocardiogram (ECG) are associated with increased risk for cardiac and arrhythmic death in general adult population cohorts. We sought to determine the prevalence…
The very interesting and timely study by Sy et al, published on May 16, 2013 online ahead of print in The American Journal of Cardiology , is an example of the underdiagnosis…
