Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) is a rapidly evolving area of interventional cardiology. We sought to examine the immediate procedural and in-hospital clinical outcomes of native…
Public reporting of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) mortality in California was initiated in 2003. Drug-eluting stents were widely introduced in the same year. Adverse events after percutaneous coronary intervention…
The dosing of anticoagulants is critical when balancing efficacy and safety. The Anti-Xa Therapy to Lower Cardiovascular Events in Addition to Aspirin With/Without Thienopyridine Therapy in Subjects With Acute Coronary…
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) may be more common than previously reported in postmenopausal women (PMW) presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). TC often masquerades as an ACS with electrocardiographic changes, elevated…
During cardiac arrest and after cardiopulmonary resuscitation, activation of blood coagulation occurs, with a lack of adequate endogenous fibrinolysis. The aim of the present study was to determine whether the…
Dual antiplatelet therapy is the cornerstone in the management of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Ticagrelor, an oral, direct, reversibly binding, P2Y 12 receptor antagonist, is approved for the…
The fresco by Diego Rivera (1886 to 1957) on the history of cardiology was displayed at the “Instituto Nacional de Cardiología” of Mexico City at the time of inauguration on…
This paper has an error in Figure 2 on page 4. The corrected Figure 2 can be found below: The authors apologize for this error.
The feasibility of transcatheter mitral valve therapy (edge-to-edge or valve-in-ring technique) in patients with significant mitral regurgitation (MR) recurrence after surgical restrictive mitral valve annuloplasty remains unknown. The aim of…
In translational models of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), spironolactone improves cardiopulmonary hemodynamics by attenuating the adverse effects of hyperaldosteronism on endothelin type-B receptor function in pulmonary endothelial cells. This observation…
