Oxidative stress and inflammation are hallmarks of the heart failure (HF) disease state. In the present study, we investigated the inflammatory/anti-inflammatory characteristics of high-density lipoproteins (HDL) in patients with HF….
Current guidelines advocate primary percutaneous coronary intervention as the therapy of choice for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) when available. Little is known about the outcomes of patients without a…
The treatment of calcified coronary lesions by percutaneous coronary intervention has been shown to be associated with poor outcomes and an increased rate of complications. However, the impact of coronary…
We evaluated a hypothesis that thrombus aspiration with distal protection is superior to simple thrombus aspiration in patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). A total of 176 consecutive…
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) is characterized by an acute transient left ventricular systolic dysfunction mimicking acute coronary syndrome (ACS) without significant coronary stenosis. The aim of this study was to examine…
Although the incidence of and mortality after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is decreasing, time trends in anatomical location of STEMI and associated short-term prognosis have not been examined in…
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important clinical co-morbidity that increases the risk of death and myocardial infarction in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) even when treated with guideline-directed…
Clinical data on optimal management of mechanical complications of myocardial infarction are lacking. We retrospectively evaluated the effect of intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) on 30-day survival in patients with postinfarction…
Management of patients with heart failure (HF), stemming from ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathies, continues to be problematic, despite the inroads made in the pharmacological armamentarium, by implantable cardioverter defibrillators, cardiac…
On page 801, right-hand column, third paragraph, line 2, the printed odds ratio of 1.69 should be corrected to 1.169. Thus, the full sentence should read: “Lp(a) cholesterol itself was…
