Exercise intolerance is the primary chronic symptom in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), the most common form of heart failure in older patients; however its pathophysiology is not…
Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) frequently coexist and are associated with an increased mortality. This study evaluated the prognosis of permanent and nonpermanent AF in patients with both…
Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) commonly coexist and share similar risk factors such as hypertension, increasing age, valvular heart disease, previous ischemic cardiac event, and diabetes mellitus. Individually,…
Dabigatran is a novel oral anticoagulant and may be useful during atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation for prevention of thromboembolic events. However, the benefits and adverse effects of periprocedural dabigatran therapy…
The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic utility of isolated T-wave inversion (TWI), QRS duration, and QRS/T angle on electrocardiogram at rest as predictors for sudden cardiac…
The extracardiac conduit (ECC) modification of the Fontan procedure has been theorized to reduce the risk of sinus node dysfunction and atrial arrhythmia compared with the intra-atrial lateral tunnel (ILT)…
Although left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy has been proposed as a factor predisposing to atrial fibrillation (AF), its relevance to prognosis and selection of therapeutic strategies is unclear. We identified 2,105…
The predictive ability of the CHADS 2 index to stratify stroke risk may be mechanistically linked to severity of left atrial (LA) dysfunction. This study investigated the association between the…
Elevated serum uric acid (UA) is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) but its association with coronary artery calcium (CAC) is inconsistent. This study examined ethnic differences in the association of…
Development of hospital-acquired anemia (HAA) during acute myocardial infarction may be related to processes of care and is associated with poor outcomes. Little is known about variation in the incidence…
