Smoking is associated with high incidence of cardiovascular events including acute coronary syndrome. We sought to characterize coronary plaques in patients with ongoing smoking using optical coherence tomography (OCT) compared…
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) levels are inversely associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Associations between these HDL-C–related measurements and coronary plaque progression have not been studied. We…
The therapeutic potential of vorapaxar in patients with non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is unknown. This prespecified analysis of a postrandomization subgroup evaluated the effects…
The outcomes of hemodynamic support during high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention in the very elderly are unknown. We sought to compare outcomes between the patients ≥80 years versus patients <80 years enrolled in…
Clinical benefit of postconditioning in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention is still controversial. We performed a meta-analysis of available randomized clinical trials (RCTs)…
The association between aortic valve stenosis and gastrointestinal bleeding, traditionally known as Heyde’s syndrome, is the result of a quantitative loss of the highest molecular weight von Willebrand multimers (type…
There is currently no reliable method of predicting the success of weaning from intra-aortic balloon pumping (IABP). The aim of this study was to investigate the ability of serum N-terminal…
The increase in the number of carotid artery stenting (CAS) procedures over the last decade has necessitated critical appraisal of procedural outcomes and patterns of utilization including cost analysis. The…
The association of a family history of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) with the presence of PAD is largely unknown. We conducted a case-control study of 2,296 patients with PAD (69…
The reported ranges of aortic root (AR) diameters are limited by small sample size, different measurement sites, and heterogeneous cohorts. The aim of this study was to explore the full…
