Retired National Football League (NFL) linemen have an increased prevalence of risk factors for atherosclerosis and have an increased risk of cardiovascular death compared with nonlinemen and the general population….
Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) is a serious complication that is difficult to predict in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The aim of this…
Chronic infections have been shown to enhance atherogenicity. However, the association between chronic hepatitis C (HCV) and coronary heart disease (CHD) remains controversial. We examined the risk for CHD events…
There are limited data on the impact of anemia on clinical outcomes in unstable angina and non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with an early invasive strategy. We sought to determine…
Although the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Korea has been rapidly changed because of westernization of diet, lifestyle, and aging of the population, the recent trend of the…
Many patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMIs) have non–chest pain complaints and are given low priority during triage. This prospective, multicenter, observational, registry-based study investigated the impact of non–chest pain…
System delay (delay from emergency medical service call to reperfusion with primary percutaneous coronary intervention [PPCI]) is acknowledged as a performance measure in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), as shorter system…
Coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) carries a poor outcome in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We sought to investigate the prognostic impact…
Background The aim of this study was to compare the results of endovascular therapy (covered stenting) with surgical technique to repair aortic coarctation in adults. Methods A prospective study of…
Objective Primary cardiac tumors are rare during childhood and frequently are congenital and benign with a prevalence of 0.0017 to 0.28 in autopsy series. Rhabdomyoma accounts for more than 60%…
