To date, there have been few studies evaluating outcomes of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who have experienced gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhages. We examined short- and long-term mortality of major GI…
Adequate health care is increasingly dependent on prehospital systems and cardiovascular (CV) disease remains the most common cause for hospital admission. However the prevalence of CV dispatches of emergency medical…
Studies have shown gender disparities in cholesterol care in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), with women less likely than men to have low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels <100 mg/dl. Whether this is…
A standard (“core”) implementation of American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association 2013 lipid guidelines (based on 10-year risk) dramatically increases the statin-eligible population in older Americans, raising controversy in the…
Many patients discontinue statin after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) despite its necessity. However, limited data are available describing the clinical impact of statin withdrawal after AMI. This study enrolled 3,807…
Alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) has broad anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating properties in addition to inhibiting serine proteases. Administration of human plasma–derived AAT is protective in models of acute myocardial infarction in mice….
The subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) represents an important alternative to traditional ICD therapy. The major limitation of this technology is the inability to provide pacing. Here, we present a case…
We read the article by Kurtul et al. The authors investigated the usefulness of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in predicting angiographic no-reflow after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in acute ST-elevation myocardial…
Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) may improve hemodynamics and exercise tolerance in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). We studied consecutive 25 patients with CTEPH who underwent BPA and evaluated…
We read the work by Angeli et al published in a recent issue of American Journal of Cardiology . Their work commendably describes a novel electrocardiographic criterion for diagnosing left ventricular…
