Objectives Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED) have been increasingly used in recent years. These devices have been used in many clinical conditions from bradyarrhythmias to ventriculer tachycardia, and heart failure….
Objectives Percutaneous catheter ablation is a safe and effective treatment for symptomatic drug-resistant atrial fibrillation (AF). Gastroparesis is a little known complication of AF ablation. We aimed to evaluate the…
We read the article of Inampudi et al regarding the clinical benefit of spironolactone in the setting of older patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced glomerular filtration rate and reduced…
The description of the epsilon wave on the electrocardiogram (ECG) by Fontaine and Chen in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia and the excellent (and correct) observation by Bonny, brings…
Described herein are clinical and morphologic findings in 2 patients who underwent heart transplantation because of severe heart failure resulting from cardiac sarcoidosis. Although the explanted hearts in each patient…
Operative correction of tetralogy of Fallot frequently results in pulmonary insufficiency and chronic volume overload, which have been linked to increased risk for adverse outcomes. No consensus recommendations for the…
Although mortality rates during acute myocardial infarction (AMI) continue to drop, cardiac rupture (left ventricular free wall [LVFW] or ventricular septum [VS] or papillary muscle [PM] or combination) remains relatively…
We read the comments sent by Bin Abdulhak et al with interest. Their remarks regarding the limitations of the currently available evidence for the use of novel oral anticoagulants in the…
Poor long-term outcomes remain the major clinical challenge in patients hospitalized with acute heart failure (AHF). Although most patients improve symptomatically during the first 24 hours with current medical treatment, their…
