Refeeding syndrome is a life-threatening condition occurring in severely malnourished patients after initiating feeding. Severe hypophosphatemia with reduced adenosine triphosphate production has been implicated, but little data are available regarding…
Chagas disease, infection with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi , has recently been identified as an important emerging parasitic disease in the United States. To describe the cardiac abnormalities in T. cruzi…
The aim of this study was to explore the adaptability of 3 contemporary surgical scores (Logistic EuroSCORE [LES], EuroSCORE II [ESII], and Society of Thoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of Mortality…
Hospitalization for heart failure (HF) is frequently related to dyspnea, yet associations among dyspnea severity, outcomes, and health care costs are unknown. The aim of this study was to describe…
Baseline anemia is associated with transfusions and increased risk of mortality in patients who underwent cardiac surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention. The impact of blood transfusions in anemic patients who…
Increasing natriuretic peptide (NP) levels are associated with worse heart failure (HF) outcomes. Predictors of NP nonresponse have not been studied. The aim of this study was to identify predictors…
Patients with ambulatory New York Heart Association (NYHA) class IV heart failure were significantly underrepresented in clinical trials of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). The natural long-term trajectory of survival free…
We aimed to characterize the hemodynamic progression of aortic stenosis (AS) in a contemporary unselected cohort of patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. Current guidelines recommend echocardiographic surveillance of…
Renal dysfunction (RD) is associated with increased mortality in heart failure (HF). The aim of this study was to identify whether worsened or improved renal function during mid-term follow-up is…
Elevated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been associated with increased mortality in patients with acute heart failure (HF) and neoplastic diseases. We investigated the association between NLR and mortality or cardiac…
