The relation between body mass index (BMI) and bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains incompletely understood. This study aimed to assess the association between BMI and bleeding and mortality…
The accuracy of the 12-lead electrocardiogram in detecting coronary artery occlusion is limited. We sought to determine the incidence, distribution, and outcomes of patients who have total occlusion of the…
Statin therapy moderately increases high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels. Contrary to this expectation, a paradoxical decrease in HDL-C levels after statin therapy is seen in some patients. We evaluated 724…
Ventricular fibrillation (VF) during reperfusion (rVF) in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is an infrequent but serious event that complicates coronary interventions. The aim of this study was to analyze…
Coronary artery aneurysms that occur in 25% of untreated Kawasaki disease (KD) patients may remain clinically silent for decades and then thrombose resulting in myocardial infarction. Although KD is now…
Smoke-free ordinance implementation and advances in smoking cessation (SC) treatment have occurred in the past decade; however, little is known about their impact on SC in patients with coronary artery…
Described are certain clinical and morphologic features of one patient with acute , another with subacute , and one with chronic cor pulmonale. All 3 had evidence of severe pulmonary…
We enjoyed the recent review from the Cleveland Clinic describing outcomes of patients with mitral regurgitation treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We first described this technique with a small…
Because of its unique hemodynamic features, constrictive pericarditis may be identified using 2-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography. An important component of a “constriction-protocol” echocardiogram is the tissue Doppler assessment of the early…
A spiral phenomenon is sometimes noted in the plots of CO 2 output (VCO 2 ) against O 2 uptake (VO 2 ) measured during cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) in…
