Studies have linked on-treatment platelet reactivity (PR) to adverse clinical outcomes. Because new P2Y 12 inhibitors (prasugrel and ticagrelor) have been predominantly tested against clopidogrel, data on pharmacodynamic comparisons between…
Contrasting data have been so far reported on facilitation with glycoprotein IIb-IIIa inhibitors (GpIIbIIIa) in patients who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention. However, it has been demonstrated a time-dependent composition…
The aims of this study were (1) to determine whether the accumulation of coronary plaque burden assessed with coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) can predict future events and (2) to…
A retrospective cohort analysis was conducted on patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) before and after a practice change which reduced the infusion duration of eptifibatide from 18 hours to…
We read the recent report “Relation of proinflammatory activity of epicardial adipose tissue to the occurrence of atrial fibrillation” by Mazurek et al. Their purpose was to investigate epicardial adipose tissue…
We have read the report by Zorzi et al on differentiating the dome-like ST elevation pattern with negative T wave recorded in highly trained athletes from patients with type 1 Brugada…
In a report, Maron et al. tell us that the number of adult patients reported with delayed-onset left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) has been relatively small and that it would be expected…
The development of acute pulmonary edema involves a complex interplay between the capillary hydrostatic, interstitial hydrostatic, and oncotic pressures and the capillary permeability. We review the pathophysiological processes involved and…
The number of citations an article receives is an important indication of its impact and contribution to the clinical world. There is a paucity of literature concerning top article citations…
We undertook this systematic review to determine the prognostic significance of adrenomedullin (ADM) in patients with heart failure and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Given the difficulty in measuring mature ADM, its…
