Nazare et al reported the usefulness of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) to know the association with visceral adiposity (VAT) and cardiometabolic risk (CMR) by an international cross-sectional…
We read the report by Waksman and Pendyala about the discussions between the US Food and Drug Administration and the sponsor regarding approval of the WATCHMAN device for interventional left…
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) is a relatively common genetic heart disease responsible for mortality and morbidity at all ages. Using contemporary treatment advances, such as implantable defibrillators, surgical myectomy, heart transplant,…
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is underused. Recent guidelines have expanded indications for CRT to include less severe symptoms but now favor left bundle branch block morphology in patients with moderate…
Although treadmill exercise testing can provide an assessment of cardiorespiratory fitness, which serves as an independent prognostic indicator, numerous studies now suggest that usual gait speed, time, or distance covered…
Midterm outcomes for patients presenting with heart failure and functional mitral regurgitation (MR) treated with Mitraclip remain unclear. Pubmed, Medline, and Google Scholar were systematically searched for studies enrolling patients…
Earlobe crease (ELC) has been linked to coronary artery disease; however, systematic evaluations of the earlobe and its relation to ischemic stroke are lacking. The objectives were to define the…
Total and differential leukocyte counts are useful inflammatory biomarkers. The ability of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) to predict outcomes in patients with Kawasaki disease (KD) was assessed in this study….
Device uptake and development have progressed over the last decade, but few quantitative data exist examining the overall operating characteristics and temporal trends of these clinical trials. We performed a…
