Adverse outcomes increase in frequency as patients after Fontan operation approach adulthood. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging–derived parameters have been shown to predict death/transplant; however, limited data are available on…
The presence of left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction (DD) as characterized by Doppler echocardiography is associated with worse overall mortality both in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. However, available data on…
The report by Shiomura et al, published online ahead of print on May 21, 2015, in the Journal , about the determinants of rapid (within <10 days, 30 patients) or delayed (≥10 days,…
We sought to determine the relation between technical charges for transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE) and total time for study completion (TT), identify factors associated with high TT, and create a scoring…
Early noninvasive identification of cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is of growing clinical importance. Low voltage on electrocardiogram (ECG), increased left ventricular (LV) septal thickness (ST), and global longitudinal strain (GLS) on…
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) is believed to be an increasingly diagnosed syndrome; however, data on its incidence are limited. The purpose of this study was to determine the reported incidence of…
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for severe aortic stenosis (AS) is increasingly performed in nonagenarians. There is scarce evidence on the feasibility and safety of balloon-expandable TAVI in this patient…
Aortic stenosis (AS) is associated with an increased risk of bleeding, but little is known about the risk of bleeding during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with AS. In…
Race has seldomly been reported in the major clinical trials of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). When described, African Americans (AAs) were substantially under-represented. This study sought to compare reverse ventricular…
