We have read with interest the study written by Arora et al about the utilization of rotational atherectomy (RA) in the United States. The investigators have developed a methodologically exquisite analysis, but…
A patient with symptomatic typical atrial flutter (AFL) underwent right atrial isthmus ablation with an 8-mm catheter. Eight months later, his typical AFL recurred. Ten months later, he underwent a…
The work by Norcliffe-Kaufmann et al published in a recent issue of the American Journal of Cardiology is commendable. The investigators noted excessive pressor responses to cognitive stress, emotional arousal, and…
A 43-year-old man with a prosthetic aortic valve used illicit drugs intravenously and came to the hospital with infective endocarditis. Several days later, pauses were noted on his electrocardiographic monitoring…
Described are the findings in a 57-year-old man who developed a large carcinoma 2 years after heart transplantation. Mental anxiety or depression may have contributed to a delay in seeking medical…
Surrogate endpoints facilitate trial efficiency but are variably linked to clinical outcomes, and limited data are available exploring their utilization in cardiovascular clinical trials over time. We abstracted data regarding…
While using the brand names seems like a trivial issue at the outset, using these names is inherently problematic. Cardiovascular drugs remain the most commonly prescribed drugs by the physicians….
Myriads of physical stress factors including pheochromocytoma have been reported triggering takotsubo syndrome (TS). The aim of this study was to report on the clinical features and outcome of pheochromocytoma-induced…
Postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) has been recently reported to be useful for detecting causes of death in the emergency department. In this study, the incidence and causes of death of…
The population of adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) in the United States is growing rapidly with concomitant increases in care costs. We sought to define the variables having the…
