Patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, but studies on HIV as a risk factor for cardiac arrest in the general population are…
Atypical antipsychotics are used in cardiac intensive care units (CICU) to treat delirium despite limited data on safety in patients with acute cardiovascular conditions. Patients treated with these agents may…
Patients with aortic enlargement are recommended to undergo serial imaging and clinical follow-up until they reach surgical thresholds. This study aimed to identify aortic diameter and care of patients with…
For over 50 years, surgical septal myectomy has been the preferred treatment for drug-refractory heart failure symptoms in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). However, given the relatively youthful adult ages at…
Many Fontan patients with and without systolic ventricular dysfunction are being treated with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, despite its effectiveness remaining unclear. In the present study, we evaluated the short-term…
Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is a common congenital heart disease, with a 10-fold higher prevalence in first-degree relatives. BAV has different phenotypes based on the morphology of cusp fusion. These…
Highlights • LVOT velocity is significantly underestimated by TEE compared with TEE • Transgastric TEE probe aligns better than transapical TTE with aortic valve flow. • TEE compared with TTE…
Severe aortic stenosis (AS) is often characterized by myocardial interstitial fibrosis. Myocardial interstitial fibrosis, classically measured by magnetic resonance imaging, was also shown to be accurately measured by computed tomography…
The platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) is a novel inflammatory biomarker that has prognostic value in patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) treats the inflammatory disease of…
Contemporary data on the prevalence and incidence of aortic stenosis (AS) and aortic valve replacement (AVR) in patients initiating dialysis are scarce. This observational cohort study aimed to estimate (1)…
