Early repolarization (ER) is a common electrocardiographic pattern, characterized by J point and ST-segment elevation with upper concavity with tall symmetrical notched T waves in ≥2 contiguous leads, more commonly…
Chronic kidney disease continues to be a major limiting factor for long-term survival of heart transplant recipients. Little is known about the early use of renin–angiotensin system (RAS) blocking agents…
Berent et al concluded that “there is no difference in antiplatelet response to aspirin 50 versus 100 mg or cardiovascular events (CV) over 5 years in patients with coronary heart…
Before the story of his life started, the patient’s father died in an accidental fire, never witnessing the fire burning in his 1-month-old son, an affliction called homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia….
Although it is known that the electrocardiographic pattern of early repolarization (ER) occurs most commonly in healthy young bradycardic men, its natural history is uncertain. We considered initial electrocardiograms (ECGs)…
Congenital left ventricular aneurysms and diverticula (LVA/Ds) are rare cardiac malformations that can be detected using echocardiography or other imaging techniques. Some of these patients present with ventricular arrhythmias. This…
Little information is available about the transportation costs incurred from the missed prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease (CHD). The objectives of the present study were to analyze the costs…
Recurrence of pericardial tamponade is relatively common after pericardiocentesis. We evaluated the clinical and procedural predictors of recurrent pericardial tamponade after pericardiocentesis. We included 157 consecutive patients with pericardial tamponade…
Left ventricular (LV) twist represents a phenomenon that links systolic contraction with diastolic relaxation and plays a major role in cardiac physiology; thus, the study of twist mechanics is of…
We have previously reported that left ventricular (LV) diastolic function in those with cardiac asymptomatic hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is similar to that of volunteer control (VC) subjects, despite a presence…
