The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of stress echocardiography in patients with angiographically significant coronary artery disease (CAD). Two hundred sixty patients (mean age 63…
Although moderate alcohol drinkers have lower rates of incident coronary artery disease than abstainers, much less is known about the health effects of different patterns of alcohol use in women…
A male who were implanted bare metal stent 11 years ago were admitted for acute coronay syndrome. Optical coherence tomography showed a neointimal disruption and integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound revealed…
We read with interest the report by Guetta et al on the development of high-degree atrioventricular block HDAVB and the frequency of permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation in a series of…
The investigators describe idiopathic restrictive cardiomyopathy in a 50-year-old woman. Eleven other family members had cerebrovascular accidents, arrhythmias, and/or heart failure requiring cardiac transplantation. The patient developed dyspnea and palpitations…
Left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction is associated with poor outcomes after tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) repair, although its cause is not known, and its relation to right ventricular (RV) performance…
Reflux of contrast medium into the inferior vena cava (IVC) is often detected on computerized tomographic pulmonary angiogram. The potential clinical implications and associated diagnoses of this finding have not…
Amerena et al and the sponsor of the report from the Registry on Cardiac Rhythm Disorders Assessing the Control of Atrial Fibrillation Asia Pacific (RecordAF-AP) deserve congratulations for their contribution…
The ability of iron to cycle reversibly between its ferrous and ferric oxidation states is essential for the biological functions of iron but may contribute to vascular injury through the…
The clinical implications of mechanical alternans in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remain unknown. In this study, the prevalence, characteristics, and prognostic implications of mechanical alternans in patients with…
