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)…
Real-world studies have evaluated the use of anticoagulants in obese patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF), but they have been limited by sample size or the use of diagnosis codes…
J waves may be observed during coronary angiography (CAG), but they have not been fully studied. We investigated the characteristics of J waves in 100 consecutive patients during CAG. The…
Highlights • In STEMI, the time from symptoms to interventional treatment is defined as pain-to-balloon time • Rising pain-to-balloon times are associated with increased 1-year mortality • The major delay…
