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…

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…

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…

Unplanned repeat coronary angiography (CAG) after balloon angioplasty for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) was common before the advent of coronary stenting. Limited data are available regarding the role of unplanned…

Various definitions of myocardial infarction type 5 after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) have been proposed (myocardial infarction [MI-5], also known as peri-procedural MI), using different biomarkers and different and…

Kidney disease (KD) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is associated with major cardiovascular events (MACE). We sought to compare the long-term variation in KD in patients with AMI…

Early ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation (VF) are associated with increased in-hospital mortality but do not influence the long-term prognosis in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Recent data advocate a…