Preliminary speckle-tracking echocardiographic studies show that patients with single ventricles (SVs) have significantly decreased twisting and dyssynchrony of twisting. This could be related to abnormal cardiac looping, which leads to…
In the review by Hoogwerf that appeared in the January supplement to The American Journal of Cardiology , the author very well explained all the most relevant trials supporting the…
Ultrafiltration (UF) is currently one of the most expensive therapeutic modalities used for the management of heart failure, and cost has become an impediment to its wider use. Providers and…
The recent reminiscences on Dr. Howard Burchell brought to mind several of my own, while a medical resident at the Mayo Clinic from 1966 to 1968. I was aware of…
We have read with attention and interest the report of Halbert et al recently published in The American Journal of Cardiology , as well as a previous report of the…
The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing. Blaize Pascal Since the dawn of cultural history, the pulsating heart has been magical—an enigmatic organ that beats in our…
At least 1 in 7 cardiology patients now reports nonadherence to prescribed medications, potentially leading to negative outcomes across a broad range of cardiovascular diseases. This nonadherence can begin as…
Early lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) has demonstrated clinical benefits in patients with acute coronary syndrome; however, little is known about early LLT in patients with stroke. We evaluated the effect of…
The coronary vasodilatory effect of dipyridamole is competitively blocked by caffeine. The purposes of this study were to (1) assess the incidence of having detectable serum caffeine and (2) evaluate…
Before 2001, intravenous epoprostenol was the only approved drug for patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) or familial pulmonary arterial hypertension (FPAH) who were nonresponsive to high-dose calcium channel…
