Fontan patients have a reduced exercise capacity, primarily owing to limitations in the ability to augment pulmonary blood flow and stroke volume. To date, the mechanism of peak exercise pulmonary…
I read with great interest the recently published report titled “Serial Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis of Bifurcation Lesions Treated Using the Novel Self-Expanding Sideguard Side Branch Stent.” The investigators evaluated the…
The interesting study by Stanton et al of 30 patients with left ventricular hypertrabeculation (LVHT), or noncompaction, raises the following concerns. What were the diagnostic criteria the 9 patients excluded…
Regarding the report by Baber et al, it was stressed that the pathophysiologic mechanisms responsible for the increased risk for peripheral vascular disease and chronic kidney disease remain poorly understood….
We have read with great interest the report by Merchant et al recently published in The American Journal of Cardiology . The investigators address an issue that has attracted much…
We have read the report by Desch et al with great interest. The investigators evaluated the impact of the coronary collateral circulation in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctions…
The noninvasive estimation of pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) has become a standard component of the echocardiographic examination. Our aim was to evaluate the accuracy of this modality in a…
General Textbooks 1. Camm AJ, Lüscher TF, Serruys PW, editors. The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine . Second Edition. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2009:1398, $395.00. 2. Yusuf S,…
This article provides narration of the events during the development of ergonovine maleate infusions for detecting coronary artery spasm at the Cleveland Clinic in 1973. This was the first safe,…
We hypothesized that the longitudinal changes in peak oxygen uptake, ventilatory efficiency, and exercise-induced right-to-left shunting in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) would predict outcomes better than baseline measurements…
