An in-office linguistic study was conducted to assess physician–patient discussions of mixed dyslipidemia. Naturally occurring interactions among 12 cardiologists, 12 primary care physicians, and 45 of their patients diagnosed with…
Inflammation is a crucial element in the development of cardiovascular disease. Serum measurements of inflammation through high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) can lead to improved risk stratification of patients for risk…
This study investigated the impact of ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR) severity and viability on left ventricular (LV) reverse remodeling after cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. Severe…
Smoking remains a major public health problem. Experiencing a myocardial infarction (MI) can be a teachable moment that results in smoking cessation when previous efforts have failed. We tested the…
To compare the long-term efficacy and safety of sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) to those of bare-metal stents (BMS) for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, outcomes were assessed in 310 patients (mean age…
The Prospective Army Coronary Calcium Project is evaluating the predictive value of coronary artery calcium (CAC) in unselected, healthy, lower-risk, 40- to 50-year-old men. Although this study has found that…
Young women hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (MI) have greater in-hospital mortality than young men. However, the reasons for this difference have not been well characterized. We analyzed the data…
Electrocardiographic (ECG) Q- and ST-T–wave abnormalities predict coronary heart disease (CHD) and total mortality. No comparison has been made of the classification of these abnormalities by the 2 most widely…
The aim of this study was to evaluate the vascular response after everolimus-eluting stent (EES) implantation in the SPIRIT III Japan Registry (JAPAN) compared to EES implantation in the SPIRIT…
Drug-eluting stents (DES) are highly effective in reducing restenosis but have a small but significant risk for late stent thrombosis (LAST). Cessation of antiplatelet drugs for noncardiac surgery has been…
