Our objective was to evaluate the implant and mid-term outcomes of transvenous pacemaker or internal cardioverter-defibrillator placement by alternative axillary approaches compared to the infraclavicular approach in a pediatric and…
In 1928, Dr. Paul Dudley White ( Figure 1 ) received a travel fellowship of $2,500 to write a textbook on heart disease. He and his wife sailed for England,…
Patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who undergo septal myectomy are at risk for developing postoperative atrial fibrillation. Amiodarone is effective in treating this arrhythmia but is associated with multiple adverse…
We read with great interest the excellent work by Anderson et al who showed in 41,504 patients derived from a medical record database that a poor vitamin D status is…
Author Nilesh J. Samani was erroneously listed as Nilesh J. Samanii.
Edgar et al presented in this journal the results of a meta-analysis (14 trials, total n = 38,941) indicating that the administration of folic acid (0.5 to 5 mg/day) has…
Diabetes mellitus has been reported to be an independent risk factor of atrial fibrillation (AF). The present study investigated the atrial substrate properties and clinical outcome of catheter ablation in…
Candidacy for heart transplantation is influenced by the severity of pulmonary hypertension. In this study, invasive hemodynamics from right-sided cardiac catheterization were compared with values obtained by validated equations from…
Coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) is associated with ionizing radiation, prompting concerns of future cancer risk. Recent studies have reported reduced radiation doses and similar image quality by the selective…
Angiotensin II and aldosterone are key factors responsible for the structural and neurohormonal remodeling of the atria and ventricles in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim of the present…
