Erratum

Dec 22, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Erratum

Erratum for Rybczynski et al. “Frequency of Sleep Apnea in Adults With the Marfan Syndrome” Am J Cardiol 2010:1836–1841 It should be noted that Meike Rybczynski, MD and Dietmar Koschyk,…

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Dr. Howard Burchell Remembered

Dec 22, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Dr. Howard Burchell Remembered

Many reminiscences of Dr. Howard Burchell have appeared since his passing at 101 years of age late last year, the most recent by Dr. John Cantwell (Atlanta) in the American…

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Novel Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Phenotype: Segmental Hypertrophy Isolated to the Posterobasal Left Ventricular Free Wall

Dec 22, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Novel Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Phenotype: Segmental Hypertrophy Isolated to the Posterobasal Left Ventricular Free Wall

Few other diseases show the degree of phenotypic heterogeneity expressed by HC. The two novel patients reported here with isolated posterobasal LV free wall hypertrophy (and mitral valve prolapse) extend…

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Relation of Left Ventricular Twist and Global Strain with Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients After Operative “Correction” of Tetralogy of Fallot

Dec 22, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Relation of Left Ventricular Twist and Global Strain with Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients After Operative “Correction” of Tetralogy of Fallot

In patients with corrected tetralogy of Fallot (cToF), left ventricular (LV) dysfunction is closely related to right ventricular (RV) dysfunction, indicating adverse ventricular–ventricular interactions. However, the mechanism that links RV…

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Frequency of Conduction Disturbances After Transcatheter Implantation of an Edwards Sapien Aortic Valve Prosthesis

Dec 22, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Frequency of Conduction Disturbances After Transcatheter Implantation of an Edwards Sapien Aortic Valve Prosthesis

We evaluated the incidence of conduction abnormalities and requirement for permanent pacemaker in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) with the Edwards Sapien prosthesis. In 2009, >8,000 patients were…

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