Current guidelines recommend troponin T (TnT) as the biomarker of choice in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction. In patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) however, its role in providing a…
Increased atrial volumes predict adverse cardiovascular events. Accordingly, accurate measurement of atrial size has become increasingly important in clinical practice. The area-length method is commonly used to estimate the volume….
During the 1992 presidential campaign in the United States, the Clinton campaign slogan was “It’s the economy, stupid” and that phrase apparently was helpful in getting Mr. Clinton elected president….
We read with great interest the report by Bukkapatnam et al, in which multivariate analysis indicated that women are at higher risk for operative mortality than men (adjusted odds ratio…
Abstract Antiplatelet therapy is essential to reduce the risk for ischemic events in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). A fundamental issue in prescribing antiplatelet therapy remains balancing an increased…
We read with great interest the important and timely study by Lee et al, who compared sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) and paclitaxel-eluting stents (PES) for the treatment of saphenous vein graft…
The American Journal of Cardiology now provides its readers with access to peer-reviewed Official Journal CME (and non-CME) Multimedia Activities. These activities are designed to deliver quality education through an…
I read with interest the analysis from the Registry to Improve the Use of Evidence-Based Heart Failure Therapies in the Outpatient Setting (IMPROVE-HF) program by Albert et al. The investigators…
In January 2003, the Justification for the Use of statins in Prevention: an Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin (JUPITER) investigators began to enroll 17,802 men and women with no evidence of…
The takotsubo syndrome (TS) is defined by a constellation of clinical observations in a subgroup of patients with acute coronary syndromes. Separating patients with TS from the general population with…
