Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death in men and women in the United States and is a leading cause of disability. Advances in pharmacotherapy and revascularization strategies…
Studies have demonstrated that the apolipoprotein B/apolipoprotein A-I (apoB/apoA-I) ratio predicts cardiovascular risk better than any of the cholesterol indexes. A number of factors that define the metabolic syndrome (MS)…
Treatment algorithms in pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) are derived from clinical trials in adult populations and from clinical practice, but experience in children is limited. In this retrospective cohort…
We evaluated the feasibility and clinical utility of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in the early management of ischemic stroke. TEE was performed in consecutive patients with acute cerebral ischemia within 48…
We report our experience with stent implantation for treatment of aortic coarctation in patients with Turner syndrome. Ten consecutive patients with Turner syndrome and aortic coarctation (median age 12 years,…
Obesity is associated with hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes, but it is also an independent cardiovascular risk factor. We sought to evaluate the differences in treatment patterns and attainment of guideline-recommended…
This report describes a series of symptomatic patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with significant postprandial hemodynamic changes. This finding was identified by history, clinical examination, and echocardiography in 6 consecutive…
To examine long-term mortality in Danish patients with congenital heart defect (CHD), we performed a population-based follow-up study using nationwide registries. We identified all children born in Denmark from January…
Negative inotropic agents are often administered to decrease the left ventricular (LV) pressure gradient in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC). Little information is available regarding comparisons of the effects…
The present study reports on contraceptive use, methods used, and counseling received on contraceptive issues for women with congenital heart disease and provides a brief review of current knowledge of…
