An increased prevalence of intrapulmonary right-to-left shunt (RLS) has been shown in patients with migraine. The aim of this study was to determine whether the size of intrapulmonary RLS was…
The images for Figures 1, 2, and 4 were not correctly depicted. The correct images are shown on the following 2 pages. Figure 1 An example of radial (A) ,…
The aim of this study was to determine whether persistently high levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) or soluble vascular adhesion molecule–1 (sVCAM-1) are associated with faster functional decline compared to fluctuating…
Ron Caputo, MD Don was a perfectionist in the Lab and during training he could be pretty terse and a little gruff during cases. If you were not moving a…
We read with great interest the report of Magnani et al on P-wave duration and risk for longitudinal atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients aged ≥60 years from the Framingham Heart…
An abnormally high ankle-brachial index (ABI) is associated with increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. The relation of obesity to incident high ABI has not been characterized. The aim of this…
The aim of the study was to evaluate the additional diagnostic value of real-time 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (RT3D-TEE) for surgically recognized mitral valve (MV) prolapse anatomy compared to 2-dimensional transthoracic…
Acknowledgment This article is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. , Rockville, Maryland. Disclosures Dr. Friedewald is a consultant for AstraZeneca, Wilmington, Delaware. Dr. Emmett…
Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) is a known complication of congenital heart disease associated with unrepaired systemic to pulmonary shunts. Evidence for use of targeted pulmonary arterial hypertension therapy in ES is…
Low lymphocyte count has been considered a predictive marker of unfavorable outcomes for patients with heart failure (HF). Baseline blood samples for complete blood counts, differential counts, renal function tests….
