A 47-year-old man was referred because of an acute anterolateral ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography showed marked ectasia of the coronary arteries, with no obstructive lesions. Ventriculography strongly suggested…
Despite the efficacy of oral anticoagulants for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF), evidence suggests that many patients with AF who should be treated with vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) are…
Each year, a number of clinical trials emerge with data sufficient to change clinical practice. Determining which findings will result in practice change and which will provide only incremental benefit…
Atrial fibrillation (AF) in the post–cardiac surgery setting has several known risk factors, but the recent report by Lahiri et al proposes that African Americans benefit from a reduced incidence…
The aim of this study was to evaluate the incremental value of combined assessment with computed tomographic (CT) signs of right ventricular (RV) dysfunction and cardiac troponin T level for…
The author celebrates a special birthday with one of his mentors. I swear … to hold my medical teachers in high regard. —Hippocratic Oath For his 90th birthday, I took some freshly…
The aim of the present study was to assess, using 3-dimensioanl echocardiography, the morphologic characteristics, determinants, and physiologic limits of left ventricular (LV) remodeling in 511 Olympic athletes (categorized in…
In the obscure short story “A Tale of the Ragged Mountains,” Edgar Allen Poe meticulously described a character with features remarkably consistent with the Marfan syndrome. This description appeared in…
Reports of health care–associated viral hepatitis transmission have been increasing in the United States. Transmission due to poor infection control practices during myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) has not previously been…
The present project investigated whether cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) of aortic arch anomalies can be performed successfully in infants <6 months of age without the use of cardiac anesthesia or…
