Studies have shown an association between the presence of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) and cryptogenic stroke (CS) in patients aged <55 years. In addition, protruding atheromatous plaques in the…
The following information was inadvertently omitted by The American Journal of Cardiology and should have appeared on the first page of the article in keeping with ACCME requirements: CME Provider…
Differential diagnosis between athlete’s heart (AH) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) remains one of the most challenging territories in the field of sports cardiology. In a recent report, Kansal et al…
A recent article by Roberts et al presented typical echocardiographic and gross pathology on 3 adults with noncompaction. The investigators raised the question whether isolated ventricular noncompaction was being overdiagnosed….
Early repolarization (ER) is a common electrocardiographic pattern, characterized by J point and ST-segment elevation with upper concavity with tall symmetrical notched T waves in ≥2 contiguous leads, more commonly…
Chronic kidney disease continues to be a major limiting factor for long-term survival of heart transplant recipients. Little is known about the early use of renin–angiotensin system (RAS) blocking agents…
Berent et al concluded that “there is no difference in antiplatelet response to aspirin 50 versus 100 mg or cardiovascular events (CV) over 5 years in patients with coronary heart…
Before the story of his life started, the patient’s father died in an accidental fire, never witnessing the fire burning in his 1-month-old son, an affliction called homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia….
Although it is known that the electrocardiographic pattern of early repolarization (ER) occurs most commonly in healthy young bradycardic men, its natural history is uncertain. We considered initial electrocardiograms (ECGs)…
Congenital left ventricular aneurysms and diverticula (LVA/Ds) are rare cardiac malformations that can be detected using echocardiography or other imaging techniques. Some of these patients present with ventricular arrhythmias. This…
