Almost 50% of patients with congestive heart failure (HF) have preserved ejection fraction (PEF). Data on the effect of HF-PEF on atrial fibrillation outcomes are lacking. We assessed the prognostic…
Disturbances in atrioventricular conduction are well-recognized complications of transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) is a requisite step in transcatheter aortic valve replacement; however, the contribution of…
Only a handful of studies have attempted to unravel the genetic architecture of calcific aortic valve stenosis (AS). The goal of this study was to validate genes previously associated with…
The aims of the present study were to estimate the prevalence of heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HF-PEF) in patients with HF and to compare their clinical characteristics…
Approximately 1% to 2% of patients with hypertension will have a hypertensive emergency at some time in their life. However, no data are available on the frequency of hospitalizations for…
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most common arrhythmias seen in clinical practice. Current evidence suggests that serum uric acid (SUA) could be a marker of oxidative damage, a…
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) during sleep occurs at a relatively low frequency and the pathogenic background remains uncertain. The aim of the present study was to determine the significance of…
In 2004 the British Cardiac Society redefined myocardial infarction by cardiac troponin I (cTnI) concentration: ≤0.06 μg/L (unstable angina), >0.06 to <0.5 μg/L (myocardial necrosis), and ≥0.5 μg/L (myocardial infarction)….
The Arab Middle East is a unique region of the developing world where little is known about the outcomes of patients hospitalized with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), despite playing…
The safety of sirolimus-eluting stents (SESs) in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) remains controversial. We compared long-term neointimal coverage after stent implantation for AMI evaluated by coronary angioscopy and 3-year clinical…
