Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors are novel drugs for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. They exert their action through inhibition of the catabolism of locally secreted incretins such as…
Drs. Nabel and Braunwald have elegantly illustrated in their Figure 1 that preventive and therapeutic strategies substantially reduced risk for cardiovascular death. In contrast, the death rate from cancer has…
The recently published report by Parikh et al reinforces the thromboembolic nature of atrial flutter. The described prevalence of left atrial (LA) thrombi and spontaneous echocardiographic contrast (SEC) in this…
The wording of the second and third column headings in Table 1 was incorrect. The second column heading should have read “No Alternans (n = 24)” and the third column…
We wish to thank Dr. Madias for his interest in our report. With regard to electrocardiographic data, the types of bundle branch block were specified in the footnote of Table…
Familial aortic aneurysm (AA) is mostly inherited as an autosomal dominant disorder. However, recessively inherited AA has also been observed but in association with skin manifestations of cutis laxa, which…
This comment is in response to the contribution by Greutmann et al in the January 15, 2012, issue of The American Journal of Cardiology on adverse outcomes in 155 patients…
Limited information is available about gender and ethnic differences in red cell distribution width (RCDW) with regard to its relation to mortality in a population free of cardiovascular (CV) disease…
Williams syndrome (WS) is a congenital, developmental disorder affecting 1 in 8,000 live births. The corrected QT (QTc) interval is prolonged in 13% of patients with WS. No data exist…
We aimed to evaluate how the presence and severity of congenital heart disease (CHD) influence social life and lifestyle in adult patients. A random sample (n = 1,496) from the…
