Risk stratification is a mainstay of current cardiovascular care. Its practical relevance to therapeutic decision making depends, however, on the often unverified assumption that higher risk patients experience greater treatment…
The aims of this study were to assess the right ventricle in different causes of pulmonary hypertension (PH) and to assess the changes of the tricuspid apparatus during this remodeling….
The following information was omitted and should have appeared on the first page of the article in the Methods section: The CADICE study (recruitment of the patients and data entry)…
Individuals aged >85 years are the world’s most rapidly growing age group and have a high incidence of cardiovascular mortality. The objective of this study was to prospectively determine the…
In 1982, Goldberger described an electrocardiographic triad (SV 1 or SV 2 + RV 5 or RV 6 ≥3.5 mV, total QRS amplitude in each of the limb leads ≤0.8…
We aimed to determine late functional health status of the growing adult population with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). We studied all 840 patients with TOF born from 1927 through…
The systemic right ventricle (RV) in congenital heart disease is susceptible to progressive dilation and dysfunction. A 2-dimensional echocardiographic means for serial monitoring of the RV would be of great…
Concern exists about cardiovascular disease (CVD) in professional football players. We examined whether playing position and size influence CVD mortality in 3,439 National Football League players with ≥5 pension-credited playing…
Risk of cardiovascular disease and death in retired professional American football players may be higher than that in the general population. Previously published data have demonstrated that American football players…
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging can predict hemodynamically significant coarctation of the aorta (CoA) with a high degree of discrimination. However, the ability of CMR to predict important clinical outcomes…
