A United States national sample of 20,962 participants (57% women, 44% blacks) from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study provided general population estimates for electrocardiographic…
We read the recently published report by Saksena et al comparing cardiovascular outcomes of individual antiarrhythmic drugs versus rate-control drugs using propensity score–matched subcohorts in the Atrial Fibrillation Follow-Up Investigation…
Major Textbooks in Cardiovascular Surgery ⁎ ⁎ Acid-free Paper. 1. Cohn LH, editor. Cardiac Surgery in the Adult. Fourth Edition. New York: McGraw Hill 2012:1448, $299.00. 2. Franco KL, Thourani…
In recent years, I have been intrigued by reading about Bhutan ( Figure 1 ) , the Shangri-La Himalayan kingdom wedged between India and China. When an opportunity arose to…
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a form of systemic vasculitis that causes chronic changes in arterial walls, including pulmonary arteries. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that…
To evaluate (1) whether right ventricular (RV) dysfunction, evaluated using tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) is associated with a worse outcome in patients with the Eisenmenger syndrome, (2) which…
The aim of this study was to use 3-dimensional (3D) speckle-tracking echocardiography to test the hypothesis that left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony may negatively affect LV torsional mechanics in patients with…
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is gaining increasing recognition as a risk factor for morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of PTSD and abnormal…
The frequency of congenitally bicuspid aortic valves in patients having cardiac transplantation (CT) is unknown. We reviewed 243 explanted hearts in patients having CT at Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas…
Aortic valve stenosis progression rate is highly variable among patients and to date remains unpredictable. Evaluation of osteoblastic activity inside aortic valves may help identify patients with fast aortic stenosis…
