Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), due mainly to coronary artery disease (CAD), is a leading cause of death. To identify electrocardiographic and clinical differences between patients with CAD with and without…
Impaired adherence to medications and health behaviors may mediate the connection between psychiatric symptoms and mortality in cardiac patients. This study assessed the association between improvements in depression/anxiety and self-reported…
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is usually perceived as a complication of established heart failure (HF) rather than as a predictor of HF or a marker of subclinical HF. PH may develop…
The association between uric acid and cardiovascular disease is incompletely understood. In particular, the prognostic value of uric acid in patients with acute coronary syndromes who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention…
Patients with acute coronary syndrome are recommended for early aggressive low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol–lowering therapy. The LUNAR study compared the efficacy of rosuvastatin with that of atorvastatin in decreasing LDL…
Statin therapy produces regression of coronary artery plaques and reduces the incidence of coronary artery disease. However, not all patients show regression of coronary atherosclerosis after statin therapy. The purpose…
