Cardiac involvement in systemic amyloidosis causes detrimental prognosis; therefore, early detection and classification are important to develop appropriate therapeutic strategies. Subcutaneous tissue biopsy is a useful screening procedure for systemic…
The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) in outpatients with the Eisenmenger syndrome (ES). BNP is often elevated in patients with…
Noncompaction cardiomyopathy (NCC) is a primary cardiomyopathy characterized by an excessively prominent trabecular meshwork and deep intertrabecular recesses of the left ventricular walls. Most cases are inherited, with a dominant…
Recently, moderate and severe postprocedure aortic regurgitations (ARs) have been identified as independent risk factors for short- and midterm mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). However, very few data…
Optimal management of perioperative anticoagulation in patients undergoing pacemaker or implantable cardioverter–defibrillator implantation is not yet established. We performed a meta-analysis of the published literature to assess the safety and…
Recent reports have described that hospitalizations for atrial fibrillation (AF) are continuing to increase. Given that hospitalizations are responsible for most of the economic burden associated with AF, the aim…
Electrocardiographic bundle branch block (BBB) has higher cardiac and all-cause death. However, reports on the association between BBBs and mortality in the general populations are conflicting. The aim of this…
This study evaluated the relation between apolipoprotein B (apoB) decrease and coronary heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular disease risk. Bayesian random-effects meta-analysis was used to evaluate the association of mean…
In patients aged ≥80 years without previous coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, or cerebrovascular disease, no evidence has shown a benefit from statin therapy. We examined the prevalence of…
Failure to intensify medication and failure to adhere to medication have been shown to contribute to suboptimal low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal attainment. To examine whether nonadherence to statins in 126,903…
