“In our instruction, we have tried to emphasize that a manuscript can be grammatically and semantically perfect and still be worthless if it is not scientifically valid. So we stress,…
The National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel (ATP) has provided education and guidance for decades on the management of hypercholesterolemia. Its third report (ATP III) was published 10 years…
Left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction is associated with various neuromuscular and other rare genetic disorders. In a 53-year-old man with a Turner mosaic karyotype, regression of left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction was documented by…
Left ventricular (LV) remodeling after myocardial infarction (MI) indicates a high risk of heart failure and death, but LV remodeling remains difficult to predict. Biomarkers may help to refine risk…
The 2012 meeting of the editorial board of The American Journal of Cardiology ( AJC ) was held on March 25, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois, at the time of the…
Cardiac troponin (cTn) is instrumental in screening and diagnosing myocardial ischemia in adults. However, the role of cTn screening in the pediatric population is less clear. The purpose of this…
The problem of early recognition of atrial fibrillation (AF) is greatly aggravated by the often silent nature of the rhythm disturbance. In about 1/3 of patients with this arrhythmia, patients…
The purpose of applying a high-pass filter is to attenuate low-frequency noise. This type of noise presents as baseline sway, which may hinder proper assessment of the electrocardiogram. Low-frequency noise…
Cardioselective β blockers are considered to have little impact on lung function at rest in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, their effects on dynamic hyperinflation, an important…
We read with interest the study by Nozue et al, who investigated clinical and lesion-related factors associated with coronary plaque progression versus regression in statin-treated patients. The investigators reported that…
