Patterns of medical resource use near the end of life may differ across modes of death. The aim of this study was to characterize patterns of inpatient resource use and…
Staphylococci account for the bulk of cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) infections. However, a detailed analysis of clinical features and outcomes of CIED infections due to staphylococcal species has not…
Registry Experience at the Washington Hospital Center, DES – Taxus Liberte Versus Xience V (REWARDS TLX) is a physician-initiated, retrospective, real-world, multicenter, observational study for all patients >18 years of…
We compared the effectiveness of drug-eluting stents (DESs) to bare-metal stents (BMSs) in ostial lesions from an unrestricted patient cohort with 3-year follow-up. DESs have proved more effective at decreasing…
The aim of the present study was to compare the outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients aged ≥80 years. The present analysis…
Primary prevention guidelines recommend calculation of lifetime cardiovascular disease (CVD) predicted risk in patients who may not meet criteria for high short-term (10-year) Adult Treatment Panel III risk for coronary…
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and osteoporosis share some common risk factors such as old age, smoking, alcoholic drinking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and hyperlipidemia. Although previous studies have investigated the association of…
Frequency-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) is becoming a useful diagnostic tool for coronary imaging for quantitative coronary analysis. Second-generation FD-OCT produces detailed coronary lumen images. However, the reproducibility of coronary…
We sought to assess possible interactions between eplerenone use and a plasma marker of collagen turnover on prognosis in patients after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and preserved left ventricular (LV)…
This meta-analysis evaluated the optimal noninvasive strategy for cardiac risk assessment of patients >65 years of age with known or suspected coronary artery disease using the available literature. Patients >65…
