Little is known about left ventricular (LV) reverse remodeling (LVRR) in long-term survivors with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. We studied 59 patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy who had a potential clinical…
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with a poor prognosis after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). A paucity of data exists regarding the incidence and effect of AKI after TAVR…
Enzyme replacement therapy has the potential to delay or reverse adverse cardiac remodeling in Anderson-Fabry disease (AFD); however, the current indications for enzyme replacement therapy rely on detecting relatively advanced…
Although transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for severe aortic stenosis is becoming an established technique, the effect of gender-related differences is poorly described. We performed a gender-based comparison of high-risk…
The present study sought to assess the effectiveness of local anesthesia with conscious sedation (LACS) during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). On its introduction, TAVI was mostly performed with the…
The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether diagnostic data collected after a heart failure (HF) hospitalization can identify patients with HF at risk of early readmission. The…
HF imposes a staggering economic burden on the healthcare system, with most of the costs for the care of patients with HF attributable to hospitalizations. More than 1 million hospitalizations…
Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is an emerging cardiometabolic risk factor, and its thickness can be measured using echocardiography. The relation of EAT to the metabolic syndrome (MS) is still unclear….
Endothelial dysfunction can predict cardiovascular outcomes in several populations of patients. The aim of this study was to assess the severity, time course, and clinical implications of endothelial dysfunction in…
We examined the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its associated risk factors using statewide representative data from the Pennsylvania Behavior Risk Factors Surveillance System. The data from 35,576 subjects…
