Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has become an option for patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis whose co-morbidities place them at high surgical risk. However, little is known regarding treatment…
The progression of atrial fibrillation (AF) to a more sustained form is associated with increased symptoms and morbidity. The aims of the REgistry on Cardiac Rhythm DisORDers Assessing the Control…
The occurrence of heart failure (HF) and its clinical features after a great disaster have not been rigorously examined. We retrospectively examined the effect of the Great East Japan Earthquake…
It remains uncertain whether the histology of culprit coronary plaques differs between ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-STEMI (NSTEMI). We compared intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and histologic findings in coronary…
Myocardial extracellular matrix expansion and reduced coronary flow reserve (CFR) occur in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus without heart failure or coronary artery disease. Because aldosterone is implicated in…
A head-to-head evaluation of the effect of ramipril and zofenopril on the cardiovascular mortality rate of patients with chronic heart failure (HF) in the setting of clinical practice is not…
Traditional imaging for ablation of supraventricular tachycardia has been fluoroscopy, although 3-dimensional electroanatomic mapping (3D) has been demonstrated to reduce radiation exposure. This study compares a technique for the reduction…
We tested the hypothesis that admission serum inflammatory biomarkers may predict risk of early left ventricular (LV) thrombus formation in patients with first-ever anterior wall ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)….
The characteristics of coronary artery calcium responsible for vulnerable plaque remain incompletely elucidated. We used optical coherence tomography to investigate the characteristics of coronary calcium in acute myocardial infarction (AMI),…
Randomized trials have established the efficacy of antianginal medications in the treatment of chronic stable coronary disease. Using data from the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) and Canadian…
