Acknowledgment This CME activity is supported by an educational grant from Gilead Sciences , Foster City, California. Disclosures Dr. Friedewald has no relevant financial relationships to disclose. Dr. Hayes has…
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is prevalent in patients with aortic stenosis (AS); however, previous studies have demonstrated inconsistent results regarding the association of PH with adverse outcomes after aortic valve replacement…
Chest radiotherapy is routinely used to treat malignancies such as Hodgkin disease and breast cancer but is commonly associated with a variety of cardiovascular complications involving the pericardium, myocardium, valves,…
There are few assessments of patterns of medicolegal cases involving cardiac catheterizations. This descriptive study reviews the patterns of liability and medical outcomes involving cardiac catheterization litigation from the LexisNexis…
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is often deferred in dialysis-dependent patients with heart failure (HF) because of a perceived lack of benefit and potentially higher risks, although the outcomes associated with…
The ratio of early transmitral blood flow velocity over tissue Doppler early diastolic mitral annulus velocity (E/e′) was found unreliable for estimating pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) in patients with…
Outcome data regarding postoperative acute coronary syndrome treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are limited. The objective of this study was to determine clinical outcomes of patients undergoing PCI within…
Riata family of implantable cardioverter defibrillator leads have demonstrated in situ conductor externalization, prompting a class I recall and the Food and Drug Administration recommendation for fluoroscopic screening. The natural…
Aspirin monotherapy represents a standard therapy for preserving patency after coronary artery bypass grafting. Randomized trials addressing whether dual antiplatelet therapy is superior to single antiplatelet therapy to achieve graft…
Current body mass index (BMI) strata likely misrepresent the accuracy of true adiposity in older adults. Subjects with normal BMI with elevated body fat may metabolically have higher cardiovascular and…
