Although cardiovascular (CV) risks have been reported in prehypertension, their link to sympathovagal imbalance (SVI) has not been investigated. In the present study, we have assessed the factors contributing to…
Heart failure (HF) is a chronic disease that frequently causes quality of life (QoL) impairment. We aimed to evaluate whether fragility affects QoL perception in outpatients with HF across age…
Recently, we reported that angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB), valsartan, and calcium channel blocker (CCB), amlodipine, had similar effects on the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in diabetic hypertensive…
The aim of the present study was to explore the relation between right ventricular (RV) and left ventricular (LV) echocardiographic parameters with clinical outcome in patients with advanced heart failure…
Oxidative stress and inflammation are hallmarks of the heart failure (HF) disease state. In the present study, we investigated the inflammatory/anti-inflammatory characteristics of high-density lipoproteins (HDL) in patients with HF….
Current guidelines advocate primary percutaneous coronary intervention as the therapy of choice for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) when available. Little is known about the outcomes of patients without a…
The treatment of calcified coronary lesions by percutaneous coronary intervention has been shown to be associated with poor outcomes and an increased rate of complications. However, the impact of coronary…
We evaluated a hypothesis that thrombus aspiration with distal protection is superior to simple thrombus aspiration in patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). A total of 176 consecutive…
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) is characterized by an acute transient left ventricular systolic dysfunction mimicking acute coronary syndrome (ACS) without significant coronary stenosis. The aim of this study was to examine…
Although the incidence of and mortality after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is decreasing, time trends in anatomical location of STEMI and associated short-term prognosis have not been examined in…
