Growing evidence suggests that reductions in circulating thyroid hormone (TH) levels, in particular reductions in biologically active T3, are commonly observed in patients with various acute and chronic cardiac etiologies,…
Inferolateral early repolarization (ER) patterns on standard electrocardiogram (ECG) are associated with increased risk for cardiac and arrhythmic death in general adult population cohorts. We sought to determine the prevalence…
Heart rate, blood pressure, and vascular tone, as well as ventilator drive, respiratory rate, and breathing pattern, are, at least in part, under the control of specific reflexes. These reflexes…
The very interesting and timely study by Sy et al, published on May 16, 2013 online ahead of print in The American Journal of Cardiology , is an example of the underdiagnosis…
A 40-year-old woman from El Salvador presented with 3 months of abdominal pain and diarrhea followed by 2 weeks of atypical chest pain and exertional dyspnea and was diagnosed with…
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) is the most common genetic heart disease, with currently ≥13 genes encoding proteins of the cardiac sarcomere (>1,500 mutations) associated with HC and responsible for the enormous…
Rivaroxaban, a factor Xa inhibitor, is a new oral anticoagulant that has been developed as an alternative to vitamin K antagonists. However, its safety remains unclear. Reported randomized controlled trials…
The aims of this study were to evaluate left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic function in obese adolescents with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) using conventional echocardiography and pulsed-wave tissue…
Patients with acute aortic syndrome (AAS) often require emergent transfer for definitive therapy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety of transfer and the ability to optimize…
Although patients with Stanford type A acute aortic dissection often show ST-T abnormalities at presentation, the frequency and implication of such findings remain unclear. To clarify these points, admission electrocardiograms…
