Contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging is a radiation-free diagnostic tool that uses biocompatible ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) to improve image clarity. UCAs, which do not contain dye, often salvage “technically difficult” ultrasound…
A man with severe rheumatic trivalvular disease was treated with surgical implantation of mechanical aortic and mitral prostheses at the age of 30 years and tricuspid bioprosthesis at the age of…
Stent thrombosis (ST) is a rare but life-threatening complication of coronary artery stenting. Although dual-antiplatelet therapy is an effective management strategy in reducing the risk for ST, some patients may…
We read the report by Wu et al investigating the impact of location of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), measured by coronary artery calcium-scoring computed tomography angiography on obstructive coronary stenosis. In a…
Anthracyclines are established cardiotoxic agents; however, the exact extent and time course of such cardiotoxicity has not been appraised in detail. We aimed to exploit serial measurements of standard and…
Despite a better understanding of cardiovascular risk factors and attempts at optimal management, diabetes-related macrovascular events remain a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and worldwide….
Methadone is highly effective for opioid dependency, but it is associated with Torsade de pointes. Although electrocardiography (ECG) has been proposed, its utility is uncertain, because an ECG-based intervention has…
Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at increased risk for cardiovascular (CV) disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between subclinical CV disease as measured…
Previous studies have shown that tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) is able to identify mutation carriers of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) before the development of the clinical phenotype. However, data are scarce…
Generalized lipodystrophy is a rare disorder characterized by marked loss of adipose tissue with reduced triglyceride storage capacity, leading to a severe form of metabolic syndrome including hypertriglyceridemia, insulin resistance,…
