Imori et al demonstrated that carotid artery stenosis, renal artery stenosis, and lower extremity peripheral arterial disease often coexist in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and that CAD severity is…
Previous studies have suggested that patients with dyspnea referred for stress testing have high mortality. However, it is not clear whether this is explained by high rates of ischemia. The…
We thank John Madias for his interest in our article about differences and similarities in electrocardiogram (ECG) between Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) and acute coronary syndrome (ACS). He successfully focuses the…
A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the effects of carvedilol versus metoprolol on the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting in…
Desai et al reported the effect of coronary artery calcium (CAC) as a subclinical atherosclerosis measure on cardiovascular disease (CVD) events or other causes of death by a mean follow-up period…
We read the report by Aslan et al investigating the association of migraine with coronary microvascular dysfunction using transthoracic Doppler echocardiography in a total of 40 migraineurs and 35 age- and…
The objective of this study was to evaluate inert gas rebreathing (IGR) reliability in cardiac output (CO) measurement compared with Fick method and thermodilution. IGR is a noninvasive method for…
Accurate noninvasive assessment of right atrial pressure (RAP) is important for volume management in patients with heart failure (HF). Transient elastography is a noninvasive and reliable method to assess liver…
Peripheral and central pulmonary artery (PA) stenoses can result in right ventricular hypertension, dysfunction, and death. Percutaneous PA angioplasty and stent placement relieve obstruction acutely, but patients frequently require reintervention….
Cardiac arrhythmias are a complication of myocarditis. There are no large studies of in-hospital arrhythmia development and outcomes in pediatric patients with acute myocarditis. This was a retrospective 2-center review…
