Heart rate (HR) at rest is associated with adverse cardiovascular events; however, the biologic mechanism for the relation is unclear. We hypothesized a strong association between HR at rest and…
The Food and Drug Administration recently updated the safety warning concerning the association between statin therapy and new-onset diabetes mellitus (NODM). For prediabetes, little information is available for statins on…
The RESOLUTE China Registry is a prospective, multicenter, all-comers, observational study of patients in China implanted with the Resolute zotarolimus-eluting stent (R-ZES). R-ZES was commercially available before the enrollment began….
Several factors contribute to the risk of percutaneous coronary intervention–related major entry site (MES) complications. We sought to examine the trends in MES among unselected patients during the stent era….
For years, warfarin and aspirin have been standard therapies for prophylaxis of stroke in atrial fibrillation. In late 2010, dabigatran, an oral direct thrombin inhibitor, became available for use in…
The specific mechanisms by which diabetes may affect the myocardial tissue response to ischemia are unclear. Our objective was to prospectively quantify the degree of myocardial edema in diabetics versus…
Electrocardiography is an excellent tool for decision making in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). However, little is known on the correlation between its dynamic changes during primary percutaneous…
Drug-eluting stent (DES) in-stent restenosis (ISR) can be treated by restenting using the same DES as previously placed (same stent strategy), versus switching to a stent that elutes a different…
Continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CVVH) is a renal replacement therapy that has been successfully used in patients with severe chronic renal failure to prevent contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI). In this…
Management of coronary artery disease (CAD) has evolved over the past decade, but there are few prospective studies evaluating long-term outcomes in a real-world setting of evolving technical approaches and…
