Do Not Analyze Too Quickly a Result: How Spironolactone Is Always Point at!
We read the article of Inampudi et al regarding the clinical benefit of spironolactone in the setting of older patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced glomerular filtration rate and reduced…
Early Repolarization—The Conundrum Continues
The description of the epsilon wave on the electrocardiogram (ECG) by Fontaine and Chen in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia and the excellent (and correct) observation by Bonny, brings…
Trends in Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Children and Adults With Tetralogy of Fallot
Operative correction of tetralogy of Fallot frequently results in pulmonary insufficiency and chronic volume overload, which have been linked to increased risk for adverse outcomes. No consensus recommendations for the…
The Two Extremes of Cardiac Sarcoidosis and the Effect of Prednisone Therapy
Described herein are clinical and morphologic findings in 2 patients who underwent heart transplantation because of severe heart failure resulting from cardiac sarcoidosis. Although the explanted hearts in each patient…
Commonalities of Cardiac Rupture (Left Ventricular Free Wall or Ventricular Septum or Papillary Muscle) During Acute Myocardial Infarction Secondary to Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease
Although mortality rates during acute myocardial infarction (AMI) continue to drop, cardiac rupture (left ventricular free wall [LVFW] or ventricular septum [VS] or papillary muscle [PM] or combination) remains relatively…
RE-CIRCUIT Study–Randomized Evaluation of Dabigatran Etexilate Compared to Warfarin in Pulmonary Vein Ablation: Assessment of an Uninterrupted Periprocedural Anticoagulation Strategy
We read the comments sent by Bin Abdulhak et al with interest. Their remarks regarding the limitations of the currently available evidence for the use of novel oral anticoagulants in the…
Revisiting Cardiac Injury During Acute Heart Failure: Further Characterization and a Possible Target for Therapy
Poor long-term outcomes remain the major clinical challenge in patients hospitalized with acute heart failure (AHF). Although most patients improve symptomatically during the first 24 hours with current medical treatment, their…
Potassium Toxicity at Low Serum Potassium Levels With Refeeding Syndrome
Refeeding syndrome is a life-threatening condition occurring in severely malnourished patients after initiating feeding. Severe hypophosphatemia with reduced adenosine triphosphate production has been implicated, but little data are available regarding…
Development of Chagas Cardiac Manifestations Among Texas Blood Donors
Chagas disease, infection with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi , has recently been identified as an important emerging parasitic disease in the United States. To describe the cardiac abnormalities in T. cruzi…
