A 61-year-old man with no significant medical history suddenly developed dyspnea at rest, quickly followed by collapse. Emergency medical services found the patient in severe respiratory distress (first electrocardiogram [ECG]),…
Cardiac arrest (CA) is relatively rare but lethal complication of takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC). In most instances, patients are diagnosed with TTC after CA, making it difficult to distinguish if TTC…
In patients with heart failure, exercise echocardiography can help in risk stratification and decision making. The prognostic significance of exercise pulmonary hypertension (PH) in patients with secondary mitral regurgitation (MR)…
The aim of the study was to assess the impact of atrial fibrillation (AF) on outcome in patients who underwent mitral valve repair (MVRp) for mitral valve prolapse (MVP). Four…
This study is written in editorial style from the perspective of a fellow-in-training. The editorial profiles specific principles to assist other fellows as they deliberate on the choice between an…
Limited amount of data suggest that patients with aortic stenosis and pulmonary hypertension (PH) who undergo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) experience decrease in PH postprocedure. Inconsistent use of systolic…
The aim of this study was to compare in-hospital cost and outcomes between transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). TAVI is an effective treatment option…
Clinical studies have indicated the existence of an “obesity paradox” in patients with chronic heart failure (HF), that is, reduced mortality in patients who have elevated body mass index (BMI)…
The temporal effect of heart failure (HF) hospitalization occurring at different time periods before implantation has not yet been studied in detail. The aim of the present study was to…
The benefit of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) remains controversial in elderly patients and may be attenuated by a greater risk of nonarrhythmic death. We examined the effect of age on outcomes…
