Case Description A 50-year-old asymptomatic woman is found to have a Wolff-Parkinson-White pattern of ventricular preexcitation on an electrocardiogram (ECG) which also shows sinus rhythm with frequent premature atrial complexes…
Aneurysmal dilation of a saphenous vein aortocoronary graft remains a rare complication. We report a patient with saphenous vein graft aneurysm who presented with abdominal pain due to compression of…
The annual American Journal of Cardiology ( AJC ) editorial board meeting was held on March 15, 2015, at the time of the Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College…
Major Textbooks 1. Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, Bonow RO, editors. Braunwald’s HEART DISEASE: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine , Volumes 1 and 2, 10th edition. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Elsevier…
Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) is a novel form of acute heart failure, characterized by regional left ventricular dysfunction without coronary artery obstruction, and usually triggered by a stressful event. Excessive circulating…
Limited studies with relatively small sample sizes have reported that elevated d -dimer levels on admission were associated with increased risk of short-term mortality in patients with type A acute…
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging is an attractive noninvasive metric and has genuine potential to constitute a reliable surrogate end point in ST-elevation myocardial infarction. However, these measures must be demonstrated…
Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is characterized by apical ballooning of the left ventricle and symptoms and signs mimicking acute myocardial infarction. The high catecholamine levels in the acute phase of TTC…
There is a high cardiac mortality in patients on long-term renal dialysis. No studies have reported long-term outcomes relating to both high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin…
There are currently no data evaluating the hematologic and biocompatibility profile of transcatheter aortic valves in vivo. We evaluated the incidence, predictive factors, and clinical consequences associated with hemolysis post-transcatheter aortic…
