Impaired cardiac function is considered a contraindication for lung transplantation (LT). Because right ventricular (RV) function is expected to improve after LT, poor left ventricular (LV) function is often the…
Several observational studies, randomized controlled trials, and meta-analyses suggested that pretreatment with clopidogrel in addition to aspirin could reduce the rate of ischemic events, especially in the setting of acute…
A 72-year-old diabetic, hypertensive man presents with waxing and waning episodes of sharp chest pain that started 9 hours earlier. The current episode of pain has been ongoing for the past…
Despite the equipoise regarding alcohol’s cardiovascular effects and absence of relevant rigorous controlled trials, the lay press frequently portrays alcohol as “heart healthy.” The public perception of alcohol’s heart effects,…
The comparative data for angioplasty and stenting for treatment of peripheral arterial disease are largely limited to technical factors such as patency rates with sparse data on clinical outcomes like mortality,…
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is complicated by cardiac events in the early phase of the disease. Aim of this study was to assess if these intrahospital cardiac complications may account for…
The diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis (CA) often necessitates invasive myocardial biopsy. We sought to evaluate whether late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) of the atrial myocardium by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was…
Coarctation of the aorta (CofA) has been associated with an increased risk of intracranial aneurysm (IA). This magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) study investigates the prevalence of IAs in 80 children…
The prevalence of sexual dysfunction (SD) in men with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) remains unknown, yet its clinical relevance may be high given that its treatment—phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors (PDE5i)—can increase the…
Low-gradient (LG), low-flow (LF), severe aortic stenosis (AS) with preserved ejection fraction (PEF) is considered by some authors as an advanced form of AS associated with very poor outcome. The…
