Clinical Comparison With Short-Term Follow-Up of Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold Versus Everolimus-Eluting Stent in Primary Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

Nov 28, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Clinical Comparison With Short-Term Follow-Up of Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold Versus Everolimus-Eluting Stent in Primary Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

Objective of this study was to assess the clinical performance of bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) compared to everolimus-eluting stent (EES) in subjects with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We included…

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Acute and Midterm Outcome After MitraClip Therapy in Patients With Severe Mitral Regurgitation and Left Ventricular Dysfunction

Nov 28, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Acute and Midterm Outcome After MitraClip Therapy in Patients With Severe Mitral Regurgitation and Left Ventricular Dysfunction

The clinical outcome of patients with severe primary and secondary mitral regurgitation (MR) and heart failure or significantly reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) who underwent percutaneous mitral valve repair…

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Erratum for Bui et al. “Comparison of safety of subcutaneous enoxaparin as outpatient anticoagulation bridging therapy in patients with a mechanical heart valve versus patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation” Am J Cardiol 2009;104:1429–1433

Nov 28, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Erratum for Bui et al. “Comparison of safety of subcutaneous enoxaparin as outpatient anticoagulation bridging therapy in patients with a mechanical heart valve versus patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation” Am J Cardiol 2009;104:1429–1433

In the publication seen above, the name Krisnaswami A, should be spelled Kris h naswami A.

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Erratum for Ward et al. Energy Drink–Induced Near-Fatal Ventricular Arrhythmia Prevented by an Intracardiac Defibrillator Decades After Operative “Repair” of Tetralogy of Fallot. Am J Cardiol 2014;114:1124–1125

Nov 28, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Erratum for Ward et al. Energy Drink–Induced Near-Fatal Ventricular Arrhythmia Prevented by an Intracardiac Defibrillator Decades After Operative “Repair” of Tetralogy of Fallot. Am J Cardiol 2014;114:1124–1125

This paper has errors in Table 1 (either omissions or additions) requiring corrections in the active ingredients of Red Bull, Monster, and Rockstar and in caffeine and sugar content for Rockstar on…

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Hypertrabeculation Is Noncompaction Also in Athletes

Nov 28, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Hypertrabeculation Is Noncompaction Also in Athletes

The inspiring article by Caselli et al about the discrimination between left ventricular hypertrabeculation (HT) and noncompaction (NC) in athletes raises the following concerns: We disagree with the differentiation between NC…

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Gastroparesis Related to Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

Nov 28, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Gastroparesis Related to Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

We read the article entitled “Gastroparesis as a complication of atrial fibrillation ablation” by Aksu et al. They presented their experiences in regard to cryoballoon ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF). In the…

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