On page 903, there are 3 instances of the word ‘consumption’ that should be ‘saturation’. The revised statements are as follows: • We used a paired t test to examine…
We thank Dr. Madias for his interest in and comments concerning our report, which describes the incidence, characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy with and without ventricular arrhythmia….
The report by Auzel et al, published online ahead of print on January 28, 2016, in the Journal, about the 90 (87 women) patients who had suffered Takotsubo syndrome (TTS), among…
In a 63-year-old man, episodes of ventricular tachycardia causing syncope and myocardial infarction are the first manifestations of triple vessel coronary disease in the absence of arteriographic evidence of a…
We sought to measure the impact of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) on mortality in patients with mitral or aortic heart valve surgery (HVS) and nonobstructive coronary artery disease. We surveyed all…
Data on long-term outcomes of percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty (PMV) are still scarce. In addition, the persistence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) after PMV is a complication for which mechanisms and prognostic…
The 2014 American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association guidelines on perioperative evaluation recommend differentiating patients at low risk (<1%) versus elevated risk (≥1%) for cardiac complications to guide…
I opened my electronic mail and there was a message from the Heart Failure Society of America. Erroneously, I believed that the message was related to our next annual meeting….
This study aimed to investigate the progression of mild-to-moderate aortic stenosis (AS) in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and determine its metabolic and hemodynamic contributors and clinical outcomes. A total of…
Frailty is a syndrome of older adults associated with increased morbidity and mortality. We aimed to assess the impact of frailty status on outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)….
