Impact of bleeding during dual antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary artery disease
Clinical Trial | By F Cosentino , CP Cannon , DZI Cherney et al.
Left main coronary artery compression in pulmonary hypertension
Original Research | By JE Labin, R Saggar, EH Yang et al.
Extrinsic compression of the left main coronary artery (LMCA) by a dilated pulmonary artery (PA) in the setting of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an increasingly recognized disease entity. LMCA compression has been associated with angina, arrhythmia, heart failure, and sudden cardiac death in patients with PAH. Recent studies suggest that at least 6% of patients with PAH have significant LMCA compression. Screening...
Original Research | By MC Williams, D Massera, AJ Moss et al.
Clinical Case Study | By Youssef S Abdelwahed, Anne-Sophie Schatz 1 2 3 , Ulf Landmesser
A 54-year-old male complaining of recurrent chest pain on exertion (CCS 2) was electively admitted for a second recanalization attempt of a chronic totally occluded (CTO) first diagonal branch. Two years ago, a drug-eluting stent (DES) deployed to the proximal LAD jailed the diagonal ostium leading to its occlusion. Based on the angiographic analysis, seen by contrast filling through the epicardial retrograde collateral flow from the di...
Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Incident Cardiovascular Diseases
Review Article | By EL Harshfield, L Pennells, Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration.
IMPORTANCE - It is uncertain whether depressive symptoms are independently associated with subsequent risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). OBJECTIVE - To characterize the association between depressive symptoms and CVD incidence across the spectrum of lower mood. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS - A pooled analysis of individual-part...
Original Research | By D Han, B Tamarappoo, E Klein et al.
AIMS - Recovery of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) after aortic valve replacement has prognostic importance in patients with aortic stenosis (AS). The mechanism by which myocardial fibrosis impacts LVEF recovery in AS is not well characterized. We sought to evaluate the predictive value of extracellular volume fraction (ECV) quantified by cardiac CT angiography (CTA) for LVEF recovery in patients with AS after transcathe...
Initial experience with percutaneous mitral valve repair in patients with cardiac amyloidosis
Original Research | By MJ Volz, ST Pleger, A Weber et al.
BACKGROUND - Percutaneous mitral valve repair (PMVR) is a therapeutic option for severe mitral regurgitation (MR) in patients with heart failure due to differential etiologies. However, only little is known about the safety and efficacy of this procedure in patients with amyloid cardiomyopathy. METHODS - Five Patients with cardiac amyloidosis and moderate to severe or severe MR...