Arrhythmias after transcatheter ...
With the development of interventional techniques and devices, transcatheter closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect has been widely per ...
Successful coronary interventio ...
A conus artery is sometimes a good collateral source for the left anterior descending coronary artery and the right coronary artery (RCA). In some c ...
Intravascular ultrasound appear ...
In acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients with deterioration of coronary flow during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), a scattered necrotic ...
Natural and unnatural history o ...
Surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) in countries with sound medical care systems is seldom delayed until adolescence. This study investigat ...
Effects of age on hemodynamic c ...
Some older patients develop symptoms of clinical heart failure after closure of an atrial septal defect (ASD). The present study tested the hypothes ...
Soluble CD40 ligand levels in a ...
CD40 ligand is a thromboinflammatory molecule that predicts cardiovascular events. Platelets constitute the major source of soluble CD40 ligands (sC ...
Aortic dissection is associated ...
Aortic dissection is a life-threatening cardiovascular disease with high in-hospital mortality. However, the risk factors of aortic dissection have ...
Adenosine-induced atrial tachyc ...
A 47-year-old male with both atrial tachycardia and atrial fibrillation underwent catheter ablation. During the procedure, rapid administration of a ...
Aminobenzoic acid hydrazide, a ...
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is associated with vascular inflammation, including activation and adherence of neutrophils to vascular endothelia ...
Complex anatomy surrounding the ...
Few studies have explored the topographic anatomy of the esophagus, posterior wall of the left atrium (LA), or fat pads using multidetector computed ...
Aortic arch calcification evalu ...
Vascular calcification is associated with cardiovascular disease in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Some reports have previously shown that simple asses ...
Negatively charged low-density ...
Negatively charged low-density lipoprotein (LDL), generated via multiple processes such as oxidation, acetylation, or glycosylation, plays a key rol ...
Off-pump surgery for the poor v ...
Severely decreased ejection-fraction is an established risk-factor for worse outcome after cardiac surgery. We compare outcomes of off-pump coronary ...
Atypical giant cell arteritis p ...
Giant cell arteritis involving intramural coronary artery branches is rare, and its clinical features remain poorly understood. We report a 56-year- ...
Applying the National Institute ...
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines recommend the use of bare-metal stents (BMS) in non-complex lesions with a low risk ...
Effect of chronic kidney diseas ...
We investigated the effect of chronic kidney disease (CKD) on platelet function in patients receiving dual-antiplatelet therapy after drug-eluting s ...
Long-term results of the maze p ...
Although the maze procedure is often performed as a surgical treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF) combined with mitral valve surgery, the long-ter ...
Effects of stent implantation f ...
Stent implantation is an effective alternative to surgery and balloon angioplasty for the treatment of stenotic vascular lesions. However, there is ...
Urocortin-induced cardiomyocyte ...
Urocortin-1 (UCN), a member of the corticotropin- releasing factor, is a cardioprotective peptide, and is also involved in cardiac hypertrophy. The ...
Leptin, leptin gene and leptin ...
Heart failure with a normal ejection fraction (HFNEF) is common in obesity and coronary artery disease (CAD). Both ischemia and reperfusion induce l ...
Lymphocyte count was significan ...
The aim of this study was to investigate the association between leukocyte subtype counts and hyper- LDL cholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and ...
Association of midregional proa ...
Midregional proadrenomedullin (MR-proADM) is elevated in patients with heart failure and myocardial infarction. The aim of this study was to evaluat ...
Differentiation profile of peri ...
In-stent restenosis is largely due to intimal hyperplasia (IH). The number of vascular progenitor cells (VPCs) mobilized at the acute phase after st ...
Development of a model for pred ...
Monocytes and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) play important roles in the process of coronary atherosclerosis. We hypothesized that a r ...
Computed tomography in patients ...
The presence of cardiac pacemaker systems may significantly limit interpretation of multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) images. In 80 patients (4 ...