Figure 1. The 64-rows MDCT before pulmonary vein (PV) catheter ablation. (A), Electroanatomical mapping during PV ablation. (B), Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) after PV ablation. (C), PV ...

Background—Although frequently assessed in trials and clinical practice, hemodynamic response to therapy has never been validated as a surrogate end point for clinical events in pulmonary arterial hy ...

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Abstract Background— Mitral annuloplasty is the most common surgical procedure performed for ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR). Surgical mitral annuloplasty is limited by morbidity, mortality, and MR ...

Introduction Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a growing problem in cardiovascular disease and is associated with an increased risk of severe stroke, heart failure, and death. Indeed, recent stroke ...

Background—The decay of the pressure gradient across a stenotic mitral valve is determined by the size of the orifice and net AV compliance (Cn). We have observed a group of symptomatic patients, usu ...

Conclusions— In mildly to moderately hypertensive patients, carotid intima-media thickness and cardiovascular outcomes were related to the mean clinic or ambulatory SBP achieved by treatment but not ...

From the Monash Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (H.K.); Department of ...

Background— Although implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy reduces mortality in moderately symptomatic heart failure patients with an ejection fraction ≤35%, many such patients do not ...

Background—In this report, we provide the first normative reference data and prevalence estimates of impaired orthostatic blood pressure (BP) stabilization, initial orthostatic hypotension, and ortho ...

Background—Recent studies emphasized the usefulness of exercise stress echocardiography in asymptomatic patients with aortic stenosis. Nevertheless, the additive value of exercise pulmonary hypertens ...

Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the Western world, and one of the major clinical complications of atherosclerosis is the impairment of blood flow to the lower ...