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Cardiology General

Cardiogenic Shock Severity: Criteria for Defining Stages

Aug 08, 2022

A significant unmet need is the risk-stratification of patients with cardiogenic shock (CS). There were inconsistent criteria defining each stage in the recently proposed Society for Cardiovascular An...

Criteria for Referral of Advanced Heart Failure Patients: Specialized Palliative Care

Aug 08, 2022

Advanced heart failure patients need a lot of supportive care. Although it is not always apparent who should be referred for specialist palliative care and when, but it can be helpful. In order to est...

Blood Viscosity With Mortality in COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients

Aug 08, 2022

A defective immune response and altered blood rheology are features of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which also cause endothelial dysfunction and thrombotic consequences. A clinically verif...

Fulminant COVID-19 Related Myocarditis in Adults

Aug 08, 2022

Adults who have contracted SARS-CoV-2 may experience fulminant myocarditis as part of the multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-A). However, a number of patients do not fulfill the MIS-A criteria, in...

Atrial Fibrillation Pattern & Outcomes of Early Rhythm Control (ERC) Therapy

Aug 08, 2022

It was unknown if the pattern of atrial fibrillation (AF) or the time of AF treatment affects how well the early rhythm control (ERC) works. For a study, researchers sought to examine patients who pre...

Nurse-Provided Lung and IVC Assessment in Heart Failure Patients

Aug 08, 2022

After being sent to the hospital for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), residual congestion seen with portable ultrasonography may be linked to a higher risk of readmission and mortality. Howev...

Aortic Dimensions: Spatially Distinct Genetic Determinants

Aug 08, 2022

The ascending aorta and left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) have different diseases and embryologic origins and are spatially complicated. The genetics of thoracic aortic diameter in a single plane ...

Peridevice Leak (PDL) Effect on 5-Year Results Following Left Atrial Appendage

Aug 08, 2022

A postimplantation peridevice leak (PDL) of ≤5 mm (PDL≤5) was considered adequate for left atrial appendage (LAA) "closure" in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clinical studies of LAA c...

Treatment Strategies & Outcomes of LM ePCI

Aug 08, 2022

The presence of acute coronary syndrome, which led to the need for emergency percutaneous coronary intervention of the left main (LM ePCI) coronary artery, was linked to a significant increase in the ...

sRV Infants: Right Atrial Strain & Mortality

Aug 08, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to investigate relationships between surveillance testing and clinical outcomes in newborns with single right ventricle (sRV) physiology. Participants with sRV who had ...

Transcatheter & Surgical Aortic Valve Implantation in CHD Children, Adolescents, & Young Adults

Aug 08, 2022

In the research, scientists aimed to compare the short-term consequences of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and surgical replacement of the aortic valve (SAVR). Patients aged 10 to 21 y...

Corticosteroids Effect on Left Ventricular Function in CS Patients

Aug 08, 2022

In patients receiving treatment for cardiac sarcoidosis (CS), it was unknown how the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) would progress over time. Patients diagnosed with CS receiving treatment ...

Transesophageal Echocardiography for LAP Assessment After Trans-Septal Mitral Valve Interventions

Aug 08, 2022

Left atrial pressure, often known as LAP, was a great measure of how successfully the transcatheter mitral valve intervention was performed in the clinical setting. However, only the invasive measurem...

Impact of TAVI on Patients with Co-existing Mild to Moderate MR

Aug 08, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to evaluate clinical and echocardiographic outcomes following TAVI in patients with pre-procedural Mitral regurgitation (MR). A retrospective chart review was performed...

Impact of TAVI on Severe GIB in Aortic Stenosis Patients

Aug 08, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to evaluate the efficacy of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in patients with severe gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) and severe aortic stenosis to resolve...

LVAD in Alcohol Abuse or Illicit Drug Use Patients

Aug 08, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to investigate the Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support registry to test the hypothesis that such a history would be associated with poore...

Severe Obesity & Heart Failure (HF)

Aug 08, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to investigate whether this nonlinear relationship, known as the obesity paradox, extended to secondary outcomes in individuals with extreme obesity. The study was a re...

Cardiac Arrhythmias and Self-reported Marijuana Use

Aug 08, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to assess cross-sectional relationships between current and former marijuana use and arrhythmias in 1,485 participants of the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis who u...

Utilization of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Patients with Heart Transplant

Jul 26, 2022

The risk of arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death significantly affected medium and long-term outcomes in heart transplant (HT) recipients, who were a special and susceptible population. Data from the ...

Percutaneous Coronary Interventions & Ethnicity in Complex High-Risk Patients

Jul 26, 2022

In modern medicine, Complex High-risk but indicated Percutaneous coronary interventions (CHiPs) are more frequent. The population of Black, Asian, and other ethnic minorities (BAME) in Europe was grow...