Articles
An Update on Carotid Stent Trials and Perspectives
Strokes are frequently devastating events with potentially fatal complications and significant disability, resulting in a major impact on the...
An Update on Patent Foramen Ovale Closure
As an intra-cardiac right-to-left shunt, the patent foramen ovale (PFO) has gained attention over the last two decades because of its potential...
Beyond the Apnea-Hypopnea Index-Prognostic Value of Other Elements of Polysomnography to Describe Sleep-disordered Breathing in Heart Failure
A growing appreciation of the prevalence of sleep breathing disorders, especially as comorbidities of disease syndromes such as chronic heart...
Biochemical Markers for Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction—Cardiac Troponin
Also, this NACB committee developed guidelines for logistics, measurement specifications, and point-of-care testing of these biochemical markers.4...
Cardiac Imaging for Assessment of Left Ventricular Thrombus
Accurate detection of left ventricular (LV) thrombus affects clinical outcomes and therapeutic management, as thrombus provides a substrate for...
Carotid Endarterectomy versus Endovascular Stent Placement as Therapy for Symptomatic Carotid Artery Disease
Stroke-related morbidity and mortality remain unacceptably high. Recent estimates suggest that it accounts for approximately one out of every 17...
Clinical Implications of the SYNTAX Study
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the predominant cause of heart disease and the leading cause of death worldwide. In recent decades revolutionary...
Design of Novel Strategies to Limit Heart Damage in the Setting of Acute Myocardial Infarction
For the approximately 50% of acute MI patients who present to emergency departments, the current (and only) established therapy shown to limit the...
Developments in 3D Echocardiography
2D echocardiography (2DE) is a common diagnostic and treatment planning tool in clinical cardiology, especially for the assessment of left...
Developments in Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Treatment
Since its inception in the early 1990s, endovascular repair (EVR) of aneurysms has been subjected to analysis in several randomised ontrolled...
Distal Embolisation in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Nonetheless, despite the near universal restoration of normal epicardial flow following primary PCI for STEMI, a relatively large proportion of...
Double rupture of interventricular septum and free wall of the left ventricle, as a mechanical complication of acute myocardial infarction: a case report
IntroductionCardiac ruptures are serious and life-threatening mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Types of rupture...
Drug Interactions in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Their Implications
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) has an estimated prevalence of 15–25 cases/million population.1This chronic, progressive diseaseis defined by...
Drug-eluting Stents-Issues and Developments
Drug-eluting stents (DES) have revolutionized the field of interventional cardiology. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expecting that the...
Excimer Laser Atherectomy in Acute Myocardial Infarction-Evidence-based Treatment Approach
In August 2003, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) removed a decade-old set of contraindications for excimer laser use, that were originally...
Healthy Hearts - a community-based primary prevention programme to reduce coronary heart disease
BackgroundA case can be made for identifying ‘at risk’ individuals, particularly over 45 years of age and for providing them with advice on...
Heart Failure After Acute ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, The Need for Selective Aldosterone Blockade
Estimation of RiskIn a recent study in which ejection fraction was measured within 24 hours after the onset of the MI, ejection fractions ≥45%...
Hepatic artery aneurysm repair: a case report
IntroductionHepatic artery aneurysms (HAAs) are a rare but a clinically important phenomenon. A review of the literature between 1985 and 1995...
Implanting ICDs in Patients after Myocardial Infarction
The immediate and 30 days mortality after myocardial infarction has decreased markedly in some countries like Norway4 and even in France with its...
Innovative Stenting Approach for the Treatment of Thrombus-Containing Lesions in Acute Myocardial Infarction, Saphenous Vein Grafts and Acute Coronary Syndromes
Distal Embolisation – Clinical Consequences and Prevalence There are two distinct sources within the affected artery for distal embolisation: the...
