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Little is known about the least common of left ventricular (LV) remodeling abnormalities, low ejection fraction (EF) with no cavity dilation or non-dilated cardiomyopathy.
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Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) remains the gold standard treatment for calcific aortic stenosis (AS). However, AS is predominantly a disease of the elderly and, thus, many patients have significant comorbidities that make SAVR very high risk.
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Health care clinicians and organizations likely will find that the new health care reform bill's positive features outweigh its drawbacks, experts say.
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In-stent restenosis (ISR) is the Achilles' heel of bare-metal stents (BMS).
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In this paper, Patel et al, from five major ablation centers, report on the results of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in women.
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Patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) often have co-existing lesions in the non-infarct arteries (i.e., they have multi-vessel disease).
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Calcific aortic stenosis (AS) in older subjects is an important problem, but should the aortic valve be replaced? It is widely accepted that severe symptomatic AS patients should be seriously, even urgently, considered for AV replacement, particularly if there is evidence of early heart failure.
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Natriuretic peptide levels (BNP, NT-proBNP) are of prognostic value in general populations, but whether they add information to other known risk factors for cardiovascular outcomes is less clear.
