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The durability of mitral valve repair is not constant, and the progressive incidence of more than trivial regurgitation needs to be considered in selecting a strategy for treating chronic mitral regurgitation.
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Since natriuretic peptide levels are elevated in symptomatic patients with moderate-severe aortic stenosis, they may be useful in the management of asymptomatic patients.
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the community is a benign disease associated a relatively low incidence of cardiac death. Syncope and left ventricular outflow tract obstructions are the 2 factors associated with sudden death or functional deterioration, respectively.
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Waiting for symptom development before recommending valve replacement surgery in young patients with severe aortic regurgitation due to rheumatic disease resulted in an overall 91% survival, free of symptoms over 10 years.
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It is possible to use pacemakers to detect symptomatic and asymptomatic nonsustained atrial high-rate episodes, and detection of these atrial high-rate episodes identifies patients at higher risk for death, stroke, and atrial fibrillation.
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Pneumococcal vaccine protects older adults from developing pneumococcal bacteremia but does not prevent community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), according to a new study from Group Health Cooperative in Seattle.
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This is an elegant study, which examined whether sinovenous obstruction may play a role in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH).
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Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS) are present at birth.
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This is a study that examined levels of nitrotyrosine, a specific marker for protein modifications produced by nitric oxide-derived oxidants.
