Managing thromboembolic risk in patients with subclinical atrial fibrillation: A new challenge for the clinical cardiolo...
Published in International journal of cardiology
QRS change in heart failure: When is the right time for cardiac resynchronization therapy?
Published in International journal of cardiology
Association between resting painless ST-segment depression with sudden cardiac death in middle-aged population: A prospe...
Published in International journal of cardiology
Silent electrocardiographic ST change predicts future coronary heart disease (CHD) incidence and mortality, but the prognostic significance of painless ST-segment depression (STD) with respect to sudden cardiac death (SCD) in subjects without apparent CHD remain unclear. This study sought to test the association between non-ischemic resting STD and...
Baseline risk, timing of invasive strategy and guideline compliance in NSTEMI: Nationwide analysis from MINAP.
...Published in International journal of cardiology
International guidelines recommend that for NSTEMI, the timing of invasive strategy (IS) is a function of patient's baseline risk. The extent to which this is delivered across and within healthcare systems is unknown. Data were derived from 137,265 patients admitted with an NSTEMI diagnosis between 2010 and 2015 in England and Wales. Patients were ...
Current trends in mitral valve surgery: A multicenter national comparison between full-sternotomy and minimally-invasive...
...Published in International journal of cardiology
Mitral valve surgery (MVS) is evolving. Compared to standard sternotomy (S-MVS), minimally invasive method (Mini-MVS) has been increasingly adopted in the last years with encouraging results for both repairs and replacements. We evaluated trends of surgical approaches and operative outcomes in a multicenter study involving 10 cardiac surgical cente...
Transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation for degenerated aortic bioprostheses: Still not ready for prime-time.
Published in International journal of cardiology
Impact of heart rate on coronary computed tomographic angiography interpretability with a third-generation dual-source s...
Published in International journal of cardiology
Guidelines suggest coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) should be performed with a heart rate (HR) below 60. Third-generation dual-source CT (DSCT) scanners, with improved temporal resolution, and end-systolic acquisition may facilitate imaging at higher HRs. We determined the influence of HR and end-systolic acquisition on image interpr...
Are cardiac sympathetic nerve activity and epicardial adipose tissue associated with atrial fibrillation recurrence afte...
Published in International journal of cardiology
Cardiac sympathetic nerve activity (CSNA) and epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) are known to be major determinants in the progression of atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim was to investigate the relationship between the combination of CSNA and EAT, and AF recurrence (AFR) following 3 months after the index catheter ablation (CA) in patients without he...
Comparison of clinical outcomes between Magmaris and Orsiro drug eluting stent at 12 months: Pooled patient level analys...
...Published in International journal of cardiology
The aim of this study was to compare the 12-month clinical outcomes of patients treated with Magmaris or Orsiro. Second generation drug-eluting absorbable metal scaffold Magmaris (Dreams 2G) has proved to be safe and effective in the BIOSOLVE-II study. Similarly, biodegradable polymer sirolimus-eluting stent, Orsiro has shown notable clinical resul...
Hyperuricemia and pulse pressure are predictive of incident heart failure in an elderly population.
Published in International journal of cardiology
This study investigated the associations between hyperuricemia, pulse pressure (PP) and heart failure (HF) hospitalization among the elders in a community population. Hyperuricemia and PP have been related to the development of HF. Whether PP acts synergistically with hyperuricemia or mediates the causal relationship of HF, especially in the elderl...
