Poor Long Term Outcome With Subsequent Pregnancies After Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Subsequent pregnancies are discouraged in patients who have reduced left ventricular ejection fraction after an episode of peripartum
High-Frequency Low-Tidal-Volume Ventilation During Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Improves Long Term Outcome Catheter ablation for pulmonary vein isolation is an important modality of treatment for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. It
Ultrahigh-Resolution Photon-counting CT Useful Prior to Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Assessment of coronary anatomy prior to Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement has great prognostic significance. Invasive coronary angiography is
Heritable Component for Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Thoracic Aortic Disease? Is there a heritable component for bicuspid aortic valve disease and thoracic aortic disease including aneurysm and dissection?
Ductus Dependent Circulation Ductus dependent circulation is one in which a patent ductus arteriosus is useful in maintaining the circulation after birth. It is important to rule out
Stress Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Stable Chest Pain Stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging is not as commonly used for evaluation of persons with stable chest pain as
Heart Transplantation with Donor Hearts Harvested After Circulatory Death (Donors after Circulatory Death Heart Trial) Conventionally, heart transplantation is done using donor hearts obtained after brain death of
What is Fontan Paradox? The term Fontan Paradox was coined by Marc de Leval in 2005 as paradox seen in Fontan circulation with caval hypertension, mainly in the
COAPT Trial of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in Patients with Heart Failure Patients with heart failure and left ventricular dilatation may have secondary or functional mitral regurgitation. This
Myocardial Insulin Resistance Myocardial insulin resistance is said to occur in about 60% of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and is associated with higher cardiovascular risk compared
