Abstract Background The prognostic importance of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) as a specific risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) disease has been challenged by recent clinical trials and genetic studies. Objectives This study sought to reappraise the asso...

Background Sarcoidosis incidence is approximately 1:135,000 Americans. Cardiac involvement triggers multiple conduction disturbances, the most severe being complete heart block and VT/VF. Non-caseating granulomas have been found in the myocardium in up to 50% of the cas...

Despite advances in therapy, outcomes remain poor in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Chronic baroreflex activation therapy (BAT) reduces sympathetic tone, increases baroreflex sensitivity and improves clinical variables in HFrEF patien...

Two years and 9 months after aneurysmectomy of a true left ventricular aneurysm, a 55 year old man presented with clinical features suggestive of acute pericarditis. The echocardiogram revealed a large echo-free space outside the heart. Doppler study showed phasic flow ...

Fractional flow reserve after stenting (FFR-S) is a predictor of adverse events. We evaluated the value of a routine FFR-S strategy for the identification and management of persistently ischemic lesions (despite angiographic optimization) after stenting. Clinical, angio...