A series of four patients who died following rupture of the ventricular septum due to myocardial infarction has been reported. One of these died of hemorrhage due to a defective clotting mechanism 8 ...

Although intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase remains the primary treatment for acute ischemic stroke, tenecteplase has shown potential advantages over alteplase. Animal studies have demonstrated ...

From the Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City.

Appendix 1. Author Relationships with Industry and Other Entities (Relevant) e115 Appendix 2. Reviewer Relationships with Industry and Other Entities (Comprehensive) e117 When developing ...

From the Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa (R.L.B.); ICON Clinical Research, San Francisco, Calif (D.P.M., A.J.F.); University of Chicago Medical Center ...

Background— Cardiac risk assessment for perioperative outcomes of liver transplantation patients is limited. We examined the outcomes of an older intermediate-cardiac-risk group of patients undergoin ...

From the Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago Ill.

A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1999 Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery) ...

From Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (P.L.), INSERM U841, Henri Mondor Hospital, Creteil, France; and Department of ...

BackgroundMatrix metalloproteinase‐12 (MMP‐12) promotes atherosclerosis in animal models. MMP‐12 is expressed in only a subset of foam‐cell macrophages (FCMs) in human plaques. We investigated whethe ...

Significant mitral regurgitation (MR) is an increasingly common disorder affecting nearly 10% of the US population aged >75 years and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in the ...