Myocardial interstitial fibrosis contributes to left ventricular dysfunction leading to the
development of heart failure. Basic research has provided abundant evidence for the …

Cardiovascular disease leads to the highest morbidity worldwide. There is an urgent need to
solve the lack of a viable arterial graft for patients requiring coronary artery bypass surgery …

Summary Background The Synergy between PCI with Taxus and Cardiac Surgery
(SYNTAX) trial was a non-inferiority trial that compared percutaneous coronary intervention …

Background: Long-term comparative outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention
(PCI) with drug-eluting stents and coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) for left main …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the temporal trends in 30-day mortality by
race group for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) between 2011 …

Background: Long-term comparative outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention
(PCI) with everolimus-eluting stents and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are limited …

Background Due to the systemic nature of atherosclerosis, arteries at different sites are
commonly simultaneously affected. As a result, severe coronary artery disease (CAD) …

Background The poorer prognosis of coronary artery disease in females compared with
males is related mainly to differences in baseline characteristics. In the SYNTAX (Synergy …

Background Left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease is associated with high mortality and
morbidity due to a large area of jeopardized myocardium. However, the optimal …

Increasing evidence has suggested a critical role for endothelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition
(EndoMT) in a variety of pathological conditions. MicroRNA‐200c‐3p (miR‐200c‐3p) has …