recommendations. A new section on the use of intraoperative transesophageal
echocardiography (TEE) is being added to update the guidelines published by the American …

Background A simple clinical method to stratify risk for patients who have had successful
reperfusion therapy after myocardial infarction is attractive since it facilitates the tailoring of …

Left ventricular dilatation after acute myocardial infarction (MI) is a powerful predictor of
progressive functional deterioration, culminating in heart failure and death. The most …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between myocardial perfusion and ST-
segment changes in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with successful direct …

Objectives: This study examined the effect of aspirin on the risk of embolic events in infective
endocarditis (IE). Background: Embolism is a major complication of IE, and studies in animal …

Objectives. We sought to evaluate the comparative accuracy of myocardial contrast
echocardiography (MCE), quantitative rest-redistribution thallium-201 (Tl-201) tomography …

OBJECTIVES We aimed to ascertain whether triggered intravenous myocardial contrast
echocardiography (MCE) can predict functional recovery in patients with acute myocardial …

Background—The assessment of return of function within dysfunctional myocardium after
acute myocardial infarction (MI) using contractile reserve has been primarily qualitative …

Persistent inflammation is the key aggravator in many cardiovascular diseases, including
atherosclerosis, aneurysm, injury/reperfusion, thrombosis, and neointimal hyperplasia …

OBJECTIVES We hypothesized that contrast-enhanced and dobutamine tagged magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) could investigate microvascular integrity and contractile reserve of …