Patients with end stage renal failure (ESRF) have an increased risk of premature cardiovascular
disease. Left ventricular (LV) abnormalities, so called ‘uremic cardiomyopathy’, are …

Objective To determine whether or not radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for persistent atrial
fibrillation in patients with advanced heart failure leads to improvements in cardiac function. …

Objectives : This study sought to assess, for the first time, the relationship between serum
concentrations of the soluble interleukin-1 receptor family member ST2 (sST2) and serial …

… Methods and Results— One hundred three patients referred for investigation of suspected
angina underwent MRMPI with a 1.5-T scanner. The stress agent was intravenous adenosine (…

Objectives : This study investigated the relationship between the index of microcirculatory
resistance (IMR) with myocardial injury and microvascular obstruction (MVO) assessed by …

Right ventricular systolic dysfunction (RVSD) at baseline (pre-treatment) predicts early
death in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). However, RVSD can only be detected …

Background— Galectin-3 is a biomarker associated with inflammation and fibrosis that
predicts adverse outcome and relates to biomarkers of extracellular matrix turnover in patients …

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to validate existing 12-lead electrocardiographic (ECG)
ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) criteria in the diagnosis of acute …

… paired sample t-tests for continuous variables and χ 2 test for categorical variables. Paired
t-… the study, and differences between these changes were analysed using an unpaired t-test. …

Background— Microvascular obstruction (MO) is associated with large acute myocardial
infarction and lower left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction and predicts greater remodeling, but …