期刊: CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY, 2022; 45 (5)
Background The objective of this study was to assess the impact of steerable sheaths compared with fixed-curve sheaths on the procedural outcomes of a......
期刊: CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY, 2022; 45 (4)
There is an ongoing debate concerning the optimal surgical option of myocardial revascularization for octogenarians. The current meta-analysis aimed t......
期刊: CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY, 2022; 45 (1)
Background Anemia is a common comorbidity in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Reports on the association of anemia and adverse events in patien......
期刊: CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY, 2022; 45 (1)
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) accelerates the prevalence of native coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO), and this kind of CTO shows extensive ......
期刊: CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY, 2022; 45 (1)
Aims Patients with heart failure (HF) have a poor prognosis and are categorized by ejection fraction. We performed a meta-analysis to compare baseline......
期刊: CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY, 2022; 45 (4)
Background Current guidelines recommend oral anticoagulation (OAC) following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients with clinical i......
期刊: CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY, 2022; 45 (12)
Background The definitive treatment for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA), which has good long-t......
期刊: CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY, 2022; 45 (1)
Background Chronic total occlusion (CTO) in a noninfarct-related artery (IRA) is one of the risk factors for mortality after acute myocardial infarcti......
期刊: CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY, 2022; 45 (12)
Background As previously reported, impairment of left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LVGLS) is associated with myocardial fibrosis, arrhythmi......
期刊: CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY, 2022; 45 (1)
Background NT Pro-BNP is a blood marker secreted by cardiomyocytes. Myocardial stretch is the main factor to stimulate NT Pro-BNP secretion in cardiom......
期刊: CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY, 2022; 45 (2)
Background Pre-existing renal dysfunction is an independent risk factor for cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (AKI). We aimed to investig......
期刊: CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY, 2022; 45 (5)
Background The duration of beta-blocker therapy in patients without heart failure (HF) or left ventricular systolic dysfunction after acute myocardial......
期刊: CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY, 2022; 45 (5)
Background Left atrial (LA) function and mechanical dispersion changes in breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy remain unclear. Hypothesis ......
期刊: CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY, 2022; 45 (8)
Background and Hypothesis The rehabilitation effect of circuit resistance training in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients remains unclear. We perfor......