BACKGROUND: Direct reprogramming of fibroblasts to cardiomyocytes is a potentially curative strategy for ischemic heart ...

BACKGROUND: Fontan circulatory failure (FCF) is a chronic state in palliated single ventricle heart disease with high morbidity and mortality rates, including heart failure, multisystem end-organ ...

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BACKGROUND: Evaluation of whether dyspnea has a cardiac cause is essential. Guidelines from 2016 were reported to result in a ...

A cardiac catheterization takes ≈45 minutes to complete. After a coronary angiogram, depending on the severity and pattern of any blockages detected in the coronary arteries, 3 common treatment paths ...

Valvular heart disease (VHD) is one of the most common diseases in the United States, with an estimated prevalence of 2.5% among adults. 1, 2, 3 Among VHD, aortic and mitral valvular diseases are the ...

Despite decades of technique refinement of transarterial embolization and the establishment of specialty referral centers, fetuses diagnosed with vein of Galen malformation continue to have high ...

Gene Ontology analysis from differentially expressed genes revealed expected changes in cell cycle, metabolism, and contractility. In addition, mRNA splicing was among the top enriched differentially ...

Left ventricular (LV) systolic function is a powerful prognosticator of clinical outcome following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), 1, 2, 3 and patients who do not have in‐hospital LV ...

A total of 8 canines, with a weight of 35 to 40 kg and an age of 2.90±0.56 years, were randomized after the surgical procedure by the weight order into 2 observation groups: a 48-hour group (N=4) and ...

We conducted a US‐based cost‐effectiveness analysis of dapagliflozin added to standard of care in a chronic heart failure population using pooled, participant data from the DAPA‐HF (Dapagliflozin and ...

Background: Participation in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is enhanced by proximity to CR facilities and communication between inpatient and outpatient settings but may become fragmented when patients ...