Journal of the American College of Cardiology
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J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. · Feb 2002
The impact of obesity on the short-term and long-term outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention: the obesity paradox?
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of body mass index (BMI) on the short- and long-term outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). ⋯ In patients with known CAD who undergo PCI, very lean patients (BMI <18.5) and those with BMI within the normal range are at the highest risk for in-hospital complications and cardiac death and for increased one-year mortality.
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J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. · Feb 2002
Heart failure in pressure overload hypertrophy. The relative roles of ventricular remodeling and myocardial dysfunction.
We sought to explore the relative contributions of ventricular remodeling and myocardial dysfunction to heart failure in pressure overload hypertrophy (POH). ⋯ The two POH groups differed primarily in their remodeling process, which led to a chronically compensated state in one group and to heart failure in the other. Hence, heart failure in POH is more closely related to deleterious LV remodeling than to depressed myocardial function.
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J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. · Feb 2002
Flecainide and sotalol: a new combination therapy for refractory supraventricular tachycardia in children <1 year of age.
The goal of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of the combination therapy of flecainide and sotalol for the treatment of refractory supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) in children <1 year of age. ⋯ The combination of flecainide and sotalol can safely and effectively control refractory SVT and may obviate the need for RFA in children <1 year.
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J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. · Feb 2002
Practice Guideline GuidelineACC/AHA guideline update for perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery--executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1996 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery).