Cardiac Catheterization

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "It's hard to make predictions, especially about the future". 
  • "What the eyes don't see, the heart doesn't grieve over": epidemiology and risk factors for bloodstream infections following cardiac catheterization. 
  • 1-Year Outcomes of Blinded Physiological Assessment of Residual Ischemia After Successful PCI: DEFINE PCI Trial. 
  • 2-Year Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgical or Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. 
  • 2012 ACCF/AATS/SCAI/STS expert consensus document on transcatheter aortic valve replacement. 
  • 2012 ACCF/AATS/SCAI/STS expert consensus document on transcatheter aortic valve replacement: developed in collaboration with the American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Heart Failure Society of America, Mended Hearts, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 
  • 2012 ACCF/AATS/SCAI/STS expert consensus document on transcatheter aortic valve replacement: developed in collaboration with the American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Heart Failure Society of America, Mended Hearts, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 
  • 2012 ACCF/AATS/SCAI/STS expert consensus document on transcatheter aortic valve replacement: developed in collabration with the American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Heart Failure Society of America, Mended Hearts, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 
  • 2012 American College of Cardiology Foundation/Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions expert consensus document on cardiac catheterization laboratory standards update: A report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Expert Consensus documents developed in collaboration with the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and Society for Vascular Medicine. 
  • 2012 American College of Cardiology Foundation/Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions expert consensus document on cardiac catheterization laboratory standards update: American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on expert consensus documents Society of Thoracic Surgeons Society for Vascular Medicine. 
  • 2014 ACC/AHA/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS focused update of the guideline for the diagnosis and management of patients with stable ischemic heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines, and the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 
  • 2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. 
  • 2016 Annual Report of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry. 
  • 2017 Cardiovascular and Stroke Endpoint Definitions for Clinical Trials. 
  • 3-Year Outcomes of the Edwards SAPIEN Transcatheter Heart Valve for Conduit Failure in the Pulmonary Position From the COMPASSION Multicenter Clinical Trial. 
  • A Phase 2, randomized, partially blinded, active-controlled study assessing the efficacy and safety of variable anticoagulation reversal using the REG1 system in patients with acute coronary syndromes: results of the RADAR trial. 
  • A case of infant delirium in the neonatal intensive care unit. 
  • A comparison by medicine residents of physical examination versus hand-carried ultrasound for estimation of right atrial pressure. 
  • A comparison of U.S. and Canadian cardiac catheterization practices in detecting severe coronary artery disease after myocardial infarction: efficiency, yield and long-term implications. 
  • A computer based index for the prediction of operative survival in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. 
  • A contemporary view of diagnostic cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention in the United States: a report from the CathPCI Registry of the National Cardiovascular Data Registry, 2010 through June 2011. 
  • A critical review of hemodynamic changes and left ventricular remodeling after surgical aortic valve replacement and percutaneous aortic valve replacement. 
  • A double-blind, randomized, controlled, multicenter study to assess the safety and cardiovascular effects of skeletal myoblast implantation by catheter delivery in patients with chronic heart failure after myocardial infarction. 
  • A generalized estimator of the attributable benefit of an optimal treatment regime. 
  • A genome-wide trans-ethnic interaction study links the PIGR-FCAMR locus to coronary atherosclerosis via interactions between genetic variants and residential exposure to traffic. 
  • A new anatomic score for prognosis after cardiac catheterization in patients with previous bypass surgery. 
  • A novel approach for measuring residential socioeconomic factors associated with cardiovascular and metabolic health. 
  • A practical guide to multimodality imaging of transcatheter aortic valve replacement. 
  • A prospective evaluation of surgically treated groin complications following percutaneous cardiac procedures. 
  • A randomized trial of immediate versus delayed elective angioplasty after intravenous tissue plasminogen activator in acute myocardial infarction. 
  • A rapid, effective technique for retrograde crossing of valvular aortic stenosis using standard coronary catheters. 
  • A reassessment of the echocardiogram in mitral stenosis. 
  • A reconsideration of Doppler assessed gradients in suspected aortic stenosis. 
  • A strategy for atrial septal defect closure in small children that eliminates long-term wall erosion risk. 
  • ACC expert consensus document. Present use of bedside right heart catheterization in patients with cardiac disease. American College of Cardiology. 
  • ACC/AHA guidelines for cardiac catheterization and cardiac catheterization laboratories. American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Ad Hoc Task Force on Cardiac Catheterization. 
  • ACC/AHA guidelines for cardiac catheterization and cardiac catheterization laboratories. American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Ad Hoc Task Force on Cardiac Catheterization. 
  • ACC/AHA/SCAI 2014 health policy statement on structured reporting for the cardiac catheterization laboratory: a report of the American College of Cardiology Clinical Quality Committee. 
  • ACC/AHA/SCAI 2014 health policy statement on structured reporting for the cardiac catheterization laboratory: a report of the American College of Cardiology Clinical Quality Committee. 
  • ACCF/AHA/SCAI 2013 Update of the Clinical Competence Statement on Coronary Artery Interventional Procedures: a Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association/American College of Physicians Task Force on Clinical Competence and Training (Writing Committee to Revise the 2007 Clinical Competence Statement on Cardiac Interventional Procedures). 
  • ACCF/SCAI/AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HFSA/HRS/SCCM/SCCT/SCMR/STS 2012 appropriate use criteria for diagnostic catheterization: American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions American Association for Thoracic Surgery American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Heart Failure Society of America Heart Rhythm Society, Society of Critical Care Medicine Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 
  • ACCF/SCAI/AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HFSA/HRS/SCCM/SCCT/SCMR/STS 2012 appropriate use criteria for diagnostic catheterization: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Rhythm Society, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 
  • ACCF/SCAI/AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HFSA/HRS/SCCM/SCCT/SCMR/STS 2012 appropriate use criteria for diagnostic catheterization: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Rhythm Society, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 
  • ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Suspected Pulmonary Hypertension. 
  • Absence of sex bias in the referral of patients for cardiac catheterization. 
  • Access site for cardiac catheterization. 
  • Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY (ACUITY) trial: study design and rationale. 
  • Acute coronary care in the elderly, part I: Non-ST-segment-elevation acute coronary syndromes: a scientific statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology: in collaboration with the Society of Geriatric Cardiology. 
  • Acute hemodynamic changes after rapid intravenous bolus dosing of dexmedetomidine in pediatric heart transplant patients undergoing routine cardiac catheterization. 
  • Acute osteomyelitis of the pubic symphysis following cardiac catheterization. 
  • Acute retinal arteriolar emboli after cardiac catheterization. 
  • Addition of right-sided and posterior precordial leads during stress testing. 
  • Adjunctive use of the Rinspiration system for fluidic thrombectomy during primary angioplasty: the Rinspiration international registry. 
  • Adoption of thrombolytic therapy in the management of acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Adult patients with congenital heart disease. 
  • Advanced coronary artery disease: Appropriate end points for trials of novel therapies. 
  • After fibrinolysis: is cardiac catheterization the answer? 
  • Age, knowledge, preferences, and risk tolerance for invasive cardiac care. 
  • Altered phosphate metabolism in myocardial infarction: P-31 MR spectroscopy. 
  • American College of Cardiology training statement on recommendations for the structure of an optimal adult interventional cardiology training program: a report of the American College of Cardiology task force on clinical expert consensus documents. 
  • American College of Cardiology/Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions Clinical Expert Consensus Document on cardiac catheterization laboratory standards. A report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents. 
  • American College of Cardiology/Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions clinical expert consensus document on cardiac catheterization laboratory standards: summary of a report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on clinical expert consensus documents. 
  • An analysis of the cause of early mortality after administration of thrombolytic therapy. The Thrombolysis Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction Study Group. 
  • An anomalous left coronary artery originating from the pulmonary artery in a 72-year-old woman: diagnosis by color flow myocardial blush and coronary arteriography. 
  • An official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline: diagnosis, risk stratification, and management of pulmonary hypertension of sickle cell disease. 
  • Analysis of left ventricular hemodynamics in physiological hyperspace. 
  • Analysis of secondary pauses following termination of rapid atrial pacing in man. 
  • Anatomic and prognostic implications of an early positive treadmill exercise test. 
  • Anatomic distribution of the culprit lesion in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: findings from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Anatomic locations of the tips of pulmonary-artery catheters in supine patients. 
  • Angiographic morphology in unstable angina pectoris. 
  • Annual Outcomes With Transcatheter Valve Therapy: From the STS/ACC TVT Registry. 
  • Anterograde percutaneous coronary-cameral fistula closure employing a guide-in-guide technique. 
  • Antianginal medications and long-term outcomes after elective catheterization in patients with coronary artery disease. 
  • Antithrombotic treatment in transcatheter aortic valve implantation: insights for cerebrovascular and bleeding events. 
  • Aorta-to-pulmonary vein fistula in an asymptomatic 25-year-old man. 
  • Aorto-coronary bypass graft surgery in a patient on home hemodialysis. 
  • Apex cardiogram in patients with prolapsing mitral valve. 
  • Application of sonomicrometry and multidimensional scaling to cardiac catheter tracking. 
  • Ascending aorta to main pulmonary artery fistula following orthotopic heart transplantation: successful percutaneous closure employing an Amplatzer Duct Occluder. 
  • Assessing quality in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. 
  • Assessing the severity of mitral stenosis: variability between noninvasive and invasive measurements in patients with symptomatic mitral valve stenosis. 
  • Assessment of pulmonary hypertension in the pediatric catheterization laboratory: current insights from the Magic registry. 
  • Association Between Chronic Kidney Disease and Rates of Transfusion and Progression to End-Stage Renal Disease in Patients Undergoing Transradial Versus Transfemoral Cardiac Catheterization-An Analysis From the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment Reporting and Tracking (CART) Program. 
  • Association between phonocardiographic third and fourth heart sounds and objective measures of left ventricular function. 
  • Association of Gout With Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients With Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Association of Pulmonary Hypertension With Clinical Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair. 
  • Association of Rapid Care Process Implementation on Reperfusion Times Across Multiple ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Networks. 
  • Association of Roadway Proximity with Fasting Plasma Glucose and Metabolic Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in a Cross-Sectional Study of Cardiac Catheterization Patients. 
  • Association of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair With Quality of Life Outcomes at 30 Days and 1 Year: Analysis of the Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry. 
  • Association of long-term PM2.5 exposure with traditional and novel lipid measures related to cardiovascular disease risk. 
  • Association of weight change with subsequent outcomes in patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure. 
  • Associations Between Residential Proximity to Traffic and Vascular Disease in a Cardiac Catheterization Cohort. 
  • Associations among plasma metabolite levels and short-term exposure to PM2.5 and ozone in a cardiac catheterization cohort. 
  • Associations between neighborhood socioeconomic cluster and hypertension, diabetes, myocardial infarction, and coronary artery disease within a cohort of cardiac catheterization patients. 
  • Atrial fibrillation in the preexcitation syndrome. 
  • Atrial shunt device for heart failure with preserved and mildly reduced ejection fraction (REDUCE LAP-HF II): a randomised, multicentre, blinded, sham-controlled trial. 
  • Bailout use of platelet glycoprotein IIb-IIIa inhibition during coronary stent implantation: observations from the ESPRIT trial. 
  • Balloon Versus Computed Tomography Sizing of the Aortic Annulus for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and the Impact of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Calcification and Morphology on Sizing. 
  • Baseline Hemodynamics and Response to Contrast Media During Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization Predict Adverse Events in Heart Failure Patients. 
  • Baseline body mass index does not significantly affect outcomes after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy. 
  • Baseline characteristics and therapeutic goals in the New Approaches to Coronary Intervention (NACI) registry. 
  • Baseline metabolomic profiles predict cardiovascular events in patients at risk for coronary artery disease. 
  • Best practices for transradial angiography and intervention: a consensus statement from the society for cardiovascular angiography and intervention's transradial working group. 
  • Beyond pharmacological treatment: an insight into therapies that target specific aspects of heart failure pathophysiology. 
  • Blood-gas and hemodynamic responses to oxygen in acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Branch Pulmonary Artery Valve Implantation Reduces Pulmonary Regurgitation and Improves Right Ventricular Size/Function in Patients With Large Right Ventricular Outflow Tracts. 
  • Bundle of His electrograms in congenital corrected transposition of the great arteries. A study of two adult cases. 
  • CASS in retrospect: lessons from the randomized cohort and registry. Coronary Artery Surgery Study. 
  • CRISP: Catheterization RISk score for Pediatrics: A Report from the Congenital Cardiac Interventional Study Consortium (CCISC). 
  • Calcific valvular aortic stenosis with and without mitral anular calcium. 
  • Calibration using angiographic catheters as scaling devices--importance of filming the catheters not filled with contrast medium. 
  • Can balloon aortic valvuloplasty help determine appropriate transcatheter aortic valve size? 
  • Can the Kawashima procedure be performed in younger patients? 
  • Cannulation strategy for centrifugal-flow ventricular assist device implantation late after arterial switch operation. 
  • Carcinoid heart disease. Correlation of high serotonin levels with valvular abnormalities detected by cardiac catheterization and echocardiography. 
  • Cardiac Pressure-Volume Loop Analysis Using Conductance Catheters in Mice. 
  • Cardiac angiography without cine film: erecting a "Tower of Babel" in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. American College of Cardiology Cardiac Catheterization Committee. 
  • Cardiac catheterization within 1 to 3 days of proximal aortic surgery is not associated with increased postoperative acute kidney injury. 
  • Cardiac involvement in myotonic muscular dystrophy. 
  • Cardiac rhabdomyoma in an adult patient presenting with ventricular arrhythmia. 
  • Cardiovascular and renal toxicity of a nonionic radiographic contrast agent after cardiac catheterization. A prospective trial. 
  • Cardiovascular computed tomography in pediatric congenital heart disease: A state of the art review. 
  • Cardiovascular events and hospital resource utilization pre- and post-transcatheter mitral valve repair in high-surgical risk patients. 
  • Case 1-2011: The challenges posed by a complicated pulmonary thromboendarterectomy. 
  • Cases from the Osler Medical Service at Johns Hopkins University. Left atrial myxoma. 
  • Catheter thrombosis during primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST elevation myocardial infarction despite subcutaneous low-molecular-weight heparin, acetylsalicylic acid, clopidogrel and abciximab pretreatment. 
  • Catheter-mediated subselective intracoronary gene delivery to the rabbit heart: introduction of a novel method. 
  • Catheterization Laboratory Activation Time in Patients Transferred With ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the Mission: Lifeline STEMI Accelerator-2 Project. 
  • Catheterization Laboratory Considerations During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: From the ACC's Interventional Council and SCAI. 
  • Central aortic pulse pressure, thrombogenicity and cardiovascular risk. 
  • Central retinal artery occlusion during cardiac catheterization. 
  • Challenges after the first decade of transcatheter aortic valve replacement: focus on vascular complications, stroke, and paravalvular leak. 
  • Challenges and implementation of radiation-force imaging with an intracardiac ultrasound transducer. 
  • Challenges in Aortic Valve Stenosis: Low-Flow States Diagnosis, Management, and a Review of the Current Literature. 
  • Changes in inferior vena cava area represent a more sensitive metric than changes in filling pressures during experimental manipulation of intravascular volume and tone. 
  • Changes in left ventricular diastolic performance after aortic balloon valvuloplasty: acute and late effects. 
  • Changes in standard electrocardiographic ST-segment elevation predictive of successful reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With History of CABG Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization Via the Radial Versus Femoral Approach. 
  • Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing an invasive strategy according to hemoglobin levels. 
  • Characteristics and outcome of patients in whom reperfusion with intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator fails: results of the Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (TAMI) I trial. 
  • Characteristics and outcomes of patients with heart failure and discordant findings by right-sided heart catheterization and cardiopulmonary exercise testing. 
  • Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization Before Noncardiac Surgery: A Report From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry. 
  • Cholesterol emboli after invasive cardiac procedures. 
  • Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. 
  • Cine MR determination of left ventricular ejection fraction. 
  • Circulating progenitor cells can be reliably identified on the basis of aldehyde dehydrogenase activity. 
  • Classification of Atherosclerotic Rabbit Aorta Samples with an Infrared Attenuated Total Reflection Catheter and Multivariate Data Analysis 
  • Clinical Features and Outcomes of Patients with Sarcoidosis-associated Pulmonary Hypertension. 
  • Clinical Trial Design Principles and Endpoint Definitions for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement: Part 1: Clinical Trial Design Principles: A Consensus Document From the Mitral Valve Academic Research Consortium. 
  • Clinical and Echocardiographic Predictors of Outcomes in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension. 
  • Clinical application of cine-MRI in the visual assessment of mitral regurgitation compared to echocardiography and cardiac catheterization. 
  • Clinical applications of coronary sinus retroperfusion during high risk percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. 
  • Clinical characteristics and long-term survival of patients with variant angina. 
  • Clinical characteristics and referral pattern of patients with left ventricular dysfunction and significant coronary artery disease undergoing radionuclide imaging. 
  • Clinical determinants of mortality in patients with angiographically diagnosed ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathy. 
  • Clinical implications of pulmonary hypertension in mitral stenosis. 
  • Clinical outcomes of fractional flow reserve by computed tomographic angiography-guided diagnostic strategies vs. usual care in patients with suspected coronary artery disease: the prospective longitudinal trial of FFR(CT): outcome and resource impacts study. 
  • Clinical problem-solving. A key miscommunication--an 81-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with increasing abdominal distention, nausea, and vomiting. 
  • Clinical problem-solving. Undercover and overlooked. 
  • Clinical trial design principles and endpoint definitions for transcatheter mitral valve repair and replacement: part 1: clinical trial design principles: A consensus document from the mitral valve academic research consortium. 
  • Clinical utility of serial and continuous ST-segment recovery assessment in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: assessing the dynamics of epicardial and myocardial reperfusion. 
  • Color Doppler imaging of cardiac catheters using vibrating motors. 
  • Combined doppler and phased-array echocardiographic estimation of cardiac output. 
  • Comparative Safety of Transcatheter LAAO With the First-Generation Watchman and Next-Generation Watchman FLX Devices. 
  • Comparative trends in guidelines adherence among patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes treated with invasive versus conservative management strategies: Results from the CRUSADE quality improvement initiative. 
  • Comparison of benefits and complications of hirudin versus heparin for patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing early percutaneous coronary intervention. 
  • Comparison of biplane and single plane left ventricular volumes in atrial septal defect. 
  • Comparison of cardiovascular and renal toxicity after cardiac catheterization using a nonionic versus ionic radiographic contrast agent. 
  • Comparison of coronary artery bypass grafting versus medical therapy on long-term outcome in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (a 25-year experience from the Duke Cardiovascular Disease Databank). 
  • Comparison of echocardiographic measurements to invasive measurements of diastolic function in infants with single ventricle physiology: a report from the Pediatric Heart Network Infant Single Ventricle Trial. 
  • Comparison of impedance cardiography with invasive hemodynamic measurements in patients with heart failure secondary to ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathy. 
  • Comparison of invasive and non-invasive pressure gradients in aortic arch obstruction. 
  • Comparison of long-term outcomes between older Asian and white patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: findings from CRUSADE-CMS database. 
  • Comparison of preload recruitable stroke work, end-systolic pressure-volume and dP/dtmax-end-diastolic volume relations as indexes of left ventricular contractile performance in patients undergoing routine cardiac catheterization. 
  • Comparison of quality-of-life measures after radial versus femoral artery access for cardiac catheterization in women: Results of the Study of Access Site for Enhancement of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Women quality-of-life substudy. 
  • Comparison of simultaneous invasive and noninvasive measurements of pressure gradients in congenital aortic valve stenosis. 
  • Comparison of transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement in severe aortic stenosis: a longitudinal study of echocardiography parameters in cohort A of the PARTNER trial (placement of aortic transcatheter valves). 
  • Complete atrioventricular block complicating inferior wall acute myocardial infarction treated with reperfusion therapy. TAMI Study Group. 
  • Complete heart block complicating retrograde left ventricular catheterization: case report and review. 
  • Congenital Pulmonic Valve Dysfunction Treated With SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (from the COMPASSION S3 Trial). 
  • Congenital agenesis of the right pulmonary artery. 
  • Congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension. 
  • Consensus conference report: maximizing use of organs recovered from the cadaver donor: cardiac recommendations, March 28-29, 2001, Crystal City, Va. 
  • Contemporaneous Comparison of Outcomes Among Patients Implanted With a Leadless vs Transvenous Single-Chamber Ventricular Pacemaker. 
  • Continuing evolution of therapy for coronary artery disease. Initial results from the era of coronary angioplasty. 
  • Continuously updated 12-lead ST-segment recovery analysis for myocardial infarct artery patency assessment and its correlation with multiple simultaneous early angiographic observations. 
  • Contrast nephrotoxicity: a randomized controlled trial of a nonionic and an ionic radiographic contrast agent. 
  • Conversation in cardiology: Is there a need for clinical trials for the nonhyperemic pressure ratios? 
  • Conversation in cardiology: should FFR and IVUS be counted as PCI? 
  • Coronary Artery Anomalies: When You Need to Worry. 
  • Coronary arterial thrombolysis with combined infusion of recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator and urokinase in patients with acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Coronary arteriovenous fistulae: the complexity of coronary artery-to-coronary sinus connections. 
  • Coronary catherization patient and wife's perceptions of social support: effects due to characteristics of recipient, provider, and their interaction. 
  • Coronary transluminal extraction-endarterectomy. 
  • Correction of a saphenous vein graft to coronary vein anastamosis by selective retrograde coil-induced occlusion to arterialize the native vein. 
  • Correlation between calcific aortic stenosis diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography and cardiac catheterization. 
  • Correlation between minute carbon dioxide elimination and pulmonary blood flow in single-ventricle patients after stage 1 palliation and 2-ventricle patients with intracardiac shunts: A pilot study. 
  • Correlation between quantitative left atrial spontaneous echocardiographic contrast and intact fibrinogen levels in mitral stenosis. 
  • Correlation of impedance cardiography with invasive hemodynamic measurements in patients with advanced heart failure: the BioImpedance CardioGraphy (BIG) substudy of the Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness (ESCAPE) Trial. 
  • Correlation of roentgen findings with hemodynamic data in pure mitral stenosis. 
  • Corynebacterium endocarditis of a percutaneously placed transcatheter pulmonary valve. 
  • Cost implications of closure of atrial septal defect. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of coronary stenting and abciximab for patients with acute myocardial infarction: results from the CADILLAC (Controlled Abciximab and Device Investigation to Lower Late Angioplasty Complications) trial. 
  • Costs of periprocedural complications in patients treated with transcatheter aortic valve replacement: results from the Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valve trial. 
  • Creatine kinase MM and MB isoforms in patients receiving thrombolytic therapy and acute angiography. TAMI Study Group. 
  • Creation of pseudo narrowing during coronary angioplasty. 
  • Cryoablation of accessory pathways: incremental insights on the way toward a therapeutic panacea? 
  • Cumulative radiation exposure and cancer risk estimation in children with heart disease. 
  • Current practice for determining pulmonary capillary wedge pressure predisposes to serious errors in the classification of patients with pulmonary hypertension. 
  • Current status of percutaneous PFO closure. 
  • Defibrillation with low voltage using a left ventricular catheter and four cutaneous patch electrodes in dogs. 
  • Deficiency of MMP1a (Matrix Metalloprotease 1a) Collagenase Suppresses Development of Atherosclerosis in Mice: Translational Implications for Human Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Definitions and Standardized Endpoints for Treatment of Coronary Bifurcations. 
  • Demonstration of a depressor reflex in acute cardiac tamponade. 
  • Deployment of a previously embolized, unexpanded, and disarticulated Palmaz-Schatz stent. 
  • Detection and exclusion of interatrial shunts by two-dimensional echocardiography and peripheral venous injection. 
  • Detection of tricuspid regurgitation with two-dimensional echocardiography and peripheral vein injections. 
  • Detection, characterization and functional assessment of reperfused Q-wave acute myocardial infarction by cine magnetic resonance imaging. 
  • Determinants and outcomes of acute transcatheter valve-in-valve therapy or embolization: a study of multiple valve implants in the U.S. PARTNER trial (Placement of AoRTic TraNscathetER Valve Trial Edwards SAPIEN Transcatheter Heart Valve). 
  • Determinants of the need for early acute intervention in patients treated conservatively after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. TAMI-5 Study Group. 
  • Development and Validation of a Risk Prediction Model for In-Hospital Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. 
  • Development and validation of a simple model to predict severe coronary artery disease after myocardial infarction: potential impact on cardiac catheterization use in the United States and Canada. 
  • Device-Sizing and Associated Complications With Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: Findings From the NCDR LAAO Registry. 
  • Diagnosing and managing unstable angina. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. 
  • Diastolic vibration of the interventricular septum in aortic insufficiency. 
  • Differences between men and women in the management of unstable angina pectoris (The GUARANTEE Registry). The GUARANTEE Investigators. 
  • Differences in short-term versus long-term outcomes of older black versus white patients with myocardial infarction: findings from the Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes with Early Implementation of American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines (CRUSADE). 
  • Dilation of the coronary sinus on echocardiogram: prevalence and significance in patients with chronic pulmonary hypertension. 
  • Diminished aortic excursion in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. 
  • Direct en face imaging of secundum atrial septal defects by velocity-encoded cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients evaluated for possible transcatheter closure. 
  • Discordance of databases designed for claims payment versus clinical information systems. Implications for outcomes research. 
  • Distinctive clinical features of portopulmonary hypertension. 
  • Does hypotension during dobutamine stress echocardiography correlate with anatomic or functional cardiac impairment? 
  • Does the electrocardiographic pattern of "anteroseptal" myocardial infarction correlate with the anatomic location of myocardial injury? 
  • Doppler pressure half-time method of assessing mitral valve area: aortic insufficiency does not adversely affect validity. 
  • Double-chambered right ventricle in an adult patient. 
  • Downstream procedures and outcomes after stress testing for chest pain without known coronary artery disease in the United States. 
  • Dual lumen transducer probes for real-time 3-D interventional cardiac ultrasound. 
  • Early ambulation after 5 French diagnostic cardiac catheterization: results of a multicenter trial. 
  • Early stent thrombosis in patients with acute coronary syndromes treated with drug-eluting and bare metal stents: the Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy trial. 
  • Early thrombus formation on heparin-bonded pulmonary artery catheters in patients receiving epsilon aminocaproic acid. 
  • Echo/Doppler and hemodynamic correlates of vasodilator responsiveness in primary pulmonary hypertension. 
  • Echocardiographic guidance of cardiac catheterization for atrial septal defect in pregnancy. 
  • Echocardiographic imaging of procedural complications during balloon-expandable transcatheter aortic valve replacement. 
  • Echocardiography in Clinical Trials for TAVR: Getting to the Core of the Matter. 
  • Economic analysis of the Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of a New Thrombolytic Regimen (ASSENT-3) study: costs of reperfusion strategies in acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Effect of heparin administration on metabolomic profiles in samples obtained during cardiac catheterization. 
  • Effect of intervention timing on one-year mortality in elderly non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients. 
  • Effect of obesity on B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. 
  • Effect of percutaneous mitral repair with the MitraClip device on mitral valve area and gradient. 
  • Effect of rate-dependent left bundle branch block on global and regional left ventricular function. 
  • Effect of the Presence and Type of Angina on Cardiovascular Events in Patients Without Known Coronary Artery Disease Referred for Elective Coronary Angiography. 
  • Effects of atrial fibrillation on treatment of mitral regurgitation in the EVEREST II (Endovascular Valve Edge-to-Edge Repair Study) randomized trial. 
  • Effects of heparin and cardiac catheterization on serum lipoprotein and triglyceride levels. 
  • Electrical hazards and cardiovascular function. 
  • Electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy in GUSTO IV ACS: an important risk marker of mortality in women. 
  • Elevated serum cardiac markers predict coronary artery disease in patients with a history of heart failure who present with chest pain: insights from the i*trACS registry. 
  • Embolization of patent foramen ovale closure devices: incidence, role of imaging in identification, potential causes, and management. 
  • Emergency department bypass for ST-Segment-elevation myocardial infarction patients identified with a prehospital electrocardiogram: a report from the American Heart Association Mission: Lifeline program. 
  • Endomyocardial Biopsy Characterization of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction and Prevalence of Cardiac Amyloidosis. 
  • Endovascular transcatheter aortic valve implantation: an evolving standard. 
  • Enhancement of cardiac function after adenoviral-mediated in vivo intracoronary beta2-adrenergic receptor gene delivery. 
  • Epicardial sock mapping following monophasic and biphasic shocks of equal voltage with an endocardial lead system. 
  • Eptifibatide in coronary intervention: past time for the next chapter. 
  • Ergonovine maleate testing during cardiac catheterization: a 10-year perspective in 3,447 patients without significant coronary artery disease or Prinzmetal's variant angina. 
  • Esophageal varices in association with unilateral pulmonary vein atresia. 
  • Estimating radiation exposure during paediatric cardiac catheterisation: a potential for radiation reduction with air gap technique. 
  • Etiology and differential diagnosis of acute mitral regurgitation. 
  • Evaluating the learning curve in the prospective Randomized Clinical Trial of hemodynamic support with Impella 2.5 versus Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump in patients undergoing high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention: a prespecified subanalysis of the PROTECT II study. 
  • Evaluation of combination thrombolytic therapy and timing of cardiac catheterization in acute myocardial infarction. Results of thrombolysis and angioplasty in myocardial infarction--phase 5 randomized trial. TAMI Study Group. 
  • Evaluation of several methods for computing stroke volume from central aortic pressure. 
  • Evaluation of the left ventricle by two-dimensional echocardiography. 
  • Everything old is new again: transthoracic cardiac catheterization. 
  • Exercise echocardiographic comparison of pulmonary autograft and aortic homograft replacements for aortic valve disease in adults. 
  • Exercise stress testing in evaluation of aortocoronary bypass surgery. Report of 123 patients. 
  • Extending the volume-outcomes debate into the world of congenital cardiac catheterization. 
  • Factors affecting sensitivity and specificity of exercise electrocardiography. Multivariable analysis. 
  • Feasibility and cost-saving potential of outpatient cardiac catheterization. 
  • Feasibility of reversible pulmonary artery banding: early results and intermediate-term follow-up. 
  • Feasibility study for real time three dimensional Doppler intracardiac echocardiography. 
  • Feasibility study of real-time three-dimensional intracardiac echocardiography for guidance of interventional electrophysiology. 
  • Features Associated With Discordance Between Pulmonary Arterial Wedge Pressure and Left Ventricular End Diastolic Pressure in Clinical Practice: Implications for Pulmonary Hypertension Classification. 
  • Femoral artery pseudoaneurysms: value of color Doppler sonography in predicting which ones will thrombose without treatment. 
  • Fibrin modification by ionic and nonionic contrast media during cardiac catheterization. 
  • Fine particulate matter and cardiovascular disease: Comparison of assessment methods for long-term exposure. 
  • Five-year outcomes of transcatheter reduction of significant mitral regurgitation in high-surgical-risk patients. 
  • Fluid dynamics of aortic stenosis: mechanisms for the presence of subvalvular pressure gradients. 
  • Fluid dynamics of aortic stenosis: subvalvular gradients without subvalvular obstruction. 
  • Fluoroscopic characterization of surgical bioprosthetic heart valves. 
  • Frequency and Predictors of Internal Mammary Artery Graft Failure and Subsequent Clinical Outcomes: Insights From the Project of Ex-vivo Vein Graft Engineering via Transfection (PREVENT) IV Trial. 
  • From guidelines to clinical practice: the impact of hospital and geographical characteristics on temporal trends in the management of acute coronary syndromes. The Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE). 
  • Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation: Analysis of Percutaneous Transcatheter Techniques and Current Outcomes. 
  • Functional improvement of jeopardized myocardium following intracoronary streptokinase infusion in acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Fundamentals of X-ray imaging and radiation safety. 
  • Fusion of the left aortic cusp to the aoic wall with occlusion of the left coronary ostium, and aortic stenosis and insufficiency. 
  • Futility, benefit, and transcatheter aortic valve replacement. 
  • Gender disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: large-scale observations from the CRUSADE (Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes With Early Implementation of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines) National Quality Improvement Initiative. 
  • Gene Expression Profiles Link Respiratory Viral Infection, Platelet Response to Aspirin, and Acute Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Genesis of body surface potentials in varying types of right ventricular hypertrophy. 
  • Graded exercise stress tests in angiographically documented coronary artery disease. 
  • HAZARDS OF ELECTRIC SHOCK IN CARDIOLOGY. 
  • Hazards of the intensive care unit. 
  • Helicopter transport of patients during acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Hematologic changes occurring with cardiac catheterization. 
  • Hemodynamic clues to the discrepancy between the angiographic and intraoperative assessment of aortic regurgitation. 
  • Hemodynamic correlates for timing intervals, ejection rate and filling rate derived from the radionuclide angiographic volume curve. 
  • Hemodynamic evaluation of glucagon in symptomatic heart disease. 
  • Hemodynamic outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement and medical management in severe, inoperable aortic stenosis: a longitudinal echocardiographic study of cohort B of the PARTNER trial. 
  • Hemodynamics of the Mueller maneuver in man: right and left heart micromanometry and Doppler echocardiography. 
  • Hereditary progressive atrioventricular conduction defect. A new syndrome? 
  • Heterogeneity of vasomotor response to acetylcholine along the human coronary artery. 
  • High mortality without ESCAPE: the registry of heart failure patients receiving pulmonary artery catheters without randomization. 
  • High-density lipoprotein subclass measurements improve mortality risk prediction, discrimination and reclassification in a cardiac catheterization cohort. 
  • Histologic and biochemical correlates of left ventricular chamber dynamics in man. 
  • Hospital length of stay in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Hospital variation in treatment and outcomes in acute coronary syndromes: Insights from the Alberta Contemporary Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients Invasive Treatment Strategies (COAPT) study. 
  • Hybrid transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement with a SAPIEN S3 valve after pulmonary artery banding via left lateral thoracotomy. 
  • Hyponatremia and long-term outcomes in chronic heart failure--an observational study from the Duke Databank for Cardiovascular Diseases. 
  • Hypoplastic right lung with systemic blood supply and anomalous pulmonary venous drainage: reversal of pulmonary hypertension with surgical management in infancy. 
  • Hypoxemia after prior cardiac surgery due to interatrial shunting and its treatment with a novel transcatheter occlusion device. 
  • ISCHEMIA: Establishing the Primary End Point. 
  • Images in cardiovascular medicine. Noninvasive characterization of left atrial mass. 
  • Impact of congestive heart failure in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Impact of different patterns of invasive care on quality of life outcomes in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome: results from the GUSTO-IIb Canada-United States substudy. 
  • Impact of imaging approach on radiation dose and associated cancer risk in children undergoing cardiac catheterization. 
  • Impact of infarct artery patency on the relationship between electrocardiographic and ventriculographic evidence of acute myocardial ischaemia. 
  • Impact of internal mammary artery conduit on long-term outcomes after percutaneous intervention of saphenous vein graft. 
  • Impact of managed care on the treatment, costs, and outcomes of fee-for-service Medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Impact of nonculprit vessel myocardial perfusion on outcomes of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndromes: analysis from the ACUITY trial (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy). 
  • Impact of on-site cardiac interventional facilities on management and outcome of patients with acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Impact of percutaneous coronary intervention performance reporting on cardiac resuscitation centers: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. 
  • Impact of preoperative moderate/severe mitral regurgitation on 2-year outcome after transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement: insight from the Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valve (PARTNER) Trial Cohort A. 
  • Impact of tissue plasminogen activator and heparin versus heparin alone on quantitative coronary angiographic findings in myocardial infarction. The Toronto Tissue Plasminogen Activator Trial Study Group. 
  • Implementing a Continuous Quality Improvement Program in a High-Volume Clinical Echocardiography Laboratory: Improving Care for Patients With Aortic Stenosis. 
  • Importance of clinical measures of ischemia in the prognosis of patients with documented coronary artery disease. 
  • Improved functional status and quality of life in prohibitive surgical risk patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation after transcatheter mitral valve repair. 
  • Improving on the diagnostic characteristics of echocardiography for pulmonary hypertension. 
  • In vivo inhibition of elevated myocardial beta-adrenergic receptor kinase activity in hybrid transgenic mice restores normal beta-adrenergic signaling and function. 
  • In vivo validation of a catheter-based near-infrared spectroscopy system for detection of lipid core coronary plaques: initial results of the SPECTACL study. 
  • Incidence and clinical consequences of acquired thrombocytopenia after antithrombotic therapies in patients with acute coronary syndromes: results from the Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy (ACUITY) trial. 
  • Incidence and impact of totally occluded culprit coronary arteries in patients presenting with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Infants with single ventricle physiology in the emergency department: are physicians prepared? 
  • Influence of insurance type on the use of procedures, medications and hospital outcome in patients with unstable angina: results from the GUARANTEE Registry. Global Unstable Angina Registry and Treatment Evaluation. 
  • Influence of race and sex on thrombogenicity in a large cohort of coronary artery disease patients. 
  • Influence of the timing of cardiac catheterization and the amount of contrast media on acute renal failure after cardiac surgery. 
  • Inhaled nitric oxide selectively dilates pulmonary vasculature in adult patients with pulmonary hypertension, irrespective of etiology. 
  • Initial Experience With Commercial Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in the United States. 
  • Initial Feasibility Study of a New Transcatheter Mitral Prosthesis: The First 100 Patients. 
  • Initial Invasive or Conservative Strategy for Stable Coronary Disease. 
  • Initial experience with a transcatheter septal closure system for secondary stroke prevention in patients with interatrial septal defects. 
  • Instantaneous wave-free ratio compared with fractional flow reserve in PCI: A cost-minimization analysis. 
  • Institutional Experience With Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair and Clinical Outcomes: Insights From the TVT Registry. 
  • Integrating antithrombin and antiplatelet therapies with early invasive management for non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Intensive Training and Real-Time Quality Control by a Physiology Core Laboratory: Lessons From DEFINE-PCI. 
  • Interatrial Stent to Treat Stiff Left Atrium Syndrome. 
  • Interchangeability of activated clotting time values across different point-of-care systems. 
  • International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness with Medical and Invasive Approaches-Chronic Kidney Disease (ISCHEMIA-CKD): Rationale and design. 
  • International variation in invasive care of the elderly with acute coronary syndromes. 
  • International variation in the use of blood transfusion in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Interventional cardiac catheterization at Duke Medical Center. 
  • Interventional cardiac catheterization. 
  • Intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy in peri-coronary angiography ischemic stroke. 
  • Intracardiac catheter 2-D arrays on a silicon substrate. 
  • Intracardiac echocardiography and acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of a dynamic ex vivo ovine heart model. 
  • Intracoronary adenovirus-mediated delivery and overexpression of the beta(2)-adrenergic receptor in the heart : prospects for molecular ventricular assistance. 
  • Intraoperative, Real-Time Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography for the Transcatheter Placement of an Edwards SAPIEN Aortic Valve in the Mitral Position for Severe Mitral Stenosis. 
  • Intraprocedural Cardiac Complications of Transcatheter Aortic and Mitral Valve Interventions: "The Eyes Do Not See What the Mind Does Not Know". 
  • Invasive hemodynamic evaluation in patients with mechanical aortic valves. 
  • Invasive hemodynamic evaluation in patients with mechanical aortic valves. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions: official journal of the society for cardiac angiography & interventions 2013. 
  • Is there a bias against performing coronary revascularization in women? 
  • Ischemic cardiomyopathy: the myopathy of coronary artery disease. Natural history and results of medical versus surgical treatment. 
  • Isolated partial anomalous pulmonary venous return with intact atrial septum: a rare but treatable cause of pulmonary hypertension in adults. 
  • Kussmaul's Sign in Pulmonary Hypertension Corresponds With Severe Pulmonary Vascular Pathology Rather Than Right Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction. 
  • Left atrial appendage closure: A therapy uniquely suited for specific populations of patients with atrial fibrillation. 
  • Left atrial appendage to great cardiac vein fistula complicating watchman left atrial appendage closure. 
  • Left ventricular assessment in myocardial infarction: the VALIANT registry. 
  • Left ventricular intracavitary mass--an unusual case. 
  • Left ventricular pressure-volume characteristics in congenital heart disease. 
  • Letter: Discovery of paravalvular defects. 
  • Letter: Swan-Ganz catheter repair. 
  • Letter: Ventricular septal defect and mitral regurgitation secondary to myocardial infarction. 
  • Limitations of using cardiac catheterization rates to assess the quality of care for patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Limited value of interlaced ECG-gated radiography in the presence of a normal chest radiograph. 
  • Linking the National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry with Medicare claims data: validation of a longitudinal cohort of elderly patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. 
  • Listing criteria for heart transplantation: International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation guidelines for the care of cardiac transplant candidates--2006. 
  • Locating a catheter transducer in a three-dimensional ultrasound imaging field. 
  • Long-term morbidity and mortality among medically managed patients with angina and multivessel coronary artery disease. 
  • Long-term mortality of patients undergoing cardiac catheterization for ST-elevation and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Long-term outcome and impact of surgery on adults with coronary arteries originating from the opposite coronary cusp. 
  • Long-term outcomes of the symmetry vein graft anastomosis device: a matched case-control analysis. 
  • Long-term survival of patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy treated by coronary artery bypass grafting versus medical therapy. 
  • Low diagnostic yield of elective coronary angiography. 
  • Lower likelihood of cardiac procedures after acute coronary syndrome in patients with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. 
  • Magnetic resonance imaging-derived parameter of portal flow predicts volume-mediated pulmonary hypertension in liver transplantation candidates. 
  • Major complications associated with transcatheter atrial septal occluder implantation: a review of the medical literature and the manufacturer and user facility device experience (MAUDE) database. 
  • Mast cell tryptase: a new biomarker in patients with stable coronary artery disease. 
  • Matrix metalloproteinases in patients with myocardial infarction and percutaneous revascularization. 
  • Mechanical ventricular support lowers pulmonary vascular resistance in a patient with congential heart disease. 
  • Medical therapies and invasive treatments for coronary artery disease by body mass: the "obesity paradox" in the Get With The Guidelines database. 
  • Mentored simulation training improves procedural skills in cardiac catheterization: a randomized, controlled pilot study. 
  • Methodologic issues in clinical evaluation of stenosis severity in adults undergoing aortic or mitral balloon valvuloplasty. The NHLBI Balloon Valvuloplasty Registry. 
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery vs Device Closure for Atrial Septal Defects: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. 
  • Mitral Valve Surgical Volume and Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Outcomes: Impact of a Proposed Volume Requirement on Geographic Access. 
  • Mitral regurgitation severity predicts one-year therapeutic benefit of Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve implantation. 
  • Mobile cardiac catheterization laboratories increase use of cardiac care in women and African Americans. 
  • Mode of hospital presentation in patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: implications for strategic management. 
  • Morbidity and Mortality Conference for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. 
  • Mortality, kidney disease and cardiac procedures following acute coronary syndrome. 
  • Multicenter Analysis of Early Childhood Outcomes After Repair of Truncus Arteriosus. 
  • Multimarkers of metabolic malnutrition and inflammation and their association with mortality risk in cardiac catheterisation patients: a prospective, longitudinal, observational, cohort study. 
  • Multivessel coronary artery disease: a key predictor of short-term prognosis after reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarction. Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (TAMI) Study Group. 
  • Multivessel vs culprit-only percutaneous coronary intervention among patients 65 years or older with acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Munchausen's syndrome and cardiac catheterization. A case of a pernicious interaction. 
  • Music, imagery, touch, and prayer as adjuncts to interventional cardiac care: the Monitoring and Actualisation of Noetic Trainings (MANTRA) II randomised study. 
  • Mycotic Saccular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in an Infant after Cardiac Catheterization: A Case Report. 
  • Myocardial infarction--Case studies of ethics in the consent situation. 
  • Myocarditis and long-term survival in peripartum cardiomyopathy. 
  • Neurological injury after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: are the trees falling silently or is our hearing impaired? 
  • New catheter techniques for analysis of the sequence of retrograde atrial activation in man. 
  • Noise versus signal: the clinical implications of an increasingly sensitive troponin assay for patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome. 
  • Non-Q-wave versus Q-wave myocardial infarction after thrombolytic therapy: angiographic and prognostic insights from the global utilization of streptokinase and tissue plasminogen activator for occluded coronary arteries-I angiographic substudy. GUSTO-I Angiographic Investigators. 
  • Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients who present during off hours have higher risk profiles and are treated less aggressively, but their outcomes are not worse: a report from Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress ADverse Outcomes with Early Implementation of the ACC/AHA Guidelines CRUSADE initiative. 
  • Nonfatal myocardial infarction and long-term outcomes in coronary artery disease. 
  • Nonfatal myocardial infarction in medically treated patients with coronary artery disease. 
  • Noninvasive assessment of pulmonary vascular resistance using Doppler tissue imaging of the tricuspid annulus. 
  • Noninvasive cineangiography by magnetic resonance global coherent free precession. 
  • Noninvasive detection of reperfusion after thrombolysis based on serum creatine kinase MB changes and clinical variables. TAMI 7 Study Group. Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Noninvasive, medical management for non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Nonobstructive left ventricular ejection pressure gradients in man. 
  • Obesity and long-term clinical and economic outcomes in coronary artery disease patients. 
  • Observational comparison of event-free survival with medical and surgical therapy in patients with coronary artery disease. 20 years of follow-up. 
  • Off-label closure during CLOSURE study. 
  • Omega-3 fatty acids in cardiac biopsies from heart transplantation patients: correlation with erythrocytes and response to supplementation. 
  • On fibrosis, prognosis, and the unique role of CMR: a paradigm shift from "bright is dead" to "bright is bad". 
  • One-Year Outcomes After MitraClip for Functional Mitral Regurgitation. 
  • One-and-done: Do left ventricular assist device patients on the transplant list really need frequent right heart catheterization assessments for pulmonary hypertension? 
  • Ongoing Evolution of Outcomes Analysis for Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Catheterization. 
  • Outcome in medically treated coronary artery disease. Ischemic events: nonfatal infarction and death. 
  • Outcome of patients sustaining acute ischemic mitral regurgitation during myocardial infarction. 
  • Outcome of patients with diabetes mellitus and acute myocardial infarction treated with thrombolytic agents. The Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (TAMI) Study Group. 
  • Outcomes According to Cardiac Catheterization Referral and Clopidogrel Use Among Medicare Patients With Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Discharged Without In-hospital Revascularization. 
  • Outcomes After Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in Patients With Renal Disease. 
  • Outcomes following pre-operative clopidogrel administration in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: the ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY) trial. 
  • Outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the United States. 
  • Outcomes of Cardiac Catheterization in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation on Anticoagulation in Contemporary in Practice: An Analysis of the ORBIT II Registry. 
  • Outcomes of Operator-Directed Sedation and Anesthesiologist Care in the Pediatric/Congenital Catheterization Laboratory: A Study Utilizing Data From the IMPACT Registry. 
  • Outcomes of anatomical versus functional testing for coronary artery disease. 
  • Outcomes of lung disease-associated pulmonary hypertension and impact of elevated pulmonary vascular resistance. 
  • Outcomes of transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement in high-risk patients with aortic stenosis and left ventricular dysfunction: results from the Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valves (PARTNER) trial (cohort A). 
  • Outcomes of transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation at hospitals with and without on-site cardiac surgery department: insights from the prospective German aortic valve replacement quality assurance registry (AQUA) in 17 919 patients. 
  • Outpatient versus observation/inpatient management of emergency department patients rapidly ruled-out for acute myocardial infarction: Findings from the HIGH-US study. 
  • PAR1 (Protease-Activated Receptor 1) Pepducin Therapy Targeting Myocardial Necrosis in Coronary Artery Disease and Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2 Study. 
  • Painless exercise ST deviation on the treadmill: long-term prognosis. 
  • Paradoxical use of invasive cardiac procedures for patients with non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction: an international perspective from the CRUSADE Initiative and the Canadian ACS Registries I and II. 
  • Pathophysiology and prognostic significance of Holter-detected ST segment depression after myocardial infarction. The Tissue Plasminogen Activator: Toronto (TPAT) Study Group. 
  • Patient management after noninvasive cardiac imaging results from SPARC (Study of myocardial perfusion and coronary anatomy imaging roles in coronary artery disease). 
  • Patient selection for percutaneous mitral valve repair: insight from early clinical trial applications. 
  • Patients' Willingness to Accept Mitral Valve Procedure-Associated Risks Varies Across Severity of Heart Failure Symptoms. 
  • Patterns of stress testing and diagnostic catheterization after coronary stenting in 250 350 medicare beneficiaries. 
  • Patterns of transfer for patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome from community to tertiary care hospitals. 
  • Percutaneous atrial septal occluder devices and cardiac erosion: a review of the literature. 
  • Percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty. Acute and 30-day follow-up results in 674 patients from the NHLBI Balloon Valvuloplasty Registry. 
  • Percutaneous heart valve replacement for aortic stenosis: state of the evidence. 
  • Percutaneous intervention, surgery, and medical therapy: a perspective from the Duke Databank for Cardiovascular Diseases. 
  • Percutaneous interventions in high-risk patients following Mustard repair of transposition of the great arteries. 
  • Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure vs warfarin for atrial fibrillation: a randomized clinical trial. 
  • Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion: A review of current devices, clinical evidence, patient selection, and post procedural antithrombotic management. 
  • Percutaneous management of RetroFlex 3 balloon rupture and separation of the Edwards Sapien delivery system. 
  • Percutaneous mitral repair with the MitraClip system: safety and midterm durability in the initial EVEREST (Endovascular Valve Edge-to-Edge REpair Study) cohort. 
  • Percutaneous mitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation in high-risk patients: results of the EVEREST II study. 
  • Percutaneous mitral valve repair in the initial EVEREST cohort: evidence of reverse left ventricular remodeling. 
  • Percutaneous revascularization of an extensively diseased saphenous vein bypass graft with a saphenous vein-covered Palmaz stent. 
  • Percutaneous steerable robotic tool delivery platform and metal microelectromechanical systems device for tissue manipulation and approximation: closure of patent foramen ovale in an animal model. 
  • Percutaneous transcatheter aortic valve closure successfully treats left ventricular assist device-associated aortic insufficiency and improves cardiac hemodynamics. 
  • Percutaneous vascular stent implantation as treatment for central vascular obstruction due to fibrosing mediastinitis. 
  • Performance of phonoelectrocardiographic left ventricular systolic time intervals and B-type natriuretic peptide levels in the diagnosis of left ventricular dysfunction. 
  • Perioperative blood transfusion and blood conservation in cardiac surgery: the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists clinical practice guideline. 
  • Perioperative conduction disturbances after transcatheter aortic valve replacement. 
  • Peripheral vascular complications during transcatheter aortic valve replacement: management and potential role of chronic steroid use. 
  • Personality and coping with a common stressor: cardiac catheterization. 
  • Pharmacoeconomic analysis of sertraline treatment of depression in patients with unstable angina or a recent myocardial infarction. 
  • Pharmacoinvasive management of acute coronary syndrome in the setting of percutaneous coronary intervention: evidence-based, site- and spectrum-of-care strategies for optimizing patient outcomes in NSTE-ACS. 
  • Pharmacokinetics of intravenous sildenafil in children with palliated single ventricle heart defects: effect of elevated hepatic pressures. 
  • Phase plane analysis of left ventricular hemodynamics. 
  • Phobic anxiety, depression, and risk of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with coronary heart disease. 
  • Physical function and independence 1 year after myocardial infarction: observations from the Translational Research Investigating Underlying disparities in recovery from acute Myocardial infarction: Patients' Health status registry. 
  • Pitfalls of chest pain. Pseudoxanthoma elasticum. 
  • Platelet inhibitors and bleeding in cardiac surgical patients. 
  • Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome: To Shunt or Not to Shunt, That is the Question. 
  • Port-access approach for combined aortic and mitral valve surgery. 
  • Post-market surveillance to detect adverse events associated with Melody® valve implantation. 
  • Postoperative Transcatheter Interventions in Children Undergoing Congenital Heart Surgery. 
  • Pre- Versus Post-Procedure Health Care Resource Utilization in Patients Undergoing Commercial Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair. 
  • Precatheterization Use of P2Y12 Inhibitors in Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Undergoing Early Cardiac Catheterization and In-Hospital Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Insights From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry®. 
  • Predicting significant coronary artery disease in patients with left ventricular dysfunction. 
  • Predicting survival after coronary revascularization for ischemic cardiomyopathy. 
  • Prediction of early recurrent myocardial ischemia and coronary reocclusion after successful thrombolysis: a qualitative and quantitative angiographic study. 
  • Prediction of myocardial perfusion abnormalities by quantitative regional function using a radionuclide angiography database: a comparison with wall motion analysis. 
  • Prediction of severe coronary artery disease by combined rest and exercise radionuclide angiocardiography and tomographic perfusion imaging with technetium 99m-labeled sestamibi: a comparison with clinical and electrocardiographic data. 
  • Predictors and clinical outcomes of permanent pacemaker implantation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: the PARTNER (Placement of AoRtic TraNscathetER Valves) trial and registry. 
  • Predictors of long-term clinical endpoints in patients with refractory angina. 
  • Predictors of mortality and outcomes of therapy in low-flow severe aortic stenosis: a Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valves (PARTNER) trial analysis. 
  • Preferences for cardiac tests and procedures may partially explain sex but not race disparities. 
  • Prehospital electrocardiograms (ECGs) do not improve the process of emergency department care in hospitals with higher usage of ECGs in non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients. 
  • Preoperative assessment of left ventricular function in patients selected for direct myocardial revascularization. 
  • Preoperative mild-to-moderate coronary artery disease does not affect long-term outcomes of lung transplantation. 
  • Preprocedural three-dimensional planning aids in transcatheter ductal stent placement: A single-center experience. 
  • Presentation and management of left ventricular assist device inflow cannula malposition. 
  • Pressure-flow studies in man. An evaluation of the duration of the phases of systole. 
  • Prevalence and predictors of nonobstructive coronary artery disease identified with coronary angiography in contemporary clinical practice. 
  • Prior polyvascular disease: risk factor for adverse ischaemic outcomes in acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Prognosis by measurements of left ventricular function during exercise. Duke Noninvasive Research Working Group. 
  • Prognosis in cardiogenic shock after acute myocardial infarction in the interventional era. 
  • Prognosis in medically stabilized unstable angina: early Holter ST-segment monitoring compared with predischarge exercise thallium tomography. 
  • Prognosis of patients with non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction and nonobstructive coronary artery disease: propensity-matched analysis from the Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy trial. 
  • Prognostic Impact of Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index (PAPi) in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure: Insights From the ESCAPE Trial. 
  • Prognostic Implications of Post-Intervention Resting Pd/Pa and Fractional Flow Reserve in Patients With Stent Implantation. 
  • Prognostic implications of ventricular arrhythmias during 24 hour ambulatory monitoring in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization for coronary artery disease. 
  • Prognostic importance of social and economic resources among medically treated patients with angiographically documented coronary artery disease. 
  • Prognostic significance of coronary thrombus in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndromes: a subanalysis of the ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY) trial. 
  • Prognostic utility of novel biomarkers of cardiovascular stress in patients with aortic stenosis undergoing valve replacement. 
  • Prognostic value of left ventricular apical tissue removed for HeartMate II left ventricular assist device placement. 
  • Prognostic value of radionuclide angiography in medically treated patients with coronary artery disease. A comparison with clinical and catheterization variables. 
  • Prognostic value of the simplified Selvester QRS score in patients with coronary artery disease. 
  • Prognostic value of ventricular arrhythmias associated with treadmill exercise testing in patients studied with cardiac catheterization for suspected ischemic heart disease. 
  • Programmed Outcome Research Teams (PORTs) and implications for clinical practice. 
  • Progress in ring array transducers for real-time 3D ultrasound guidance of cardiac interventional devices. 
  • Progression of renal artery stenosis in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. 
  • Propensity-matched comparisons of clinical outcomes after transapical or transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a placement of aortic transcatheter valves (PARTNER)-I trial substudy. 
  • Prophylactic IVIG and corticosteroids for severe skin reactions post radio-contrast. 
  • Prospective Evaluation of TMVR for Failed Surgical Annuloplasty Rings: MITRAL Trial Valve-in-Ring Arm 1-Year Outcomes. 
  • Prospective Study of TMVR Using Balloon-Expandable Aortic Transcatheter Valves in MAC: MITRAL Trial 1-Year Outcomes. 
  • Protection of Distal Embolization in High-Risk Patients with Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (PREMIAR). 
  • Provoked exercise desaturation in patent foramen ovale and impact of percutaneous closure. 
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Subtypes and Mortality in CKD. 
  • Pulmonary Venous Waveforms Predict Rehospitalization and Mortality After Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair. 
  • Pulmonary arterial hypertension and myeloproliferative disorders. 
  • Pulmonary hypertension and elevated transpulmonary gradient in patients with mitral stenosis. 
  • Pulmonary stenting for the treatment of sarcoid induced pulmonary vascular stenosis. 
  • Pulmonary wedge catheter. 
  • Pulmonic Valve Disease: Review of Pathology and Current Treatment Options. 
  • Pulsus alternans induced by inferior vena caval occlusion in man. 
  • Race and gender variation in the QT interval and its association with mortality in patients with coronary artery disease: results from the Duke Databank for Cardiovascular Disease (DDCD). 
  • Racial differences in the management of unstable angina: results from the multicenter GUARANTEE registry. 
  • Racial variations in treatment and outcomes of black and white patients with high-risk non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes: insights from CRUSADE (Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes With Early Implementation of the ACC/AHA Guidelines?). 
  • Radial Versus Femoral Access for Coronary Interventions Across the Entire Spectrum of Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials. 
  • Radial versus femoral access, bleeding and ischemic events in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome managed with an invasive strategy. 
  • Radiation safety in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. 
  • Radiation-associated lens opacities in catheterization personnel: results of a survey and direct assessments. 
  • Radiation-associated valvular heart disease. 
  • Radiofrequency catheter ablation for the treatment of human type 1 atrial flutter. Identification of a critical zone in the reentrant circuit by endocardial mapping techniques. 
  • Randomized Comparison of Percutaneous Repair and Surgery for Mitral Regurgitation: 5-Year Results of EVEREST II. 
  • Randomized comparison of the cost and effectiveness of iopamidol and diatrizoate as contrast agents for cardiac angiography. 
  • Randomized trials of coronary artery bypass surgery: impact on clinical practice at Duke University Medical Center. 
  • Rates of cardiac catheterization cancelation for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction after activation by emergency medical services or emergency physicians: results from the North Carolina Catheterization Laboratory Activation Registry. 
  • Real-time three-dimensional intracardiac echocardiography. 
  • Real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography for guiding interventional electrophysiology: feasibility study. 
  • Rear-view mirror observations on bleeding in acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Recent trends in the care of patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: insights from the CRUSADE initiative. 
  • Registration of three-dimensional cardiac catheter models to single-plane fluoroscopic images. 
  • Regulation of stroke volume during submaximal and maximal upright exercise in normal man. 
  • Relation of Baseline Hemoglobin Levels and Adverse Events in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes (from the Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY and Harmonizing Outcomes with RevasculariZatiON and Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trials). 
  • Relation of frequency and severity of mitral regurgitation to survival among patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and heart failure. 
  • Relation of serum levels of mast cell tryptase of left ventricular systolic function, left ventricular volume or congestive heart failure. 
  • Relation of temporal creatine kinase-MB release and outcome after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. TAMI Study Group. 
  • Relationship between accurate auscultation of a clinically useful third heart sound and level of experience. 
  • Relationship between renal function and outcomes in high-risk patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: results from SYNERGY. 
  • Relationship of right- to left-sided ventricular filling pressures in advanced heart failure: insights from the ESCAPE trial. 
  • Relationship of the time interval between cardiac catheterization and elective coronary artery bypass surgery with postprocedural acute kidney injury. 
  • Removal of thrombus by catheter aspiration prior to stenting. 
  • Renal artery stenosis: prevalence and associated risk factors in patients undergoing routine cardiac catheterization. 
  • Reperfusion in waiting: what queue should we join? 
  • Reply to the editor. 
  • Reply: Mitral Valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock and Severe Mitral Regurgitation. 
  • Resolution of severe hemolysis and paravalvular aortic regurgitation employing an Amplatzer Vascular Plug 4: the importance of detailed pre-procedural planning using CT angiography. 
  • Resource use trajectories for aged medicare beneficiaries with complex coronary conditions. 
  • Response of atrial natriuretic factor to postural change in patients with heart failure versus subjects with normal hemodynamics. 
  • Response to letters regarding article, "Cumulative radiation exposure and cancer risk estimation in children with heart disease". 
  • Retrograde-delivered cardioplegia is not distributed equally to the right ventricular free wall and septum. 
  • Reverse redistribution on exercise thallium scintigraphy: relationship to coronary patency and ventricular function after myocardial infarction. 
  • Right ventricular dysfunction in systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension. 
  • Right-heart catheterization in coronary artery disease. 
  • Right-sided heart catheterization: de rigueur in sarcoidosis? 
  • Risk factors associated with plasma omega-3 fatty acid levels in patients with suspected coronary artery disease. 
  • Risk factors for cerebrovascular events following fontan palliation in patients with a functional single ventricle. 
  • Risk factors for in-hospital nonhemorrhagic stroke in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with thrombolysis: results from GUSTO-I. 
  • Risk factors, angiographic patterns, and outcomes in patients with ventricular septal defect complicating acute myocardial infarction. GUSTO-I (Global Utilization of Streptokinase and TPA for Occluded Coronary Arteries) Trial Investigators. 
  • Risk of stroke after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI): a meta-analysis of 10,037 published patients. 
  • Role of coronary artery calcium score in identifying occult coronary artery disease in patients evaluated for deceased-donor liver transplant - a preliminary report. 
  • Routine postprocedure ultrasound increases rate of detection of femoral arterial thrombosis in infants after cardiac catheterization. 
  • Routine upstream initiation vs deferred selective use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in acute coronary syndromes: the ACUITY Timing trial. 
  • SCAI expert consensus update on best practices in the cardiac catheterization laboratory: This statement was endorsed by the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA), and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) in April 2021. 
  • SCAI publications committee manual of standard operating procedures. 
  • SLCO1B1 genetic variants, long-term low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and clinical events in patients following cardiac catheterization. 
  • ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction patients randomized to a pharmaco-invasive strategy or primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Strategic Reperfusion Early After Myocardial Infarction (STREAM) 1-year mortality follow-up. 
  • Safety and efficacy of bivalirudin monotherapy in patients with diabetes mellitus and acute coronary syndromes: a report from the ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy) trial. 
  • Safety of the Deferral of Coronary Revascularization on the Basis of Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio and Fractional Flow Reserve Measurements in Stable Coronary Artery Disease and Acute Coronary Syndromes. 
  • Safety of very early sheath removal in patients treated with REG1 for acute coronary syndromes: insights from the RADAR trial. 
  • Sarcoidosis with incomplete bilateral bundle branch block pattern disappearing following steroid therapy: an electrophysiological study. 
  • Selection of patients for coronary angiography and coronary revascularization early after myocardial infarction: is there evidence for a gender bias? 
  • Self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve replacement using alternative access sites in symptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis deemed extreme risk of surgery. 
  • Serial evaluation of right ventricular dysfunction associated with acute inferior myocardial infarction. 
  • Serial left ventricular performance evaluated by cardiac catheterization before, immediately after and at 6 months after balloon aortic valvuloplasty. 
  • Seriously ill hospitalized adults: do we spend less on older patients? Support Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preference for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments. 
  • Serum cholesterol in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization for suspected coronary artery disease: diagnostic and prognostic implications. 
  • Severe pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmonale in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. 
  • Sex Differences in Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio or Fractional Flow Reserve-Guided Revascularization Strategy. 
  • Sex differences in management and outcomes of patients with stable symptoms suggestive of coronary artery disease: Insights from the PROMISE trial. 
  • Sex-related differences in outcomes after transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis: Insights from the PARTNER Trial (Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valve). 
  • Short-term effects of air temperature on plasma metabolite concentrations in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. 
  • Short-term effects of fine particulate matter and ozone on the cardiac conduction system in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization. 
  • Should we cross the valve: the risk of retrograde catheterization of the left ventricle in patients with aortic stenosis. 
  • Sildenafil exposure and hemodynamic effect after Fontan surgery. 
  • Sildenafil exposure and hemodynamic effect after stage II single-ventricle surgery. 
  • Simultaneous comparison of three derived 12-lead ECGs with standard ECG at rest and during percutaneous coronary occlusion. 
  • Simultaneous restenosis of Taxus and Cypher drug-eluting stents. 
  • Site-Level Variability in 30-Day Patient Outcomes After Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in the United States. 
  • Small-molecule glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors as adjunctive therapy in percutaneous coronary interventions. 
  • Social support and quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease. 
  • Sonographically guided compression repair of pseudoaneurysms: further experience from a single institution. 
  • Sonographically guided thrombin injection of iatrogenic femoral pseudoaneurysms: further experience of a single institution. 
  • Squeezing the "value" from cost data. 
  • Standardized Definitions for Evaluation of Heart Failure Therapies: Scientific Expert Panel From the Heart Failure Collaboratory and Academic Research Consortium. 
  • Standardized endpoint definitions for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation clinical trials: a consensus report from the Valve Academic Research Consortium. 
  • Standardized endpoint definitions for transcatheter aortic valve implantation clinical trials: a consensus report from the Valve Academic Research Consortium. 
  • Statin therapy and inflammation in patients with diabetes treated with high dose aspirin. 
  • Strategies of patient care in acute coronary syndromes: rationale for the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) registry. 
  • Successful percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation in anomalous right coronary arteries arising from the left sinus of valsalva: a report of two cases. 
  • Successful use of education and cost-based feedback strategies to reduce physician utilization of low-osmolality contrast agents in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. 
  • Surgical ablation of the right greater splanchnic nerve for the treatment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: first-in-human clinical trial. 
  • Surgical and Percutaneous Interventions for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. 
  • Surgical aortic valvuloplasty using the Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator: an invasive hemodynamic follow-up study. 
  • Surgical correction of aortic valve insufficiency after left ventricular assist device implantation. 
  • Survival in medically treated coronary artery disease. 
  • TIMI frame count: a quantitative method of assessing coronary artery flow. 
  • Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: case report and review of the literature. 
  • Temporal and Provincial Variation in Ambulance Use Among Patients Who Present to Acute Care Hospitals With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Temporal trends in the use of early cardiac catheterization in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (results from CRUSADE). 
  • Temporary balloon occlusion of the inferior vena cava for immediate reversal of acute pulmonary edema. 
  • The Association of Frailty With In-Hospital Bleeding Among Older Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the ACTION Registry. 
  • The EVEREST II Trial: design and rationale for a randomized study of the evalve mitraclip system compared with mitral valve surgery for mitral regurgitation. 
  • The Editor's Roundtable: arterial thrombosis and acute coronary syndromes. 
  • The Impact of Bleeding Avoidance Strategies on Hospital-Level Variation in Bleeding Rates Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry. 
  • The Impact of Coronary Physiology on Contemporary Clinical Decision Making. 
  • The Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valve (PARTNER) trial: a health economic and policy perspective. 
  • The Prevalence and Impact of Atrial Fibrillation on 1-Year Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair: Results From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry. 
  • The Prevalence, Correlates, and Impact on Cardiac Mortality of Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy. 
  • The Strategic Reperfusion Early After Myocardial Infarction (STREAM) study. 
  • The VB-1 catheter: an improved catheter for difficult-to-engage internal mammary artery grafts. 
  • The Value of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Transcatheter Valve Procedures: Is it Still Questionable? 
  • The acute hemodynamic effects of MitraClip therapy. 
  • The association of accelerated epigenetic age with all-cause mortality in cardiac catheterization patients as mediated by vascular and cardiometabolic outcomes. 
  • The ballooning mitral valve in patients with the "precordial honk" or "whoop". 
  • The clinical impact of incomplete left atrial appendage closure with the Watchman Device in patients with atrial fibrillation: a PROTECT AF (Percutaneous Closure of the Left Atrial Appendage Versus Warfarin Therapy for Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation) substudy. 
  • The complications of brachial arteriotomy. 
  • The cost of doing business in a digital age. 
  • The current practice of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation: results from the Benchmark Registry. 
  • The diagnostic and prognostic significance of coronary artery calcification. A report of 800 cases. 
  • The diastolic pulmonary gradient does not predict survival in patients with pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease. 
  • The economic consequences of available diagnostic and prognostic strategies for the evaluation of stable angina patients: an observational assessment of the value of precatheterization ischemia. Economics of Noninvasive Diagnosis (END) Multicenter Study Group. 
  • The effect of bretylium tosylate on ventricular function. 
  • The effect of dementia on outcomes and process of care for Medicare beneficiaries admitted with acute myocardial infarction. 
  • The elder patient with suspected acute coronary syndromes in the emergency department. 
  • The emerging role of percutaneous intervention in adults with congenital heart disease. 
  • The evolution of medical and surgical therapy for coronary artery disease. A 15-year perspective. 
  • The hemodynamic simulation of mitral regurgitation in ventricular septal defect after myocardial infarction. 
  • The impact of a failing right heart in patients supported by intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation. 
  • The impact of femoral arterial thrombosis in paediatric cardiac catheterisation: a national study. 
  • The impact of statistical adjustment on economic profiles of interventional cardiologists. 
  • The incidence and long-term clinical outcome of iatrogenic atrial septal defects secondary to transseptal catheterization with a 12F transseptal sheath. 
  • The natural history and recommended management of patients with traumatic coronary artery fistulas. 
  • The natural history of single-vessel chronic coronary occlusion: a 25-year experience. 
  • The paradoxical use of cardiac catheterization in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes: lessons from the Can Rapid Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes With Early Implementation of the ACC /AHA Guidelines (CRUSADE) Quality Improvement Initiative. 
  • The prognosis for patients with new-onset angina who have undergone cardiac catheterization. 
  • The prognostic importance of comorbidity for mortality in patients with stable coronary artery disease. 
  • The prognostic spectrum of left main stenosis. 
  • The significance of coronary calcification detected by fluoroscopy. A report of 360 patients. 
  • The use of radionuclide angiography in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease--a logistic regression analysis. 
  • The utility of upper endoscopy in patients with concomitant upper gastrointestinal bleeding and acute myocardial infarction. 
  • The value proposition in percutaneous coronary intervention. 
  • The variable natural history of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. 
  • The waiting game: facing the consequences. 
  • Thirty-Day Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement for Degenerated Mitral Bioprostheses (Valve-in-Valve), Failed Surgical Rings (Valve-in-Ring), and Native Valve With Severe Mitral Annular Calcification (Valve-in-Mitral Annular Calcification) in the United States: Data From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology/Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry. 
  • Three-dimensional potential gradient fields generated by intracardiac catheter and cutaneous patch electrodes. 
  • Thresholds of fibrillating leakage currents along intracardiac catheters: an experimental study. 
  • Thromboembolism after WATCHMANTM in a clopidogrel non-responder: A case for concern? 
  • Thrombotic and cardiovascular complications related to nonionic contrast media during cardiac catheterization: analysis of 8,517 patients. 
  • To Pretreat or Not to Pretreat (With Oral P2Y12 Antagonists)? That is the Question. 
  • Tobacco smoking in patients with heart failure and coronary artery disease: A 20-year experience at Duke University Medical Center. 
  • Toward multiple catheters detection in fluoroscopic image guided interventions. 
  • Trained and supervised physician assistants can safely perform diagnostic cardiac catheterization with coronary angiography. 
  • Transapical and Transaortic Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in the United States. 
  • Transcardiopulmonary vs pulmonary arterial thermodilution methods for hemodynamic monitoring of burned patients. 
  • Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement. 
  • Transcatheter Leadless Pacemaker Implantation for Complete Heart Block Following CoreValve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. 
  • Transcatheter Mitral Valve Therapy in the United States: A Report from the STS/ACC TVT Registry. 
  • Transcatheter Mitral Valve Therapy in the United States: A Report From the STS-ACC TVT Registry. 
  • Transcatheter Valve Replacement for Right-sided Valve Disease in Congenital Heart Patients. 
  • Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in Germany 2008-2014: on its way to standard therapy for aortic valve stenosis in the elderly? 
  • Transcatheter aortic valve replacement for aortic bioprosthetic valve failure with cardiogenic shock. 
  • Transcatheter aortic valve replacement using a self-expanding bioprosthesis in patients with severe aortic stenosis at extreme risk for surgery. 
  • Transcatheter aortic valve replacement--part 3: the central role of perioperative transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Transcatheter aortic-valve implantation for aortic stenosis in patients who cannot undergo surgery. 
  • Transcatheter aortic-valve replacement for inoperable severe aortic stenosis. 
  • Transcatheter aortic-valve replacement with a self-expanding prosthesis. 
  • Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale following cryptogenic stroke: An updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. 
  • Transcatheter interventions across an inferior vena cava filter. 
  • Transcatheter mitral valve repair for functional mitral regurgitation: Evaluating the evidence. 
  • Transcatheter occlusion of the patent ductus arteriosus: a comparison of two devices. 
  • Transesophageal echocardiographic assessment of reversal of systolic pulmonary venous flow in mitral stenosis. 
  • Transhepatic catheterization using ultrasound-guided access. 
  • Transition to Ductal Stenting for Single Ventricle Patients Led to Improved Survival: An Institutional Case Series. 
  • Transluminal catheter reperfusion: a new technique to reestablish blood flow after coronary occlusion during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. 
  • Transluminal extraction catheter for the treatment of diseased saphenous vein grafts: a multicenter experience. 
  • Transluminal intracoronary reperfusion catheter: a device to maintain coronary perfusion between failed coronary angioplasty and emergency coronary bypass surgery. 
  • Transplant-Free Survival and Interventions at 6 Years in the SVR Trial. 
  • Transseptal Access-Gateway to Transcatheter Mitral Interventions. 
  • Treatment disparities in the care of patients with and without diabetes presenting with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Treatment of functional mitral valve regurgitation with the permanent percutaneous transvenous mitral annuloplasty system: results of the multicenter international Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Annuloplasty System to Reduce Mitral Valve Regurgitation in Patients with Heart Failure trial. 
  • Trends and Outcomes of Alternative-Access Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. 
  • Trends in the use of evidence-based treatments for coronary artery disease among women and the elderly: findings from the get with the guidelines quality-improvement program. 
  • Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension before and after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy. 
  • Two-dimensional and Doppler-echocardiographic and cardiac catheterization correlates of survival in primary pulmonary hypertension. 
  • Two-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of mitral stenosis. 
  • Two-dimensional echocardiographic findings in atrial septal defect. 
  • Two-year outcomes after transcatheter or surgical aortic-valve replacement. 
  • Uncorrected Tetralogy of Fallot, Biventricular Dysfunction, and a Large Pericardial Effusion. 
  • Understanding the patient experience of pain and discomfort during cardiac catheterization. 
  • Updated standardized endpoint definitions for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: the Valve Academic Research Consortium-2 consensus document. 
  • Updated standardized endpoint definitions for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: the Valve Academic Research Consortium-2 consensus document. 
  • Updated standardized endpoint definitions for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: the Valve Academic Research Consortium-2 consensus document. 
  • Updated standardized endpoint definitions for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: the Valve Academic Research Consortium-2 consensus document. 
  • Use of Adjuncts Reduces Cardiopulmonary Bypass Time During Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement. 
  • Use of Balloon Atrial Septostomy in Patients With Advanced Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. 
  • Use of Medicare Claims to Identify Adverse Clinical Outcomes After Mitral Valve Repair. 
  • Use of anticoagulant agents and risk of bleeding among patients admitted with myocardial infarction: a report from the NCDR ACTION Registry--GWTG (National Cardiovascular Data Registry Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network Registry--Get With the Guidelines). 
  • Use of aortic counterpulsation to improve sustained coronary artery patency during acute myocardial infarction. Results of a randomized trial. The Randomized IABP Study Group. 
  • Use of balloon aortic valvuloplasty to size the aortic annulus before implantation of a balloon-expandable transcatheter heart valve. 
  • Use of balloon occlusion to improve visualization of anomalous pulmonary venous return in an adult with cor triatriatum. 
  • Use of electrocardiogram to position right atrial catheters during surgery. 
  • Use of hand carried ultrasound, B-type natriuretic peptide, and clinical assessment in identifying abnormal left ventricular filling pressures in patients referred for right heart catheterization. 
  • Use of medical resources and quality of life after acute myocardial infarction in Canada and the United States. 
  • Use of proven therapies in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes according to evidence-based risk stratification. 
  • Use of stress testing and diagnostic catheterization after coronary stenting: association of site-level patterns with patient characteristics and outcomes in 247,052 Medicare beneficiaries. 
  • Usefulness of Pulse Amplitude Changes During the Valsalva Maneuver Measured Using Finger Photoplethysmography to Identify Elevated Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure in Patients With Heart Failure. 
  • Usefulness of a Noninvasive Device to Identify Elevated Left Ventricular Filling Pressure Using Finger Photoplethysmography During a Valsalva Maneuver. 
  • Usefulness of hand-carried ultrasound to predict elevated left ventricular filling pressure. 
  • Usefulness of serial radionuclide angiography in predicting cardiac death after coronary artery bypass grafting and comparison with clinical and cardiac catheterization data. 
  • Utility of Doppler color flow imaging for identification of femoral arterial complications of cardiac catheterization. 
  • Utility of a bedside acoustic cardiographic model to predict elevated left ventricular filling pressure. 
  • Utility of magnetic resonance imaging in cardiac venous anatomic variants. 
  • Utility of observation units for young emergency department chest pain patients. 
  • Utility of right ventricular Tei index in the noninvasive evaluation of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension before and after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy. 
  • Utilization of early invasive management strategies for high-risk patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: results from the CRUSADE Quality Improvement Initiative. 
  • Utilization of secondary prevention therapies in patients with nonobstructive coronary artery disease identified during cardiac catheterization: insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Cath-PCI Registry. 
  • Utilizing Hybrid Techniques to Maximize Clinical Outcomes in Congenital Heart Disease. 
  • Validation and refinement of the catheterization RISk score for pediatrics (CRISP score): An analysis from the congenital cardiac interventional study consortium. 
  • Validation of the association between a branched chain amino acid metabolite profile and extremes of coronary artery disease in patients referred for cardiac catheterization. 
  • Value of clinician assessment of hemodynamics in advanced heart failure: the ESCAPE trial. 
  • Value of the history and physical in identifying patients at increased risk for coronary artery disease. 
  • Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Valve Implantation in the Nonaortic Position. 
  • Valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation for degenerated bioprosthetic heart valves. 
  • Variability in radiation dose and image quality: A comparison across fluoroscopy-system vendors, generations of equipment and institutions. 
  • Variations in coronary procedure utilization depending on body mass index. 
  • Vectorcardiographic criteria for the diagnosis of anterior myocardial infarction. 
  • Vectorcardiographic criteria for the diagnosis of inferior myocardial infarction. 
  • Ventricular arrhythmias during reperfusion. 
  • Ventricular intracradiac shunting mechanisms in congenital heart disease. 
  • Volume-mediated pulmonary responses in liver transplant candidates. 
  • Vulnerable plaque intervention: State of the art. 
  • Watchman device migration and embolization: A report from the NCDR LAAO Registry. 
  • Watchman implantation in a patient with left atrial appendage thrombus. 
  • When and how to fix a 'hole in the heart': approach to ASD and PFO. 
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