Background Placement of an interatrial shunt device reduces pulmonary capillary wedge
pressure during exercise in patients with heart failure and preserved or mildly reduced ejection …

Context Arterial grafts are thought to be better conduits than saphenous vein grafts for coronary
artery bypass grafting (CABG) based on experience with using the left internal mammary …

Background Few studies have examined the efficacy of drug-eluting stents (DES) for reducing
aortocoronary saphenous vein bypass graft (SVG) failure compared with bare-metal stents …

Previous reports indicate that IL18 is a novel candidate gene for diastolic dysfunction in
sickle cell disease (SCD)–related cardiomyopathy. We hypothesize that interleukin-18 (IL-18) …

Background To treat chronic heart failure (CHF), we developed a robust, easy to handle
bioabsorbable tissue-engineered patch embedded with human neonatal fibroblasts and human …

This study was designed to determine if a viable biodegradable three-dimensional
fibroblast construct (3DFC) patch implanted on the left ventricle after myocardial infarction (MI) …

Resulting from a various etiologies, the most notable remains ischemia; heart failure (HF)
manifests as the common end pathway of many cardiovascular processes and remains among …

Background: Gap junction remodeling is well established as a consistent feature of human
heart disease involving spontaneous ventricular arrhythmia. The mechanisms responsible for …

Coronary artery angiography remains an important procedure for the assessment of coronary
arteries. It requires injection of iodinated contrast for the opacification of coronary arteries. …

Aortic valve disorders are important considerations in advanced heart failure patients being
evaluated for left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) and those on LVAD support. Aortic …