Predictors, and Impact of Cardiac Arrhythmias among Patients Hospitalized with End-Stage Liver Disease

Hepatic failure in End-stage liver disease (ESLD) results in well acknowledged widespread multi-organ dysfunction: hepatic encephalopathy, hepatorenal syndrome (HRS), hepatopulmonary syndrome, muscle wasting, among others.

Declining Clinical Benefit of ICD in Heart Failure Patients: Temporal Trend of Mortality Outcomes from Randomized Controlled Trials

The risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with heart failure has declined over time thanks to the sequential introduction of new treatments.

Virtual Histology Intravascular Ultrasound Evaluation of Coronary Artery Lesions within 1 Year and More Than 10 Years after the Onset of Kawasaki Disease

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a form of idiopathic vasculitis that affects medium-sized arteries throughout the body, with onset usually in infancy at about 1 year of age.

Effectiveness of Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty in Patients with Inoperable Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension despite Having Lesion Types Suitable for Surgical Treatment

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) causes pulmonary hypertension and is signified by the presence of multiple organized occlusive thrombi in the pulmonary artery.

Progression of Endothelial Dysfunction, Atherosclerosis, and Arterial Stiffness in Stable Kidney Transplant Patients: A Pilot Study

CVD is the commonest cause of death in transplant patients with a surviving graft, more so than infection or malignancy.

High Risk of Sustained Ventricular Arrhythmia Recurrence after Acute Myocarditis

Acute myocarditis is correlated with cardiac arrhythmia in 25% of cases; ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) constitute a third of these arrhythmias.