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Effects of Holding Beta-Blockers on the Vital Signs of Heart Failure PatientsHeart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is associated with recurrent hospitalizations and high mortality. Guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) reduces morbidity, mortality and re-admission rates. Despite the evidence, less than 50% of patients with HFrEF are prescribed appropriate medical therapy.
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Metabolic Syndrome and COVID-19Recent studies showed that comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity contribute to severe and worse outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), suggesting that metabolic syndrome and its components are associated with severity of COVID-19. Here, I systematically reviewed a possible association of metabolic syndrome with the susceptibility to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and severity of COVID-19 by literature search.
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Heart Rate Changes Following the Administration of Sugammadex to Infants and Children With Comorbid Cardiac, Cardiovascular, and Congenital Heart DiseasesSugammadex is a novel, rapidly-acting pharmacologic agent to reverse steroidal neuromuscular blocking agents with demonstrated advantages over acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. However, anecdotal reports have noted rare instances of bradycardia and even cardiac arrest.
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Let Us Aggressively Confront the Coronavirus PandemicThe coronavirus due to its infectivity, contagious from otherwise healthy appearing individuals and high mortality, poses a serious threat to world health and the world economy. The medical community needs to approach the pandemic with urgency and with approaches that would not ordinarily be taken with a less urgent threat.
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Aortic Valve Calcification as a Predictor of Post-Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Pacemaker DependenceAtrioventricular block requiring permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation is a common complication of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The mechanism of atrioventricular (AV) block during TAVR is not fully understood...
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 Trajectory of Cardiac Catheterization for Acute Coronary Syndrome and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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Vol. 12, No. 1, Feb 2021
Table of Contents
Editorial
| Virtual Versus In-Person Learning as a Cardiologist During COVID-19 Pandemic | Abstract HTML PDF |
| John Somberg | 1 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1205 |
Original Article
| Effects of Holding Beta-Blockers on the Vital Signs of Heart Failure Patients | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Marc Erickson, Kimberly O’Dell, Juan Carlos Malpartida, Jacob Mok, Rafay Khan, Dharmendra Patel | 2-9 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1169 |
| Association Between the Level of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Coronary Atherosclerosis in Patients Who Have Undergone Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Hiroko Inoue, Yuhei Shiga, Kohei Tashiro, Yuto Kawahira, Yasunori Suematsu, Yoshiaki Idemoto, Kanako Tano, Takashi Kuwano, Makoto Sugihara, Hiroaki Nishikawa, Yousuke Katsuda, Shin-ichiro Miura | 10-15 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1180 |
| Some Aspects of Role of Nitric Oxide in the Mechanisms of Hypertension (Experimental Study) | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Katevan Kakabadze, Irakli Megreladze, Nino Khvichia, Nodar Mitagvaria, Nina Kipiani, Megi Dumbadze, Tamar Sanikidze | 16-24 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1172 |
| Predictors of Mitral Regurgitation Severity Improvement in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Alla Lubovich, Fabio Kusniec, Doron Sudarsky, Liza Grosman-Rimon, Shemy Carasso | 25-28 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1174 |
| Predictability of Inpatient Mortality of Different Comorbidities in Both Types of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Analysis of National Inpatient Sample | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Abdulrahman S. Museedi, Abbas Alshami, Steven Douedi, Firas Ajam, Joseph Varon | 29-36 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1186 |
| Evaluation of Index of Cardio-Electrophysiological Balance in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation on Antiarrhythmic-Drug Therapy | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Abdulmecit Afsin, Ramazan Asoglu, Mehmet Ali Kobat, Emin Asoglu, Arif Suner | 37-46 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1185 |
| Trajectory of Cardiac Catheterization for Acute Coronary Syndrome and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Abstract HTML PDF |
| Pooja S. Desai, Elias J. Fanous, Weiyi Tan, James Lee, Tri Trinh, Asim M. Rafique, Rushi V. Parikh, Marcella Calfon Press | 47-50 |
| doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/cr1149 |