Because of restrictive laws in multiple states for gender-affirming care, patients might be prompted to get recommendations from contemporary online chatbots. This study explored the appropriateness of such recommendations using validated tools to as...
BACKGROUND: Early identification of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) at higher risk for in-hospital mortality is essential to guide management and improve prognosis.
We identified the prevalence of elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 in patients with recent cardiovascular (CV) events with or without prediabetes/diabetes, and in a control group of patients with remote CV events. Interleu...
BACKGROUND: The impact of pulmonary hypertension (PH) on outcomes after surgical tricuspid valve replacement (TVR) and repair (TVr) is unclear. We sought to characterize PH in patients undergoing TVR/TVr, based on invasive hemodynamics and evaluate t...
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this article is to examine the systemic circulation and left ventricular (LV) performance by alternative, nonconventional approaches: systemic vascular conductance ( ) and the head-capacity relation (ie, the relation betwe...