Public schools are responsible for educating all students. Yet they have always been much
more successful educating middle-to-upper income white students than poor and minority …

Multimodality imaging of aortitis is useful for identification of acute and chronic mural changes
due to inflammation, edema, and fibrosis, as well as characterization of structural luminal …

Speckle-tracking left ventricular global longitudinal strain (GLS) assessment may provide
substantial prognostic information for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients. Reference …

Electrocardiograms were recorded in 5 patients accidentally exposed to cold. All 5 patients
came from either a poorly heated room or the open air. Usually there was some alteration of …

Background Significant paravalvular leak (PVL) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement
(TAVR) confers a worse prognosis. Symptoms related to significant PVL may be difficult to …

Ubiquitous satellite communications are in a leading position for bridging the digital divide.
Fulfilling such a mission will require satellite services on par with fibre services, both in …

The authors enrolled 95 patients with keratoconus and 96 matched controls in a cross-sectional
study to determine if mitral valve prolapse and hypermobile joints occur with greater …

Background— Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery has been performed frequently
for symptomatic coronary atherosclerotic heart disease for more than 30 years. However, …

Objectives : The aim of this study was to compare outcomes of transcatheter intervention (TI)
versus surgical intervention (SI) for paravalvular leak (PVL). Background : Data comparing …

The management of patients with valvular heart disease is increasingly reliant on multimodal
cardiac imaging. In patients with severe aortic stenosis considered for transcatheter aortic …