This year in Rome…

Editors Cardiology Journal

Editorial

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Increased Rho kinase activity predicts worse cardiovascular outcome in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients

Xiaohui Li, Xing Wu, Hongwei Li, Hui Chen, Yongliang Wang, Weiping Li, Xiaosong Ding, Xu Hong

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Evaluation of the prognostic value of electrocardiography parameters and heart rhythm in patients with pulmonary hypertension

Dirk Bandorski, Harilaos Bogossian, Anja Ecke, Christoph Wiedenroth, Ekkehard Gruenig, Nicola Benjamin, Matthias Arlt, Werner Seeger, Eckhard Mayer, Ardeschir Ghofrani, Reinhard Hoeltgen, Henning Gall

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Effect of bedtime administration of blood-pressure lowering agents on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring results: A meta-analysis

Yuanyuan Sun, Xiao Yu, Junni Liu, Nannan Zhou, Liming Chen, Yong Zhao, Xiaodong Li, Jianchun Wang, Lianqun Cui

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Wall shear stress in the development of in-stent restenosis revisited. A critical review of clinical data on shear stress after intracoronary stent implantation

Csaba Jenei, Emília Balogh, Gábor Tamás Szabó, Csaba András Dézsi, Zsolt Kőszegi

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Post-procedural TIMI flow grade 2 is not associated with improved prognosis in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary revascularization (PL-ACS registry)

Jarosław Karwowski, Lech Poloński, Marek Gierlotka, Mariusz Gąsior, Maciej Bęćkowski, Ilona Kowalik, Hanna Szwed

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Impact of postdilatation on performance of bioresorbable vascular scaffolds in patients with acute coronary syndrome compared with everolimus-eluting stents: A propensity score-matched analysis from a multicenter “real-world” registry

Yoichi Imori, Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, Tommaso Gori, Thomas Münzel, Fabrizio Ugo, Gianluca Campo, Enrico Cerrato, L. Christian Napp, Mario Iannaccone, Jelena R. Ghadri, Elycia Kazemian, Ronald K. Binder, Milosz Jaguszewski, Adam Csordas, Piera Capasso, Simone Biscaglia, Fedrico Conrotto, Ferdinando Varbella, Roberto Garbo, Fiorenzo Gaita, Paul Erne, Thomas F. Lüscher, Claudio Moretti, Antonio H. Frangieh, Christian Templin

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Changes in serum biomarker profiles after percutaneous mitral valve repair with the MitraClip system

Ji-Na Yoon, Antonio H. Frangieh, Adrian Attinger-Toller, Christiane Gruner, Felix C. Tanner, Maurizio Taramasso, Roberto Corti, Thomas F. Lüscher, Frank Ruschitzka, Dominique Bettex, Francesco Maisano, Oliver Gaemperli

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Decreased carotid and vertebral arterial blood-flow velocity in response to orthostatic unload in patients with severe aortic stenosis

Paweł Kleczyński, Paweł Petkow Dimitrow, Artur Dziewierz, Andrzej Surdacki, Dariusz Dudek

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Multidetector computed tomography to detect reversible subclinical aortic bioprosthetic valve thrombosis with high systolic gradients

Rafał Gałąska, Dorota Kulawiak-Gałąska, Marcin Fijałkowski, Edyta Szurowska, Marcin Gruchała

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Optical coherence tomography imaging after successful percutaneous coronary intervention treatment of coronary perforation following bioabsorbable vascular scaffold implantation: Consecutive ping-pong and child-in-mother techniques

Carlos Cortés, Ignacio J Amat-Santos, Milosz Jaguszewski, Paol Rojas, L. Renier Gonçalves, Juan Luis Gutiérrez-Chico, J. Alberto San Román

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Safety and efficacy of early radiofrequency catheter ablation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation complicated with amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis

Maojing Wang, Shanglang Cai, Libo Sun, Qing Zhao, Wenjing Feng

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A novel cross-sector telemedical approach to detect arrhythmia in primary care patients with palpitations using a patient-activated event recorder

Oliver Klein-Wiele, Markus Faghih, Stefan Dreesen, Rhyan Urbien, Marwan Abdelghafor, Kaffer Kara, Michael Schulte-Hermes, Marietta Garmer, Dietrich Grönemeyer, Birgit Hailer

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Effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy by the frequency of revascularization procedures in ischemic cardiomyopathy patients

Mustafa Husaini, Yitschak Biton, Brad Stair, Arthur J. Moss, Tor Biering-Sørensen, Scott Solomon, Scott McNitt, Bronislava Polonsky, Wojciech Zareba, Alon Barsheshet, Valentina Kutyifa

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Factors associated with stroke in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation beyond CHADS2 score

Min-Kyung Kang, Chaehoon Han, Kwang Jin Chun, Jaehuk Choi, Seonghoon Choi, Jung-Rae Cho, Namho Lee

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Successful ablation of ventricular tachycardia with a novel multipolar high-density mapping catheter

Tardu Özkartal, S. Andreas Müller-Burri, Corinna B. Brunckhorst, Laurent M. Haegeli

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Immediate recovery of the left atrial and left ventricular diastolic function after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: A transesophageal echocardiography study

Cenk Sarı, Abdullah Nabi Aslan, Serdal Baştuğ, Murat Akçay, Nihal Akar Bayram, Emine Bilen, Hüseyin Ayhan, Hacı Ahmet Kasapkara, Tahir Durmaz, Telat Keleş, Engin Bozkurt

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