Effects of Bisoprolol Are Comparable with Carvedilol in Secondary Prevention of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Although the benefits of carvedilol have been demonstrated in the era of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), very few studies have evaluated the efficacy of bisoprolol in the secondary prevention of acute myocardial infarction (MI) in patients treated with PCI. We hypothesized that the effect of bisoprolol would not be different from carvedilol in post-MI patients. A total of 13,813 patients who underwent PCI were treated either with carvedilol or bisoprolol at the time of discharge.

Red cell distribution width as a novel predictor for clinical outcomes in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.

Aims: Elevated red cell distribution width (RDW) has been known to be associated with adverse long-term outcomes in patients with cardiovascular diseases. We aimed to evaluate relationship between RDW values and clinical outcomes in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF).

Methods And Results: We analysed 567 patients who were newly diagnosed as paroxysmal AF.

Comparison of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants and warfarin on clinical outcomes in atrial fibrillation patients with renal dysfunction.

Aims: We aimed to compare the efficacy and safety between non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) and warfarin in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients according to renal dysfunction.

Methods And Results: We analysed 1319 patients who had been taken oral anticoagulants. They were classified into patients taking NOACs (n = 326) and warfarin (n = 993).

QRS morphology and ventricular dyssynchrony in patients with chronic right ventricular pacing.

Background: Mechanical dyssynchrony (MD) is associated with poor outcomes in many different populations. However, the predictors for the development of MD after chronic right ventricular (RV) pacing are not well known.

Methods: Pacing QRS morphology and MD using echocardiography was analyzed in 175 consecutive patients that have pacemaker implantation during a 7.

An optimal cardiothoracic ratio cut-off to predict clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

The traditional cut-off for the cardiothoracic ratio (CTR) by chest X-ray was not originally proposed as a prognostic variable. We investigated an optimal CTR cut-off that could predict clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). A total of 3,083 AMI patients (65.