Background Chimeric antigen receptors redirect T cells (CAR-T) to target cancer cells. There are limited data characterizing cardiac toxicity and cardiovascular (CV) events among adults treated with CAR-T. Objectives The purpose of this study was to evaluate the possible cardiac toxicities of CAR-T. Methods The registry included 137 patients who received CAR-T. Covariates included the…
Transthyretin (TTR) cardiac amyloidosis is a progressive disease caused by misfolding of TTR, and is estimated to affect up to 150,000 patients in the United…
AbstractBackgroundCardiogenic shock (CS) is a life-threatening hemodynamic state. Patients with differing shock severity show varying responsiveness to clinical interventions. CS also occurs in pat…
AbstractObjectiveThis study sought to describe a novel technique for percutaneous transluminal septal myocardial ablation using intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) through the right internal jugula…
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA Medical University of South Carolina, Charleson,…
AbstractBackgroundThe effect of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) duration on total events in patients at high bleeding risk (HBR) after PCI is unclear.ObjectivesWe aimed at evaluating…
AbstractBackgroundA novel optical coherence tomography (OCT)-based physiology assessment technique, virtual flow reserve (VFR), has been demonstrated to perform as a reliable surrogate for invasive…
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AbstractBackgroundCoronary radial wall strain (RWS) represents a novel approach enabling discrimination of vulnerable plaques with prognostic significance.ObjectivesThis study sought to evaluate th…
AbstractBackgroundNo comparative data exist with the self-expanding Navitor (NAV) and the balloon-expandable SAPIEN 3 Ultra (ULTRA) transcatheter heart valves (THVs).ObjectivesThis study sought to …
AbstractBackgroundPercutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with new generation drug eluting stents (DES) is still associated with risk of target lesion failure (TLF). The biolimus A9 eluting…
