Celiac disease, a common autoimmune condition affecting approximately 1% of the population, can develop with exposure to gluten at any age. Diagnosis involves serologic testing, especially for IgA ...
In this prospective, open-label, noninferiority trial with a prespecified sequential testing strategy for superiority and blinded outcome adjudication, we randomly assigned patients with infrainguinal ...
Overactivation of the alternative complement pathway contributes to IgA nephropathy and glomerular inflammation. In the 9-month interim analysis of this phase 3 trial, iptacopan, a complement factor B ...
Despite guideline recommendations, evidence from randomized trials evaluating the appropriate low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol target for secondary prevention in patients with atherosclerotic ...
Complex percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with severely impaired left ventricular function carries a high risk of death and complications. Whether percutaneous left ventricular ...
Assessing intermediate coronary lesions with an intracoronary pressure wire improves clinical outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Corporations that make and market health-harming products are a primary vector for the global increase in mortality related to noncommunicable diseases. Research using internal industry documents c ...
In the catheterization laboratory, the most consequential decisions are frequently not about whether to treat, but rather about how far to extend treatment. Nowhere is that tension more apparent ...
For patients with atrial fibrillation, the use of oral anticoagulant therapy to prevent stroke is limited by the risk of bleeding. Left atrial appendage closure is considered for patients who are ...
The role of long-term beta-blocker therapy after a myocardial infarction in patients without left ventricular systolic dysfunction or heart failure is unclear in the era of contemporary ...
Treatment of the left main coronary artery with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the absence of previous surgical revascularization, also referred to as an unprotected left main coronary ...
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is increasingly used for revascularization of unprotected left main coronary artery disease. Whether intravascular ultrasonographic (IVUS) guidance during ...