Journal of Clinical Cardiology

Mini Review Open Access

Left Atrial Dysfunction in Patients with Coronary Slow Flow

Li Liu, Jing Dong, Zhiyuan Shui

In this review address the changes of LA structure and function in patients with CSFP according to our research and existing literature, therefore provide further insight into its clinical significance and pathophysiological mechanisms.

Commentary Open Access

Blood Pressure Lowering May Decrease Cognitive Decline; But Are We Ready to Lower Blood Pressure in the Real World?

Madhuri Ramakrishnan, Gary Gronseth, Aditi Gupta

Dementia and hypertension are highly prevalent, epidemiologically related chronic conditions disproportionately affecting older persons; approximately 97% of persons with dementia and 66% with hypertension are over the age of 65.

Commentary Open Access

Predicting COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients’ Outcome with Homocysteine

Giovanni Ponti, Marco Manfredini, Gabriella Oliva, Tomris Ozben, Caterina Fontana, Aldo Tomasi

The COVID-19 pandemic has provoked a global, rapid increase of cases due to the high infectivity of the etiological agent, COVID-19 virus. In February 2021, over 110 million confirmed COVID-19 cases with 1 million deaths were reported worldwide (www.who.int).

Editorial Open Access

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and the Troponins: The Enigma Remains

Rameen Shakur

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a heart muscle disorder and is the most common form of Mendelianinherited heart disease, affecting approximately 0.2% of the global population. In adults the disease is often inherited as an autosomal dominant trait caused by mutations, mainly in one of the 23 cardiac sarcomere protein genes.

Review Open Access

Paradoxical Low Flow Aortic Stenosis: A Clinical Dilemma

Adriana Rosario, Sofia Carolina Masri

Internists as well as cardiologists often receive echocardiogram reports which failed to offer a clear definition of the aortic stenosis (AS) severity due to discordant data regarding the aortic valve gradients and the valve area. Sometimes AS appears severe according to the valve area criteria, in spite of the fact that gradients across the valve are not in the severe range.

Research Article Open Access

Chest Pain in Repeated Emergency Department Visitors

Ksenija Slankamenac, Michael Stucki, Dagmar I. Keller

Chest pain is the leading symptom in 5 to 8% of all emergency department (ED) visits and is also one of the major reasons of repeated ED visits, causing around 6% of these cases [1]. Generally, in 15 to 25% of patients with chest pain, acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the underlying cause.