The ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines was formed to gather information and make
recommendations about appropriate use of technology for the diagnosis and treatment of …

… (1 mm or greater) or T-wave inversion in multiple precordial leads Fixed Q waves ST
depression 0.5 to 1 mm or T-wave inversion greater than 1 mm T-wave flattening or inversion less …

… troponin I or T measured after the procedure. (Level of Evidence: B) This recommendation
appeared in the text of the 2001 revision for CK-MB only. Troponin I or T measurement has …

Background Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) involving drug-eluting stents is
increasingly used to treat complex coronary artery disease, although coronary-artery bypass …

Background Mitral-valve repair can be accomplished with an investigational procedure that
involves the percutaneous implantation of a clip that grasps and approximates the edges of …

Background We report the 5-year results of the SYNTAX trial, which compared coronary
artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for the …

Objectives : This study sought to evaluate the clinical results of a percutaneous approach to
mitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation (MR). Background : A surgical technique …

… Feldman received research support from Evalve, Inc., Cardiac Dimensions, Edwards Life
Sciences, and Myocor and was a consultant for QuantumCor. Dr. Kar received research …

We propose a new η-η′ mixing scheme where we start from the quark flavor basis and
assume that the decay constants in that basis follow the pattern of particle state mixing. On …

… Feldman is a consultant for and has received research grants from Abbott Vascular ,
Boston Scientific , and Edwards Lifesciences . Dr. Kipperman is a consultant for Cardiokinetix. …