Background: Platelet inhibition after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) reduces the
risk of myocardial infarction (MI) but increases the risk of bleeding. MIs and bleeds during …

Background Treatment decisions in kidney transplantation requires patients and clinicians to
weigh the benefits and harms of a broad range of medical and surgical interventions, but the …

Background Prior studies have reported inconsistencies in the baseline risk profile,
comorbidity burden and their association with clinical outcomes in women compared to men …

Objectives: This study sought to determine the relationships among access site practice,
clinical presentation, and procedural outcomes in a large patient population. Background …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that more intensive over standard
anticoagulation administered during coronary angiography would significantly reduce rates …

Background Although perioperative prophylactic glucocorticoids have been used for
decades, whether they improve outcomes in infants after heart surgery with cardiopulmonary …

Abstract Purpose of Review Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in heart failure (HF) are
becoming increasingly complex and expensive to conduct and if positive deliver expensive …

Background Women hospitalized with a non‐ST segment elevation acute coronary
syndrome (ACS) have worse clinical outcomes compared with men. An early invasive …

Background Female sex was not included among the high bleeding risk (HBR) criteria by
the Academic Research Consortium (ARC) as it remains unclear whether it constitutes an …

Non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS) are the leading cause
of morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease worldwide. The American Heart …