The next difficult task in combating the COVID-19 pandemic will be to effectively distribute the vaccine and convince sufficient numbers of individuals to be vaccinated in order for herd immunity to be successful.
Investigators studied the reactivation of cytomegalovirus in critically ill patients with sepsis and identified measured of CMV reactivation that were associated with worse clinical outcomes.
Diagnosing pulmonary hypertension due to left-heart disease requires a systematic approach using clinical history and noninvasive investigations.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether baseline pulmonary hypertension influences the outcome of transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVr) in patients presenting with HF with SMR.
The use of Ikari-curve left guiding catheters during balloon pulmonary angioplasty was found to allow access to branches not accessible with conventional guiding catheters.
The pulmonary pathobiology of patients who died from respiratory failure caused by COVID-19 vs influenza was found to be distinct.
Influenza vaccinations were found to be underutilized among groups who are considered to be at high risk for complications from infection.
A position statement by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Thoracic Society outlines recommendations for the detection, care, and treatment of pulmonary hypertension.
A coronary angiography was performed in the prone position in a patient with ARDS related to COVID-19, in an effort to maintain reasonable oxygen saturation.
Measurements of pulmonary artery distensibility were more effective to detect pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease than measurements of PA dilatation, in patients with severe heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, aortic stenosis, or primary mitral regurgitation.
