In patients with acute HF, GLS has greater prognostic value than LVEF. Therefore, the authors suggest that GLS should be considered as the standard measurement in all patients with HF. This new concept needs validation in further studies.

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Our study demonstrated that the higher serum ALP level is an independent predictor of mortality, myocardial infarction, and stent thrombosis in CAD patients after PCI with DES.

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High native T1 value on noncontrast T1 mapping CMR is a novel, independent predictor of adverse outcome in patients with significant AS.

GLS appears to be a better predictor of cardiac events all-cause death than conventional parameters. Measuring preoperative GLS is helpful to predict post-operative outcome and determine optimal timing for surgery in patients with severe primary MR.

This study suggests that IC bolus injection of nicorandil is a simple, safe, and effective way to induce steady-state hyperaemia for invasive physiological evaluations. Clinicaltrials.gov number: NCT01331902.

Despite anatomical features of concern, the clinical outcomes of TAVR in our Asian population were favorable in comparison with those of previously published trials and observational studies. (The Asian Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Registry [Asian TAVR]; NCT02308150).