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Author(s):
Sofie Moreels
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Steven Dymarkowski
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Serge De Ridder
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3 years ago
A 65-year-old male patient was referred to our outpatient clinic for cardiac evaluation because of an asymptomatic continuous murmur. Four years ago, a grade 2/6 systolic cardiac murmur had been coincidentally detected, but it had not been investigated so far. The patient was completely asymptomatic. There was no relevant past medical history or significant family history. His cardiovascular risk…
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Author(s):
Peiman Jamshidi
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Paul Erne
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3 years ago
Multiple variations of congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries exist that may occur in isolation or in association with other congenital anomalies. They can cause myocardial ischaemia. A rare but potentially lethal condition is the anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. As pulmonary pressures fall in newborns with this condition, myocardial perfusion becomes…
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Author(s):
Cristina Basso
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Gaetano Thiene
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3 years ago
Despite the low prevalence in the overall population, congenital coronary artery (CA) anomalies are frequently found as the cause of sudden death (SD) in the young, particularly in the athletic field.1-11 These anomalies are observed both in paediatric and adult patients, with an equal incidence of SD. Why a patient may survive asymptomatic until adulthood and then suffer from angina, myocardial…
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Author(s):
Jose Luis Zamorano
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3 years ago
2D echocardiography (2DE) is a common diagnostic and treatment planning tool in clinical cardiology, especially for the assessment of left ventricular (LV) volume and function. However, traditional 2DE is severely limited by its dependence on geometrical assumptions, which can lead to inaccuracies in volume quantification.1 Because 3D echocardiographic (3DE) imaging eliminates geometrical…
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Author(s):
María Martin
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Javier Cuevas
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Helena Cigarrán
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et al
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2 years ago
Author(s):
Lindsay A Smith
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Amit Bhan
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Mark J Monaghan
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3 years ago
The field of non-coronary cardiac intervention is undergoing rapid expansion, driven by advances in technology and increasing demand for alternative, non-surgical therapies for common structural heart diseases. As a result, the volume, variety and complexity of percutaneous catheter-based procedures being performed in cardiac catheterisation laboratories are increasing. Traditionally, fluoroscopy…
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TAVI in Challenging Scenarios
Author(s):
Sandra Santos-Martínez
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Ignacio J Amat-Santos
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2 years ago
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Author(s):
Antonio FB de Azevedo Filho
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Tarso AD Accorsi
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Henrique B Ribeiro
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2 years ago
Author(s):
Yukiko Isekame
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Sabiha Gati
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Jose Antonio Aragon-Martin
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et al
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3 years ago
Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a disease in which connective tissue becomes weak secondary to fibrillin-1 mutations, resulting in aortic dilatation, aneurysm formation, aortic dissection, aortic regurgitation and mitral valve prolapse (MVP; see Table 1).
Epidemiology
MFS is an autosomal dominant condition: 75 % of all patients inherit the condition from one affected parent and 25 % are affected as…
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Author(s):
Akihiko Nogami
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3 years ago
No apparent structural abnormality is identified in approximately 10% of all sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardias (VTs) in the US1 and in 20% of those in Japan.2 These VTs are referred to as ‘idiopathic’. Idiopathic VTs usually occur in specific locations and have specific QRS morphologies, whereas VTs associated with structural heart disease have a QRS morphology that tends to indicate…
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