Cardiovascular Medicine, Volume 14, Issue 3

This 45-year-old male, generally healthy patient was hospitalised with sepsis, due to endocarditis with a right atrial vegetation [...]

Objectives: We report our experience with video-assisted minithoracotomy and robotic-enhanced cardiac surgery in the setting of mitral valve repair.

Methods: Patients undergoing video-assisted minithoracotomy (n = 74) and robotic-enhanced (n = 15) ca...

CT coronary angiography and myocardial perfusion scintigraphy are both established non-invasive techniques for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). Cardiac hybrid imaging consists of the combination (or “fusion”) of both modalities and all...

Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) represents the gold standard in the treatment of symptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis as reflected by the class I indication assigned in the ACC/AHA and ESC guidelines. SAVR effectively relieves symptoms,...

We report the case of a 22-year-old man with dyspnea during a long-distance military march. The ECG showed signs of right ventricular overload. The chest X-ray showed an enlargement of central pulmonary arteries, pulmonary plethora and a small aortic...

We report the case of a 19 year-old woman who presented with chest pain at the emergency department. Cardiac risk factors were obesity, dyslipidemia, cigarette smoking and a sedentary lifestyle. Investigations revealed an acute myocardial infarction...

Guidelines 2011 on the treatment by cardiac pacing, defibrillation and percutaneous catheter ablation. In 2000 the Working Group on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology of the Swiss Society of Cardiology published guidelines on the diagnosis and trea...