2013 09 - 6 articles
Inflammatory processes have been shown to be major pathophysiological determinants of patient vulnerability for acute ischaemic cardiovascular diseases. Among soluble inflammatory mediators, chemokines have been investigated as potential proatheroscl...
Introduction: The Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC) consensus document on outcome reporting in transcatheter valves has recently been revised. We used these VARC-2 standardised endpoint definitions to report transcatheter aortic valve implant...
Owing to a massive femoral haematoma several days after muscle biopsy (polymyositis), a 56-year old woman was readmitted to the hospital [...]
Anomalous origin of the Left main Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (also called ALCAPA or Bland-White-Garland syndrome) is a rare finding with an often fatal natural history due to left ventricular ischaemia. This case report describes the l...
We report a 22-year-old male patient who survived clinically unapparent acute traumatic transection of the distal ascending aorta and the proximal aortic arch. Two months after the incident, the patient presented with hoarseness, respiratory distress...
Eine 72-jährige Nonne wurde zugewiesen zur Abklärung einer transient ischämischen Attacke [...]
