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Lost in Space - Left Lateral Cardiac Displacement Due to an Unusual Cause
- Niels Holm,
- Esther Bächli and
- Tobias Hoefflinghaus
We present a case of an incidental finding of congenital absent pericardium (CAP) [...]
02 2014 - 10 articles
We present a case of an incidental finding of congenital absent pericardium (CAP) [...]
This review indicates that the incidence of left ventricular hypertrophy which was a hallmark of hypertensive heart disease is decreasing. This review describes the work to assess hypertensive heart disease today. Proof of hypertension has to be docu...
The Cardiovascular Biology Prize is awarded for original research work in cardiovascular disease [...]
Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) is a specialised form of advanced cardiac life support that can be utilised in critically ill patients who require short term cardiac support. Cardiac imaging, especially with echocardiograph...
A 68-year-old male with diabetes and hypertension underwent a coronary angiogram, t hrough the right radial artery approach, because of inducible ischaemia on stress testing [...]
This short and interesting case demonstrates very aptly the potential clinical utility of provocation testing for coronary artery spasm and briefly discusses the uncertainty encountered in interpreting the test.
Essential hypertension remains poorly understood, despite the enormous efforts of research, which brought understanding of certain physiopathological and treatment mechanisms. New insights have emerged from recent data showing that environmental insu...
When is echocardiography necessary? Patients with arterial hypertension frequently have cardiovascular complications. Echocardiography is needed in those patients for whom cardiac damage is suspected. However, systematic echocardiographic screening t...
A 34-year old woman presented to the emergency department with a wake-up stroke, after onset of a sensomotoric paresis of the right arm and motoric aphasia [...]
Important advances have been made in the past few years in the fields of clinical cardiac electrophysiology and pacing. Researchers and clinicians have a greater understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying atrial fibrillation (AF),...