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Cardiovascular Medicine, Volume 18, Issue 6

2015 06 - 8 articles

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Articles (8)

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
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The New Postgraduate Course in Heart Failure (PCHF)—Update on the 1st and Announcement of the 2nd PCHF Course Edition

  • Lydia Tchambaz,
  • Ruth Amstein,
  • Francesco Maisano,
  • Thomas F. Lüscher and
  • Frank Ruschitzka

Heart failure has become the major cause of hospitalisation in patients over 65 years and the new epidemic of the 21st century [...]

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1,725 Views
4 Pages

Exercise-Induced Syncope—Not Always Due to the Worst Cause

  • Julien Regamey,
  • Karin Seiler,
  • Thilo Burkard and
  • Michael Kühne

We report the case of a healthy 16-year-old ballet dancer with a history of three episodes of syncope during physical activity as the manifestation of an exercise-induced vasodepressor syncope. This diagnosis may be hard to demonstrate in clinical pr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
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5 Pages

Current Aspects of Atrial Fibrillation Surgery

  • Christoph T. Starck,
  • Jan Steffel,
  • Tomas Holubec and
  • Volkmar Falk

Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, with an increasing prevalence with rising age. Atrial fibrillation is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Concomitant surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients und...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
125 Views
5 Pages

Pulmonary Valve Stenosis Due to Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma

  • Panagiotis Antiochos,
  • Pierre Monney,
  • Salah Dine Qanadli,
  • Leopold Schlueter,
  • Samuel Rotman,
  • Emilienne Descloux,
  • Lars Niclauss,
  • Michel Hurni and
  • Olivier Muller

Pulmonary artery sarcomas are uncommon intracardiac tumours with poor prognosis. We report the case of a 69-year-old woman in good health presenting with rapidly progressive dyspnoea and an unfamiliar systolic murmur. Echocardiography revealed pulmon...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
118 Views
2 Pages

When Andreas Grüntzig did his first procedures with his innovative balloon in 1977, he dared to treat only proximal type A lesions [...]

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