2015 09 - 7 articles
Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is an infrequent, mostly stress-related transient cardio myopathy, which mainly affects postmenopausal women. Inverted or basal TTC (B-TTC) episodes are rarer. Our case illustrates a rare example of B-TTC in a 30-year-...
Ake Senning, Professor of Surgery at the University of Zurich from 1961 to 1985, was a great protagonist of the pioneering phase of cardiac surgery. His work reflects great versatility, multiplicity of interests, extremely wide knowledge, and rigorou...
Background: Early identification of myocardial infarction is crucial in chest pain patients. Objective: Our goal was to evaluate if copeptin allows the ruling out of myocardial infarction (AMI) when used with cardiac troponin Ic (troponin) in the eme...
Mutations in proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) were first described in 2003 as a cause of autosomal dominant hypercholesterolaemia. Moreover, genetic studies have indicated that some PCSK9 lossoffunction mutations are associated w...
Background: Primary aldosteronism (PA) is one of the most prevalent forms of secondary hypertension, which may be cured by unilateral adrenalectomy. Adrenal vein sampling (AVS) is considered the gold-standard procedure for distinction between bilater...
As part of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) medical monitoring programme, we perform each year a standard cardiovascular examination including a 12- lead resting electrocardiogram (ECG) in all members of a professional cycling team.[...]
A 61-year-old woman with a 20-year history of paroxysmal tachycardia was referred for ablation.[...]
