Cardiovascular Medicine, Volume 19, Issue 17

We present a case of false deployment of a self-expandable transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) prosthesis due to inadvertent and incorrect release of an eyelet in the crown of the valve resulting in a tilted valve. Hence the prosthesis had...

Introduction: Crude mortality is commonly used as a quality indicator (QI) for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), but has important limitations including its dependence on the local case-mix. We aimed to explore the feasibility of a...

Introduction: Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2DSTE) has been recommended as a helpful tool for assessing cardiac function. A mean global longitudinal strain (GLS) value of >18% has been one of the recommended normal cut-off lim...

Prompt referral for myocardial reperfusion represents the gold standard emergency treatment for patients experiencing ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). However, in a considerable proportion of STEMI patients, reopening of the infarct-relate...

Angefangen hat Medizin mit Zuwendung, als sie nur dies zu bieten hatte [1]. Mit dem Helfen und Trösten war jedoch nicht viel gewonnen, da Behandeln, und erst recht Heilen, noch in ferner Zukunft lag. Hippokrates mahnte denn auch zur Vorsicht, als er...

A 45-year-old woman was admitted to our stroke unit because of acute focal neurological symptoms. A spontaneous left internal carotid artery dissection was later diagnosed. In the following 14 days the patient was affected by ST-segment elevation acu...