2016 02 - 5 articles
Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is utilised as a short-term mechanical circulatory assist device for treatment of refractory acute cardiogenic shock. After a period of support, called “bridge to decision”, the options for ens...
A 69-year-old man with previous bypass surgery and multiple coronary stents presented with refractory angina. At angiography, the only suitable target was the left anterior descending artery (LAD), which had severe disease extending through an old st...
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) during sport is frequently the first and the last manifestation of an unrecognised, underlying, often asymptomatic heart disease. Athletes are seen as one of the healthiest segments of the population. SCD in an athlete is a...
We present a simplified, one-stage procedure to address combined ascending- descending aortic disease. This procedure consists of a hemiarch repair in hypothermic circulatory arrest and the antegrade delivery plus fixation of a stent graft in the des...
Ein 73-jähriger Mann stellte sich aufgrund von Palpitationen (Pulsaussetzern) und unspezifischem Schwindel in unserer Ambulanz vor [...]
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