2016 05 - 5 articles
Case presentation A 70-year-old female patient with a history of controlled arterial hypertension presented to her cardiologist for palpitations, chest pain and dyspnoea of progressive onset over the last few days [...]
Background: Two-thirds of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) develop symptomatic dynamic left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction. Renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors are well-established antihypertensive drug...
We report the case of a 54-year-old patient with a splenic infarction of unknown origin, recurrent transient focal neurological episodes and multiple subacute cerebral ischaemic lesions on magnetic resonance imaging. During stroke work-up we performe...
Engaging in regular physical activity affords significant health benefits, while a lack of exercise is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The amount of physical activity required to achieve these benefits is relatively...
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is in large part responsible for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the Western world. Therefore diagnostic tools for the assessment of CAD, such as cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging, have become inc...
