Cardiovascular Medicine

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Open AccessCase Report

Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Graves’ Disease

by Damian Gruber and Rainer Zbinden

Cardiovasc. Med. 2016, 19(6), 188; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2016.00418 - 22 Jun 2016

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While Graves’ disease has been a well-known clinical entity for some time, takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) has become recognised as an acute heart failure syndrome only in recent years. Typically physical or emotion al stress triggers the disease, but pathophysiological mechanisms remain poorly understood. We report a case of TTC in the setting of Graves’ disease in absence of the usual triggers. After pharmacological treatment the patient improved rapidly, and cardiac function fully recovered within 1 month. Full article

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Recurrent Symptomatic Regular Tachycardia

by Sebastian Kopp, Stephanie Kiencke, Christian Sticherling and Tobias Reichlin

Cardiovasc. Med. 2016, 19(6), 185; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2016.00413 - 22 Jun 2016

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We present a case of bundle-branch reentry ventricular tachycardia (BBRVT) in a patient with underlying dilated cardiomyopathy. This is a rare form of VT using a reentry circuit typically consisting of the right bundle branch serving as the antegrade limb and the left bundle branch as the retro grade limb. It often occurs in patients with advanced conduction system disease, like in our case, a complete left bundle-branch block (LBBB). In BBR-VT there is often an unchanged QRS pattern compared with sinus rhythm which makes diagnosis challenging. In our case, even the automated morphology algorithm of the patient’s implantable cardioverterdefibrillator, which compared the EGM morphology during normal rhythm and tachycardia, failed to correctly identify the ventricular origin of the patient’s tachycardia. Catheter ablation of the right bundle branch is the preferred treatment of BBR-VT and resolved the problem in our patient. Full article

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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Congential Heart Disease

by Tobias Rutz, Kerstin Wustmann, Milan Prsa, Jean-Paul Vallée, Birgit Donner, Jens Bremerich, Christina Deluigi, Michael Zellweger, Daniel Tobler, Christian Kellenberger, Andreas Wahl, Pierre Monney, Peter Buser, François Gudinchet, Jürg Schwitter and Emanuela Valsangiacomo Büchel

Cardiovasc. Med. 2016, 19(6), 176; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2016.00411 - 22 Jun 2016

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Introduction. This document has been written by paediatric and adult cardiologists as well as radiologists with expertise in the field of congenital heart disease (CHD) imaging from the five university hospitals in Switzerland [...] Full article

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2014 ESC / EACTS Guidelines on Myocardial Revascularisation

by Konstantinos C. Koskinas and Stephan Windecker

Cardiovasc. Med. 2016, 19(6), 170; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2016.00419 - 22 Jun 2016

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The joint European Society of Cardiology and European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (ESC/EACTS) guidelines on myocardial revascularisation provide a contemporary overview of decision-making, management and treatment across the spectrum of coronary artery disease (CAD), including stable CAD as well as acute coronary syndromes. The 2014 document, issued 50 years after the first coronary artery bypass graft procedure (CABG), is based on a systematic review of randomised clinical trials comparing different strategies of myocardial revascularisation including CABG, balloon angioplasty and percutaneous coronary interventions with bare-metal stents, early- and new-generation drug-eluting stents with medical treatment. The present review focuses on some relevant aspects of these guidelines as well as on notable changes compared with previous recommendations. Full article

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Open AccessEditorial

Das Arbeitsgesetz und der Geist der Medizin

by Thomas F. Lüscher

Cardiovasc. Med. 2016, 19(6), 165; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2016.00421 - 22 Jun 2016

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Rückblick. Vor Zeiten, so hören die einen und erinnern sich die anderen, war der Arztberuf eine Berufung und kein Job [...] Full article

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