2017 02 - 5 articles
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide, therefore representing a major healthcare burden. Exacerbations become more frequent as the severity of disease increases and can lead, through dynamic...
Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is an underestimated acute heart failure syndrome masquerading as acute myocardial infarction at presentation and mostly affecting postmenopausal women. As TTS is often precipitated by emotional stress especially after negati...
Patients with congenital heart disease often have ventricular hypertrophy, dilatation and/or fibrosis as part or a direct consequence of their malformation. Moreover, they often have ventricular scars and/or patches and develop secondary haemodynamic...
A 45-year-old man known for bradycardia underwent cardiac evaluation because of complete atrioventricular block. His mother underwent heart transplantation at the age of 60 for dilated cardiomyopathy. Echocardiography revealed mild left ventricular d...
Die Zeit vor 1996 Gewiss, Herzmedizin wurde bereits vor 1996 in Zürich betrieben (Abb. 1) [...]
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