2021 07 - 12 articles
1 July 2022
Myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA)： Myocardial infarction (MI) with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) is defined as MI according to the fourth universal definition of MI [1] without coronary stenosis ≥50% on...
Artificial intelligence in science
Artificial intelligence (AI) is centre stage in many scientific fields. PubMed lists an impressive number of publications on the topic; as of end of May, 397,379 articles just in medicine [...]
1 July 2021
Cardiology Update Davos, 24–26 October 2021: The Cardiology Update in Davos is one of the the major meetings in the field of cardiology in Europe, with a long tradition [...]
1 July 2021
Albrecht von Haller (1708 – 1777; Abb. 1) war ein bedeutender, umfassend gebildeter Arzt, Anatom, Physiologe und Naturforscher [...]
During epicardial radiofrequency ablation procedures for ventricular tachycardia the proximity to the left phrenic nerve may limit or even prohibit ablation of the arrhythmia, especially in the lateral segments of the left ventricle. We report a case...
BACKGROUND: Flecainide, a class IC antiarrhythmic drug, is used frequently in patients with supraventricular arrhythmias, mostly atrial fibrillation, and less commonly for ventricular arrhythmias. With its strong affinity to sodium channels in the ca...
Introduction. During the past two decades, the term “frailty” has become a vogue expression, with an exponentially growing use in the medical literature [...]
Caseous calcification of the mitral annu-lus (CCMA) is a rare variant of mitral annular calcification, which can be difficult to diagnose and can be misdiag-nosed as a cardiac tumour or abscess. Multimodality imaging is important for the diagnosi...
1 July 2021
Composite graft replacement is an established surgical procedure that radically treats pathologies of the aortic root, especially when the aortic valve cannot be spared. We analysed the intraoperative details and the short-term outcome of a large con...
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) has emerged recently as an underestimated cause of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death [...]
Survival and quality of life improved signiffcantly with the dramatic changes of heart failure (HF) treatment in the last decades [1]. An unanticipated consequence of this favorable development is the emergence of a patient population increasingly...
Introduction. Supraventricular tachycardias (SVTs) are common in the general population and usually symptomatic [...]
