Cardiovascular Medicine, Volume 25, Issue 4

In the light of possible restrictions to the number of pacemaker implantations in Switzerland and missing local data on this topic, we aimed to evaluate if the pacemaker indications in a tertiary Swiss hospital are in accordance with current guidelin...

In fetuses with complex congenital heart disease (CHD), impaired brain growth and brain development starts in utero. A complex interplay between heart, brain, body and placenta takes place in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. Altered feta...

We report a 44-year-old patient, who was initially referred for routine cardiac evaluation, because of family history of sudden cardiac death and a probable new onset of a right bundle branch block (RBBB) on a regular electrocardiogram (ECG) (fig. 1)...

BACKGROUND: The most common forms of congenital and acquired obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract (LV OT) are valvular aortic stenosis, congenital tunnel-like obstruction, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy and, finally, the prosthe...

We present the case of an atrial thrombus that developed under established anticoagulation in a patient with a giant left atrial appendage aneurysm and persistent atrial fibrillation. The management of patients with left atrial appendage aneurysm is c...

We report a series of 31 patients after surgical aortic valve implantation of a bovine Sorin Mitroflow bioprosthesis with early severe structural valve degeneration (SVD) despite absence of known risk factors. Half of the patients underwent re-interve...

Introduction: Current European guidelines recommend a multidisciplinary team approach in infective endocarditis in order to ensure adequate treatment and follow-up. The aim of this contribution is to describe the organisation of the Endocarditis Boar...