2022 07 - 7 articles
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...
