Cardiovascular Medicine, Volume 26, Issue 5

This article provides a condensed but comprehensive summary of the latest knowledge of sex-specific aspects of arrhythmias. Starting with sex-based differences in electrophysiological properties of the heart, it further covers sex- and gender-differe...

Am 22. Juli 2023 ist der bekannte Schweizer Kardiologe Paul J. E. Erne nach langer Krankheit verstorben […]

The latest issue of Cardiovascular Medicine deals with various topics on cardiovascular diseases, again with a focus on sex-specific subjects [...]

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in women presents unique challenges in terms of pathophysiology, diagnosis and management. Rare forms of ACS, such as takotsubo syndrome (TTS) and spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), have gained increasing att...

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Emerging data indicates that there are relevant sex-specific differences in the pathobiology, clinical presentation, and management of ACS in women and men. Pre...

We present the case of a 50-year-old woman with a chemotherapeutically treated primary mediastinal lymphoma and circumferential pericardial effusion, whose echocardiogram revealed unusual intrapericardial colour and pulsed-wave Doppler flow signals....

An infrequently diagnosed case of atrial infarction which occurred in conjunction with left ventricular myocardial infarction is presented. Atrial infarction was recognised by the presence of PR segment depression in conjunction with premature atrial...

By our case report, we want to bring to light the necessity of further workup in young patients with syncope, chest pain and dyspnea. A 26-year-old male was admitted due to syncope after complaining of chest pain and breathing difficulties. Transthor...

Terlipressin is a synthetic analogue of vasopressin recommended as a vasoactive drug with relative specificity for the splanchnic circulation in patients with portal hypertension and bleeding oesophageal varices or hepatorenal syndrome. We report a r...

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