2005 12 - 6 articles
Biventricular pacing is an accepted therapy in patients suffering from terminal heart failure. Main obstacle however is the positioning of the left ventricular electrode via coronary sinus as well as its reliable fixation. This article describes in a...
Das Herz ist ein verborgenes Organ und der klinischen Untersuchung nur indirekt zugänglich [...]
30 December 2005
Patient de 65 ans coronarien connu pour un ancien infarctus antérieur avec dysfonction ventriculaire (FE: 30%) adressé pour une ergométrie en raison de la réapparition d’un angor d’effort et de malaises [...]
Lowering LDL-cholesterol in patients with high risk for cardiovascular diseases nowadays is absolutely undebated. Clinical trials with statins have shown that the more LDL-cholesterol is lowered the greater the obtained benefit is. The drugs of choic...
Case report A66-year-old man with a subacute non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (Creatinkinase 1540 U/L, Troponin-I 10.7 ng/L) was referred to our hospital for urgent coronary angiography [...]
Echocardiogaphy in cardiac resynchronisation therapy. An uncoordinated contraction process in patients with cardiac failure is a contributory factor in restricting haemodynamic function independently of myocardial damage at cell level. Cardiac resync...
