Fig. 21.1 (a) Posterior-anterior and (b) lateral chest radiographs of an implantable defibrillator system with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT-D). The right ventricular lead has two defibrillation coils, one in the…
Fig. 7.1 The use of the Stevenson Hemodynamic Profile as a guide for acute heart failure management. Congestion is determined by the presence of orthopnea, jugular venous distension, rales, hepatojugular…
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Daniel J. Garry, Robert F. Wilson and Zeev Vlodaver (eds.)Congestive Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation10.1007/978-3-319-44577-9_33 33. Heart and Heart–Lung Transplantation in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease Cindy M. Martin1 and James H. Moller1 (1) Department…
Fig. 13.1 Left ventricular pressure-volume loops in systolic and diastolic dysfunction (Adapted with permission from: Aurigemma GP, Gaasch WH. Clinical practice. Diastolic heart failure. N Engl J Med. 2004;351(11):1097–105) However,…
Fig. 10.1 Schematic representation of troponin function during diastole and systole . cTnI (orange), cTnC (blue), and cTnT (cyan) form the troponin complex. In diastole the cTnI inhibitory region (IR),…
A 59-year-old man with a history of extensive anterior myocardial infarction was admitted for progressive shortness of breath attributed to acute decompensation of heart failure. On transthoracic echocardiography there was…
Summary Heart involvement, including primary myocardial involvement, is very common in systemic sclerosis. There is strong evidence that primary myocardial involvement is related to repeat focal ischaemic injury causing subsequent…
A 76-year-old diabetic woman with a history of surgical revascularization in 1997 (left internal mammary artery [LIMA] on left anterior descending) was referred twice afterwards (June 2001 and February 2008)…
Cardiac amyloidosis is rare, but when diagnosed it has an urgent and specific treatment. Two patients with similar concentric left ventricular hypertrophy on echocardiography were investigated with cardiac magnetic resonance…
An 82-year-old woman underwent routine pacemaker implantation for paroxysmal atrioventricular block. The operator did not encounter any difficulties at the time of lead placement. At a predischarge check three days…
