Summary Adults with congenital heart lesions constitute a rapidly growing group of patients with cardiovascular disease. This nascent demographic phenomenon is creating major issues concerning the optimal management of these…
Summary Over the past years, natriuretic peptides have been recognised not only as important contributors to cardiovascular regulation but also as valuable markers in overt cardiac disease, including heart failure…
Summary Background Catheter ablation is widely used to treat symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF) refractory to drug therapy; and can be facilitated by a number of different techniques. Aims To evaluate…
Summary Background In 2007, Medtronic Sprint Fidelis defibrillator leads were taken off the market due to a high rate of lead failure. Current data do not allow for risk stratification…
Summary Background Current guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease emphasize the importance of assessing global cardiovascular risk, but there is evidence that risk is often assessed inaccurately. Aims To…
Summary Background Improvements in the treatment of children with congenital heart disease have led to most of these patients reaching adulthood. Despite the increase in lifespan, very little is known…
Summary Background Although previous studies showed that pregnancy with heart disease is associated with significant complications, few focused on patients with valvular heart disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods We report…
The paper by Diao et al., published in the present issue of the Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases , deserves attention because original data on the contemporary burden of heart disease…
A 48-year-old man was referred to our institution for follow-up echocardiography. Five years previously, he underwent a coronary artery bypass graft and a mitral valve annuloplasty for severe symptomatic functional…
Summary Congenital malformations of the mitral valve may be encountered in isolation or in association with other congenital heart defects. Each level of the mitral valve complex may be affected,…
