A 76-year-old man was admitted to hospital for a transient ischaemic attack. The electrocardiogram showed atrial fibrillation and biphasic T-waves in the precordial leads. Echocardiography disclosed severe asymmetrical apical hypertrophy…
A 57-year-old man was referred to our department with substernal chest pain. He was a smoker whose symptoms had started the day before, during an anxiety-associated conversation. At admission, the…
Summary The management of asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis is challenging. Unfortunately, evaluation of symptoms such as dyspnoea remains subjective. The use of exercise echocardiography may help to predict…
Summary Background While there are convergent data suggesting that overall cardiovascular mortality is increased in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, the relative contributions of myocardial infarction and stroke remain unclear. Aims…
Summary Background Higher resting heart rate, a simple and useful indicator of autonomic balance and metabolic rate, has emerged as an independent predictor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Aim To determine…
Summary Objective We sought to describe the results of transfemoral aortic valve implantation using either the Sapien™ prosthesis or the CoreValve ® System. Background Results of transfemoral aortic valve implantation…
Summary Background Left ventricular (LV) longitudinal deformation is a good marker of intrinsic myocardial dysfunction in pressure overload cardiomyopathies. Aim To assess the effect of valvuloarterial haemodynamic load on LV…
Summary Background Optical coherence tomography is an imaging method that enables cardiologists to study atheromatous plaques, and to check the implantation and evolution of coronary stents. It is an invasive…
Summary Background A substantial number of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have polyvascular disease (PolyVD), defined as cerebrovascular disease (CVD), peripheral arterial disease (PAD) or both. Aim To investigate…
By March 2010, more than 14,000 patients had been treated with transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), 8 years after the first-in-man implantation performed in France in April 2002 . Since then,…
