A 45-year-old man without past medical history was referred for acute chest pain and suspected non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. His cardiovascular risk factors were diabetes, obesity and current smoking. Physical…
A 46-year-old woman was referred to our centre for pulmonary hypertension assessment. She was in World Health Organization functional class 2. Physical examination revealed moderate digital erythema contrasting with severe…
Summary Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is emerging as a useful clinical tool for assessing the functional significance of coronary atherosclerosis. As opposed to anatomical approaches, physiological measurements (particularly pressure-derived FFR)…
Summary Echocardiography is a very important tool for the diagnosis and follow-up of children with congenital and acquired heart disease. One of the challenges that remains in paediatric heart disease…
Summary Background In Europe, the increase in numbers of patients making legal claims might be due to better knowledge of their rights. In France, a law passed in 2002 provided…
Summary Background Differences in the duration of the excitable gap along the reentry circuit during typical atrial flutter are poorly known. Aim To prospectively evaluate and compare the duration and…
Summary Background Ajmaline challenge is commonly used for the diagnosis of Brugada syndrome. A slow infusion rate has been recommended in view of the proarrhythmic risk, but the diagnostic value…
Summary Background Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) can sometimes be diagnosed very early in newborns and thus be corrected surgically before any myocardial…
Summary Three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography has improved dramatically due to technical advances in probe design and computer processing. Congenital heart disease demands a detailed understanding of the spatial relationships of cardiac…
We report a 67-year-old woman who was diagnosed at adulthood a rare and complex congenital heart disease: a corrected transposition of the great vessels and situs inversus. Patient presented with…
