Summary Background Pericardial effusion (PE) can occur during or after atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation, and may induce atrial arrhythmia. Aim To characterize the impact of PE on arrhythmia recurrences following…
Summary Background Alcohol septal ablation (ASA) is a therapeutic catheter-based option and an alternative to surgical myectomy in the treatment of patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Although the safety of…
Summary Background The association between admission pulse pressure (PP) and cardiovascular outcomes in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is not well defined. Aim To explore the prognostic value of initial PP…
Summary Background European guidelines recommend that antihypertensive management should be graded as a function of total cardiovascular risk. Aims To examine the multilevel (patient- and physician-level) determinants of blood pressure…
Background Acute pericarditis is a common disease; despite the lack of precise epidemiological data, approximately 1% of hospitalized patients and 5% of patients admitted to emergency departments for non-acute myocardial…
An 89-year-old man was referred to our institution because of mild chest discomfort. He had no respiratory symptoms. He had undergone pacemaker (VVI type) implantation because of tachybradycardia syndrome 15…
A 70-year-old woman was referred to our centre for typical chest pain. Physical examination was normal except for a midsystolic murmur. Echocardiography showed a moderate aortic stenosis (mean transvalvular gradient…
A full-term newborn was referred to our paediatric intensive care unit for persistent cyanosis. There was no dyspnoea and cardiac auscultation was normal. Chest radiography showed a heart of normal…
A 50-year-old male patient was admitted for shortness of breath (New York Heart Association functional class II) and constitutional syndrome of 1 month’s duration. Physical examination was remarkable for a…
Summary Stable angina is a form of coronary artery disease. Its potential to progress requires the most appropriate treatment in order to reduce the incapacitating effect of an acute angina…
