A 76-year-old man presented with severe dyspnoea, leading to urgent hospitalization for congestive heart failure. The patient had Parkinson’s disease treated with bromocriptine at a dose of 30 mg/day for…
A 62-year-old man with a history of symptomatic resistant paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) underwent percutaneous pulmonary vein (PV) isolation with a 28 mm diameter cryoballoon catheter (Arctic Front ® ;…
A 42-year-old man was explored by angiography after non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. A monolesion was treated by direct stenting (paclitaxel-eluting stent, 3.5 × 20 mm) on the proximal left anterior…
A 61-year-old man was referred for transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for infective endocarditis; he had had sepsis of unknown source and had undergone aortic mechanical valve replacement 6 years earlier. Two-dimensional…
A 57-year-old woman with ischaemic stroke was referred to our department for the evaluation of cardiac source of embolism. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a giant mass filling the entire left atrium…
Summary The prevalence of iron deficiency is high – even in the absence of anaemia – in patients with chronic heart failure (HF). Although iron deficiency is easily diagnosed with…
Summary Left ejection fraction (LVEF) – resulting from the difference between end-diastolic volume (EDV) and end-systolic volume (ESV), divided by EDV – is a poor index of left ventricular (LV) systolic performance…
Summary Background The role of implantable loop recorders (ILRs) in the evaluation strategy for recurrent syncope in France is limited by lack of knowledge of the cost. Aim To compare…
Summary Background The increasing number of obese patients eligible for cardiac surgery requires risks and benefits to be balanced in this population. Aims To study the results of cardiac surgery…
Summary Background According to recent USA guidelines, right ventricular (RV) dysfunction can be diagnosed on the basis of a single parameter, such as tricuspid lateral annular systolic velocity (S’) <…
