Summary Recurrence of mitral regurgitation after mitral valve repair is correlated with unfavourable left ventricular remodelling and poor outcome. This pictorial review describes the echocardiographic features of three types of…
Summary Brugada syndrome is a rare inherited arrhythmia syndrome leading to an increased risk of sudden cardiac death, despite a structurally normal heart. Diagnosis is based on a specific electrocardiogram…
Summary Background Literature suggests that radial access is associated with higher radiation doses than femoral access. Aims To compare patient radiation exposure during coronary angiography (CA) and percutaneous coronary intervention…
Summary Background European guidelines recommend a low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) target of < 1.8 mmol/L (70 mg/dL), and/or a ≥ 50% reduction when the target level cannot be reached, for…
Summary Background Right ventricular (RV) function is a prognostic marker of cardiac disease in children. Speckle tracking has been developed to assess RV longitudinal shortening, the dominant deformation during systole;…
Summary Background Cardiovascular events related to high-intensity sport practice are rare but dramatic. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of these events after the age of 35 years….
Summary Background Heart transplantation is the gold-standard treatment for end-stage heart failure. However, the shortage of grafts has led to longer waiting times and increased mortality for candidates without priority….
Background Severe aortic stenosis is currently defined by the European Society of Cardiology as a maximum velocity across the valve (V max ) > 4 m/s, a mean transaortic pressure…
