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May 2012
The pericardium covers the heart and expands to the pulmonary trunk, the upper caval vein, and the ascending aorta. The pericardial
sac consists of an inner visceral and outer parietal layer, which constitute for the pericardial cavity. The parietal pericardium
localizes...
by Heart Failure Reviews 2012
The right ventricle (RV) has for a long time been the neglected side of the heart, but its role in different cardiovascular
diseases has been increasingly recognized. This is obvious for structural congenital heart defects (CHD) involving the RV
such as pulmonary...
by European Heart Journal 2011
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has emerged as a valid therapy option for patients with aortic stenosis deemed at high risk for conventional surgery [, ]. In the majority of patients, two access routes, the transfemoral [, ], and the transapical approach , have been used and procedural...
by Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 2012
We report a case of an elderly patient with a 6.8–7 cm abdominal aortic aneurysm as well as critical symptomatic aortic stenosis. The patient had multiple co‐morbidities making him a high risk surgical candidate. The patient presented with two episodes of syncope. The patient subsequently...
by Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 2012
Myocardial infarction (MI) remains one of the most frequently encountered medical emergencies. Advances in the management
of acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), particularly with the advent of round-the-clock availability
of primary percutaneous intervention...
by European Radiology 2012
In the last decade studies have shown that T quantification of the heart may represent a powerful tool to assess acute and chronic myocardial infarction , fibrosis , or cardiac amyloidosis (,). Nevertheless, high resolution in vivo T mapping of the heart is still difficult to implement in clinical practice...
by Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2012
Different non-invasive imaging modalities are available for assessment of the heart condition, including echocardiography,
computed tomography (CT), and nuclear medicine . However, each of these modalities has its own limitations. Although a detailed description of the advantages and...
by International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging 2012
Exercise or pharmacologic stress‐induced left ventricular (LV) wall motion abnormalities (WMA) are common in patients with chronic coronary artery disease (CAD). Chronic occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery may result in chronic LV remodeling characterized by dilation...
by Echocardiography 2012
April 2012
Behçet’s disease (BD) is a systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology mainly characterized by mucocutaneous lesions and also by ocular, articular, neurological and vascular involvement. BD affects almost all types and sizes of blood vessels, and approximately 20 to 30% of these patients will...
by Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology 2012
Although congenital coronary artery anomalies are relatively uncommon, they are the second most common underlying cause associated
with sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and sudden cardiac death (SCD) among athletes, accounting for 15-25% of cases . These anomalies can be relatively difficult to...
by Pediatric Cardiology 2012