RITMO SINUSALE VERSUS FIBRILLAZIONE ATRIALE: UNO STUDIO OSSERVAZIONE SU 150 PAZIENTI

The risk of noncardiac surgery in patients with heart disease: a new way for an easy approach to a right preoperative assessment

Two cases of tako-tsubo cardiomyophaty in Caucasians

Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy is a recently described disease characterized by chest pain, transient left ventricular dysfunction and specific electrocardiographic changes. The disease takes its name from the typical left apical ballooning observed at left ventriculogram. Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy was first described by Sato in 1990. Since then sporadic cases were reported by Japanese authors, and only a few European publications are available. We describe 2 cases of patients affected by this syndrome.

DUE CASI DI DISFUNZIONE VENTRICOLARE SINISTRA REVERSIBILI: ERA CARDIOMIOPATIA DI TAKOTSUBO?

RUOLO DELL’ANGIOGRAFIA CORONARICA IN TOMOGRAFIA

ROTTURA DI UNA DISSEZIONE AORTICA IN ATRIO DESTRO IN PAZIENTE CON PREGRESSA SOSTITUZIONE VALVOLARE AORTICA

EFFICACIA DEI TIROFIBAN AD ALTE DOSI NELLA LISI DEI TROMBI INTRACORONARICI

RUPTURE OF AN AORTIC DISSECTION INTO THE RIGHT ATRIUM IN A PATIENT WITH PREVIOUS AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: A CASE REPORT

We report the case of a 73-year-old man with a history of previous aortic valve replacement in 1990 and rupture of an aortic dissection into the right atrium. The patient was admitted to the emergency room because of chest pain, stopped not long after. The electrocardiogram did not show any signs of ischemia and myocardial enzymes were not increased. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed aortic root dilation (maximum diameter 60 mm) extended to the aortic arch, and the presence of a flow from the ascending aorta to the right atrium (evocative of a fistula between the two chambers). The aortic valvular prosthesis function was good. Transesophageal echocardiography confirmed an aorta-right …