Diagnostic electrophysiological study in a highly trained young woman with presyncopal symptoms during exercise: a case report

Right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) ventricular tachycardia (VT) is frequent and occurs in patients without structural heart disease, especially in highly trained athletes. Most of the studies on cardiac adaptations to exercise have been investigated in male athletes. Women, however, are increasingly participating in sports and electrical and structural adaptations in male and female athletes differ significantly. These cardiac adaptations dissimilarities between males and females have potential implications in diagnosing certain types of arrhythmias. We present here a case of a 35-year-old highly-trained woman endurance athlete that attended the clinic complaining about chest pain and d…

P1193Prognostic value of high sensitive troponin I in patients with atrial fibrillation in the emergency department

Microvascular Obstruction After Radiofrequency Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia Comprehensive Evaluation by Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography

Critical role of cardiac magnetic resonance in the diagnosis of left-dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy: A paradigmatic case in a recreational middle-aged athlete

Cardiac magnetic resonance in the diagnosis of the unusually detected acute myocarditis in the young people: a case report

Myocarditis is among the causes of arrhythmic sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young athletes, with viral infection being the most common cause worldwide. Myocarditis recently has been reported as one of the cardiac complications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in athletes. Here we present a case of a 20-year-old male recreational soccer player with an episode of loss of consciousness in the context of respiratory infection. The patient reports having woken up with symptoms of an upper respiratory tract infection, and after playing a soccer match, he developed dizziness and a headache. He then suffered vasovagal syncope without loss of sphincter control. Physical examination, heart ausc…

Clinical Benefit of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy With a Defibrillator in Patients With an Ejection Fraction > 35% Estimated by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance

A B S T R A C T Introduction and objectives: Cardiac resynchronization therapy with a defibrillator prolongs survival and improves quality of life in advanced heart failure. Traditionally, patients with ejection fraction > 35 estimated by echocardiography have been excluded. We assessed the prognostic impact of this therapy in a group of patients with severely depressed systolic function as assessed by echocardiography but with an ejection fraction > 35% as assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance. Methods: We analyzed consecutive patients admitted for decompensated heart failure between 2004 and 2011. The patients were in functional class II-IV, with a QRS to 120 ms, ejection fraction 35% es…