A case of Takotsubo syndrome

Decision making and devices approach in a case of left main coronary artery thrombus.

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Acute aortic dissection debut as STEMI: A case report

Abstract We submit a case report of a 66-year-old male, with hypertension and family history of cerebrovascular disease, who was referred to our department for right-inferior STEMI. According to the current ESC (European Society of Cardiology) guidelines for the management of STEMI, the patient was conducted to the cath lab to perform primary PCI. Despite the identification of the culprit lesion we had many difficulties during the procedure of angioplasty, so we decided to perform aortography that showed a Stanford type A acute aortic dissection involving the ostium of right coronary artery causing the right-inferior STEMI. In the early phase of a STEMI, exclusion of the presence of aortic …

Preliminary Short-term Results of a Population of Patients Treated with MitraClip therapy: one Center Experience

<p><span>Objectives: This retrospective analysis sought to evaluate 1-month outcomes and therapy effectiveness of a population of patients treated with MitraClip therapy. We describe in this article the preliminary results of primary effictiveness endpoint.</span></p><p><span>Background: Percutaneous Mitral Repair is being developed to treat severe mitral regurgitation (MR),with increasing real-world cases of functional MR(FMR). In the EVEREST(Endovascular Valve Edge-to-Edge Repair Study)II trial,percutaneous device showed superior safety but less reduction in MR at 1year. 4-year outcomes from EVEREST II trial showed no difference in the prevalence of mod…

Anomalous origin of all three coronary arteries from right sinus of Valsalva

AbstractCongenital anomalies of the coronary arteries, although uncommon, have the potential to cause serious myocardial damage, ischemic cardiomyopathy, and sudden cardiac death. We report a rare case of origin of all three coronaries from the right sinus of Valsalva.