0000000000932927
AUTHOR
C Falletta
ACUTE VOLUME EXPANSION AND TIPS FAILS TO INDUCE CHANGES OF IMPENDING HEART FAILURE IN PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY ASCITES
To evaluate in patients with cirrhosis requiring an elective TIPS for refractory ascites, if acute volume expansion may elicit signs of impending heart failure, and if this can predict hemodynamic changes occurring after TIPS.
Accuracy of doppler echocardiography in measuring right-heart pressure in patients with pulmonary hypertension
The assessment of pulmonary pressure is of great clinical importance not only for diagnostic purposes, but also for prognosis in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. The present study was undertaken on a consecutive basis with a group of patients who had had a previous diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension based on echocardiography, and were referred to our institute. The aim of this study was to determine how accurate Doppler echocardiography is in measuring right-heart pressures.
ICD implantation in noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium: a case report
Isolated noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium (INVM) is an uncommon cardiomyopathy characterized by the persistence of fetal myocardium with prominent trabecular meshwork and deep intertrabecular recesses, often associated with systolic dysfunction and ventricular dilatation. A 23-year-old man from Burkina Faso was referred to our operative unit with a diagnosis of INVM, made with echocardiogram and magnetic resonance imaging and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia. The literature reports the incidence of malignant ventricular arrhythmias in as many as 47% of the patients and sudden cardiac death in almost 50% of them and this supported our decision to perform implantable cardiovert…