Left ventricular isolated hypoplasia is a seldom-described cardiac abnormality.Right ventricular hypoplasia is usually associated with congenital anomalies of the pulmonary or the tricuspid valve,whereas biventricular...
Objective: In recent years, attempting the biventricular pathway or biventricular conversions in patients with borderline ventricle has become a hot topic. However, inappropriate pursuit of biventricular repair in bor...
The right ventricular pacing (RVP) is the standard treat- ment for patients with severe bradyarrhythmias; however, it may cause and exacerbate heart failure symptoms in a long run under some circumstances.{1] In fac...
Background Recurrence of takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is a well-known complication. However, current literature lists only a few isolated cases. We aimed to determine the incidence and clinical significance of rec...
Over 20 years of research has led to the now widely accepted role of cardiac resynchronization therapy(CRT)in medically refractory,mild to severe systolic heart failure(HF)with increased QRS duration.In addition to co...
Background: The optimal site for left ventricular (LV) lead placement in cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) remains uncertain. Intra-procedural measures for predicting response to CRT have shown mixed results. Hy...
Supported by The Georg and Bertha Schwyzer-Winiker Foundation,Zurich,Switzerland
Arrhythmogenic ventricular cardiomyopathy(AVC) isgenerally referred to as arrhythmogenic right ventricu-lar(RV) cardiomyopathy/dysplasia and constitutesan inherited cardiomyopathy.Affected patients maysuccumb to sudde...
We are reporting a case of 71-year old lady with a dual chamber demand pacemaker,who developed acute pulmonary edema due to an acute left ventricular(LV)dysfunction and worsening in mitral valve regurgitation after at...
Pulsus alternans is characterized by regular rhythm with beat-to-beat alternation of systolic pressures. Left ventricular alternans is usually found in severe left ventricular dysfunction due to cardiomyopathy, corona...
Hydrotherapy (exercise in warm water) is considered to be a safe and beneficial method to use in the rehabilitation of stable heart failure patients, but there is little information on the effect of the increased veno...