Successful management of pulmonary hemorrhage from lung carcinoid, in a patient on VenoArterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support.

Introduction: A young man was referred to our Center for refractory cardiogenic shock, accompanied with uncontrolled atrial flutter of unknown duration. The patient was supported with VenoArterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VA ECMO) and Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) as a bridge to decision.

Case Report: His course was complicated by pulmonary hemorrhage due to an unknown endobronchial mass.

Advanced Heart Failure: Therapeutic Options and Challenges in the Evolving Field of Left Ventricular Assist Devices.

Heart Failure is a chronic and progressively deteriorating syndrome that has reached epidemic proportions worldwide. Improved outcomes have been achieved with novel drugs and devices. However, the number of patients refractory to conventional medical therapy is growing.

Left Inferior Pulmonary Vein-related Reentry Identified Using High-density Activation and Voltage Mapping in Combination with Entrainment Mapping.

A 61-year-old man with highly symptomatic palpitations presented 13 months after undergoing pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. A 12-lead electrocardiogram revealed atrial tachycardia, and the patient was scheduled for mapping, which revealed two regions of reconnection along the posterior part of the region of the left inferior pulmonary vein.

Contrast-induced early repolarization pattern and ventricular fibrillation.

Malignant arrhythmias during coronary angiography consist a complication of the procedure. Clinicians should be aware that intracoronary infusion of contrast medium can lead to physiological changes that lower the ventricular fibrillation threshold.

RBM20 mutation and ventricular arrhythmias in a young patient with dilated cardiomyopathy: a case report.

Gene mutations in RBM20 have been identified in a minority of familial and sporadic dilated cardiomyopathy cases. Recent studies of carriers of RBM20 mutations not only highlight the aforementioned association with dilated cardiomyopathy but also indicate a link with increased incidence of ventricular arrhythmias. Herein we describe a case of 17-year-old female patient with dilated cardiomyopathy carrying a p.

Cardiac transplantation: towards a new noninvasive approach of cardiac allograft rejection.

Cardiac allograft rejection (CAR) may occur after transplantation and remains silent, until hemodynamic deterioration takes place. Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) is applied to early detect CAR. Although, flexible bioptoms have decreased the incidence of lethal complications, EMB remains an invasive procedure carrying risk of tamponade and permanent heart block.

Thyroid hormone signalling is altered in response to physical training in patients with end-stage heart failure and mechanical assist devices: potential physiological consequences?

Objectives: The present study investigated the potential of the failing myocardium of patients with ventricular assist devices (VAD) to respond to physiological growth stimuli, such as exercise, by activating growth signalling pathways. This may be of therapeutic relevance in identifying novel pharmacological targets for therapies that could facilitate recovery after VAD implantation.

Methods: Twenty-two patients bridged to heart transplantation (HTx) with VAD were included in the study.

Benefits of physical training on exercise capacity, inspiratory muscle function, and quality of life in patients with ventricular assist devices long-term postimplantation.

Background: Capacity to exercise may not be fully restored in patients with heart failure even in the long term after ventricular assist device (VAD) implantation. The benefits of exercise training in patients with VAD are unknown.

Design And Methods: Fifteen patients, aged 38.