Functional mitral stenosis, atrial fibrillation and heart failure secondary to left atrial compression by the formation of a localised periatrial haematoma after cardiac resuscitation.

A 53-year-old male patient was diagnosed with progressive dyspnoea after primary coronary intervention of circumflex lesion. Resuscitation was performed in the follow-up period due to the development of asystole. Control angiography showed patentstent without perforation signs and echocardiography revealed prominent compression of the left atrium by a periatrialmass.

Multiplane transesophageal echocardiography for multiclinical dilemmas.

Introduction: Transesophageal echocardiography was introduced 4 decades ago. Its use have had very limited clinical indication. Now it has become very useful clinical tool.

Follow-up of acute aortic dissection.

Introduction: Aortic dissection is a tear in the wall of the aorta. It is a medical emergency. If left untreated the mortality rate is extremely high.

Drug-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. a single-center experience with long-term follow up.

Objectives: To compare the efficacy and safety of drugeluting stents (DES) vs. bare-metal stents (BMS) in patients with acute ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).

Background: DES effectively reduce restenosis in elective percutaneous coronary intervention.

Giant left atrial myxoma in an elderly patient: natural history over a 7-year period.

We present the case of a 71-year-old woman with a 7-year history of a giant left atrial myxoma. The myxoma was attached to the atrial septum and occupied almost the entire left atrial cavity. The patient was hospitalized 4 times because of dyspnea on exertion, palpitations, fatigue, general asthenia, and weight loss.

Acute myocardial infarction in a patient with severe unrecognized mitral stenosis.

Background: Acute myocardial infarction is a rare complication of mitral stenosis. Acute myocardial infarction in the setting of severe unrecognized mitral stenosis has not been described.

Case Report: A 47-year-old-woman was admitted to our department for chest pain typical of myocardial infarction.

Non-insulin dependent diabetes as an independent predictor of asymptomatic left ventricular diastolic dysfunction.

Aim: To assess the prevalence of diastolic dysfunction of the left ventricle in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and its relation to patients' age and duration of diabetes.

Methods: This case-control study included 228 subjects. The group of cases consisted of 114 patients with NIDDM.