[Lifestyle and the eligibility for left ventricular assist device implantation].

Background: Advanced heart failure is defined as severe cardiac dysfunction combined with hospital admissions due to heart failure and major functional limitations. Selected patients with advanced heart failure can be treated with a left ventricular assist device. Patients with the newest generation of devices have a five-year survival of approximately 60%.

[Dyspnoea due to ticagrelor after recent myocardial infarction].

Background: Ticagrelor is a frequently prescribed platelet aggregation inhibitor used in patients with acute coronary syndrome. A rare side effect is severe dyspnoea.

Case Description: A 76 year old woman experiences severe shortness of breath three weeks after percutaneous coronary intervention because of acute myocardial infarction.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a 20-year-old woman.

A case of a young woman with complaints of shortness of breath and recurrent collapses is presented, including echocardiographic and cardiac MRI images showing extremely hypertrophied myocardium due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The patient was referred for therapy and genetic counselling.