Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Interventions: A Triumph for Transcatheter Procedures?

Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is a common valvular pathology, estimated to affect 1.6 million people in the United States alone. Even though guidelines recommend either medical therapy or surgical treatment for TR, the misconception of TR as a benign disease along with the high mortality rates of surgical intervention led to undertreating this disease and commonly describing it as a "forgotten" valve.

A network meta-analysis of the antithrombotic strategies in patients with atrial fibrillation and percutaneous coronary interventions: Focus on bleeding.

Background: We performed a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant (NOAC)-based versus vitamin K antagonists (VKA)-based regimens in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and acute coronary syndromes or PCI, aiming to examine the precise impact of recently established antithrombotic strategies on major bleeding as primary end-point and other safety and efficacy as secondary end-points.

Methods: A literature search was conducted for randomized controlled trials. Our search took place in three major databases.

Broad Electrocardiogram Syndromes Spectrum: From Common Emergencies to Particular Electrical Heart Disorders.

Electrocardiogram (ECG) still remains a very useful diagnostic method in modern cardiology. Its broad availability, noninvasiveness and good sensitivity explain why it plays a capital role in the very beginning of the process of diagnosis for every patient, with or without cardiac-related complaints. For the practitioner, good training in ECG interpretation is mandatory.

The prognostic value of speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with end stage renal disease on dialysis.

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with a higher incidence of cardiovascular death especially as the disease progresses and patients are on long-term dialysis treatment. Left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and cardiac deformation measured by speckle tracking echocardiography seem to play an important prognostic role in several different specific populations.

Objective: Τhe prognostic value of strain analysis measurements, including the novel diastolic parameters such as left atrial (LA) strain, in patients with end-stage renal disease on dialysis (stage 5 CKD).

Intravascular Lithotripsy as Bail-Out in an Acute Coronary Syndrome Patient With Severe Underexpansion of a Previously Implanted Stent.

A 67-year-old male presented with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Angiography showed severe restenosis within the previously (before 2 years) implanted 2 stents (3 x 24 mm) in the right coronary artery. Severe calcification was evident angiographically and after multiple dilations with noncompliant balloons, the focal underexpansion of the stent remained.