Simple, Effective and Validated. VTE CASE Risk Assessment Score for Venous Thromboembolism in Metastatic Germ Cell Tumour Patients Before First-Line Chemotherapy.

Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) may jeopardise excellent treatment results of germ cell tumours (GCT). We previously constructed a VTE risk score for GCT patients qualified for first-line chemotherapy (CTH), including vein compression, clinical stage (CS) and haemoglobin concentration.

Aim: Validating our score in a separate cohort and establishing the cut-off point for the score.

Simple yet (more?) effective. Venous thromboembolism risk assessment model for germ cell tumour patients receiving first-line chemotherapy.

Background: Germ cell tumours (GCT) are highly curable malignancies. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a serious complication, needing better risk assessment models (RAM).

Aim: Identification of VTE incidence and risk factors in metastatic GCT patients starting first-line chemotherapy.

Early hemodynamic response to the tilt test in patients with syncope.

Introduction: Our aim was to evaluate the differences in the early hemodynamic response to the tilt test (HUTT) in patients with and without syncope using impedance cardiography (ICG).

Material And Methods: One hundred twenty-six patients (72 female/48 male; 37 ±17 years) were divided into a group with syncope (HUTT(+), n = 45 patients) and a group without syncope (HUTT(-), n = 81 patients). ECG and ICG signals were continuously recorded during the whole examination, allowing the calculation of heart rate (HR), stroke volume (SV), and cardiac output (CO) for every beat.

[Negative delta wave mimicking old inferior myocardial infarction--a case report].

A case of a 64-year-old male diagnosed with remote inferior myocardial infarction (MI), is presented. Electrophysiological examination revealed the presence of an accessory pathway with a negative delta wave in inferior leads mimicking pathological Q wave. Differential diagnosis of pathological Q waves is discussed.