Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of patients presenting with chest pain, raised troponin, and unobstructed coronary arteries.

To evaluate the incremental diagnostic and prognostic value of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) in patients with chest pain, raised troponin and unobstructed coronary arteries, and to compare subsequent event rates between diagnostic groups. 130 patients (mean age: 54 ± 17) presenting with troponin-positive acute chest pain and unobstructed coronary arteries were included. All patients were managed according to European Society of Cardiology guidelines, including echocardiography, and had CMR within 6.

Predictive factors for anemia six and twelve months after orthotopic liver transplantation.

Background: The aim of our study was to determine the prevalence and predictive factors for post-transplant anemia (PTA) at 6 (M6) and 12 (M12) months after orthotopic liver-transplant (OLT) in a cohort of 97 consecutive patients.

Methods: Anemia was defined at M6 and M12 according to the World Health Organization criteria, i.e.

Clinical significance of early thrombosis after prosthetic mitral valve replacement: a postoperative monocentric study of 680 patients.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of early thrombosis, its prognostic significance, and the therapeutic implications.

Background: Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is the method of choice for detecting symptomless early postoperative thrombosis of prosthetic valves. However, the clinical significance is not yet known.

Improvement of left ventricular wall synchronization with multisite ventricular pacing in heart failure: a prospective study using Doppler tissue imaging.

Unlabelled: We sought to assess right, left and biventricular pacing effects on myocardial function by using pulsed-Doppler tissue imaging (DTI) and automated border detection (ABD) techniques which provide electromechanical delay (EMD) assessment of the different left ventricular walls.

Methods: 15 patients (67+/-7 years) with drug-resistant primitive dilated cardiomyopathy and QRS> or =140 ms received a pacemaker for multisite ventricular pacing. Echocardiography was performed after 1 month of biventricular pacing (BVP).

Fibrinolysis of mechanical prosthetic valve thrombosis: a single-center study of 127 cases.

Objectives: This study was designed to analyze the results of fibrinolytic treatment (FT) in a large single-center group of patients with prosthetic heart valve thrombosis (PHVT).

Background: Fibrinolytic treatment of PHVT represents an alternative to surgery, but is still controversial because of the risk of embolism.

Methods: A total of 110 consecutive patients presenting with 127 instances of PHVT received FT between 1978 and 2001.