Dilated Cardiomyopathy Revealing Cushing Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Cardiovascular impairments are frequent in Cushing's syndrome and the hypercortisolism can result in cardiac structural and functional changes that lead in rare cases to dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Such cardiac impairment may be reversible in response to a eucortisolaemic state.A 43-year-old man with a medical past of hypertension and history of smoking presented to the emergency department with global heart failure.

A novel contribution towards coherent and reproducible intravalvular measurement of the aortic annulus by multidetector computed tomography ahead of transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Background: As current multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) measurements underestimate the size of the aortic annulus ahead of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), a strategy of approximate annulus area oversizing has been adopted recently.

Aims: To measure the aortic annulus using a novel complementary intravalvular MDCT slice.

Methods: Fifty-five patients with severe aortic stenosis were selected for MDCT ahead of and 1 month after CoreValve(®) TAVI.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation using the left transcarotid approach in patients with previous ipsilateral carotid endarterectomy.

Objectives: To assess the feasibility and safety of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) through a left transcarotid approach in patients previously operated on for ipsilateral carotid endarterectomy (CEA).

Background: The healthcare impact of extracranial carotid artery disease is essential as stroke is the third-leading cause of death in industrialized nations and CEA is often present in the history of patients awaiting TAVI.

Methods: The primary endpoint was to evaluate 30-day mortality and freedom from major TAVI-related complications in an observational analysis.

Very late neoatherosclerotic plaque rupture in drug-eluting stent restenosis.

A 71-year-old man presented in emergency department for non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction. At admission, 12-lead ECG was in sinus rhythm without sign of myocardial ischemia, and troponin slightly increased. The only notable feature of the patient's medical history was single-vessel coronary artery disease revealed 10 years previously, treated by stenting of the second segment of the right coronary artery with a 3.