Association between Clinical and Doppler Echocardiographic Parameters with Sudden Death in Hemodialysis Patients.

Background: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the leading cause of death in maintenance hemodialysis (HD) patients, but there is little information about underlying risk factors.

Objectives: Evaluate the association between clinical and echocardiographic variables with SCD on HD patients.

Methods: Retrospective nested case-control study on chronic HD patients who were prospectively followed.

[Right atrial aneurysm associated to fetal hydrops: diagnosis through fetal echocardiography].

Right atrium aneurysms are entities which are rarely reported in cardiologic practice, especially in intrauterine life, and may be mistaken with pericardial effusion and Ebstein's anomaly. We show a review of the literature and illustrate with a case of prenatal diagnosis of right atrium aneurysm running through with hydropsy signs.

Aneurysm of the right atrial appendage.

Atrial aneurysms involving the free wall or atrial appendage are rare entities in cardiology practice and may be associated with atrial arrhythmias or embolic phenomena. We review the literature and report a case of aneurysm of the right atrial appendage in a young adult, whose diagnosis was established with echocardiography after an episode of paroxysmal atrial flutter.