Silent coronary artery disease in asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis and normal exercise testing.

Objective: There are no data about the prevalence of silent coronary artery disease in asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis patients with normal exercise testing. Importantly, unmasking significant coronary artery disease in patients with aortic stenosis could influence the choice/timing of treatment in these patients.

Method: Exercise testing was performed on semi-supine ergobicycle.

Combined thrombophilic risk factors and essential thrombocythemia in patient with recurrent venous thromboembolic episodes-thirty-three-year follow-up.

We present the case of a 64 year-old female patient, with a clearly positive family history of venous thromboembolism (VTE), multiple VTE episodes (massive pulmonary embolism, ovarian venous plexus thrombosis, deep venous thrombosis with submassive pulmonary embolism and second deep venous thrombosis) and myocardial infarction. Laboratory tests revealed the resistance to the activated protein C, elevated FVIII and PAI-1. The patient was found to be a heterozygous carrier of FV Leiden, MTHFR C677T and PAI-1 4G/5G mutations.