Impact of miscuffing during home blood pressure measurement on the prevalence of masked hypertension.

Background: Masked hypertension has been associated with obesity. However, because most studies do not mention the specific cuff size used for home measurements, masked hypertension prevalence may have been overestimated in obese patients because of undersized cuffs. In this prospective, observational study, the effect of miscuffing on hypertension status was evaluated in patients with large arms.

[Right ventricular infarction caused by isolated right ventricular branch occlusion: a case report].

It is rare to observe right ventricular infarction caused by isolated right ventricular branch occlusion. Isolated right ventricular infarction accounts for less than three percent of all cases of infarction. Generally, it is associated with occlusion of a non dominant right coronary artery or of a right ventricular branch.

[A case of chest trauma-induced acute myocardial infarction].

The occurrence of an acute myocardial infarction (MI) after chest trauma is a rare complication. We report a case of a 58-year-old man presenting with an acute anterolateral MI secondary to blunt chest trauma. Coronary angiography revealed a non significant lesion of a first diagonal branch without any atherosclerosis lesion on coronary artery.

Stress hyperglycaemia is an independent predictor of left ventricular remodelling after first anterior myocardial infarction in non-diabetic patients.

Aims: Stress hyperglycaemia (SH) is associated with adverse outcome in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) but the mechanisms underlying this association are unknown. Our hypothesis was that SH on admission for acute MI may be associated with left ventricular (LV) remodelling.

Methods And Results: We analysed LV remodelling in 162 non-diabetic patients with anterior MI.