A clinical case of Takayasu disease: emphasis on cardiac manifestations.

Takayasu arteriitis (TA) is a rare systemic vasculitis, affecting large vessels, cardiac valves and myocardium. Cardiac involvement is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in such patients. This publication presents a clinical case of a patient with severe aortic regurgitation combined with restrictive cardiomyopathy.

ASSOCIATION OF FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE WITH CLINICAL AND ANGIOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH STABLE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE.

Objective: The aim: To identify clinical and angiographic factors, associated with fractional flow reserve (FFR), in stable coronary artery disease (CAD) patients.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: The study consecutively enrolled 68 patients with stable CAD (mean age (63±8,0) ys) and angiographically intermediate coronary lesions (diameter stenosis 50-90 %), with FFR assessment. Stable angina of CCS classes II and III was diagnosed in 42 (62 %) and 15 (22 %) patients, respectively; left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) - 27 (40 %); severe coronary stenosis (SCS) (70-90 %) - 46 (68 %).

ASSOCIATION OF LEFT ATRIAL SPONTANEOUS ECHO CONTRAST WITH CLINICAL AND HEMODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH LONG-TERM EPISODES OF PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION.

Objective: The aim: To identify clinical and hemodynamic factors, associated with left atrial spontaneous echo contrast (LASEC) (LASEC in general, and the dense LASEC), in non-valvular persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with the duration of AF episode ≥90 days.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: The cross-sectional study consecutively enrolled 115 persistent AF patients with the duration of its episode ≥90 days (82 (71,3 %) males; mean age 59 ± 11 years). Transthoracic (TEE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) were performed.

The role of basic pharmacotherapy in the prevention of late adverse events after elective coronary artery bypass grafting.

Objective: The aim: To determine the role of adherence to the guidelines on basic pharmacotherapy in prevention of late major adverse clinical events (MAEs) in patients with stable CAD for three years following isolated CABG.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: A prospective single-centre study included 251 consecutive patients with stable CAD (mean age (61±9) years, 218 (86.9%) males), after isolated CABG.

Atrial Fibrillation Management Strategies in Routine Clinical Practice: Insights from the International RealiseAF Survey.

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) can be managed with rhythm- or rate-control strategies. There are few data from routine clinical practice on the frequency with which each strategy is used and their correlates in terms of patients' clinical characteristics, AF control, and symptom burden.

Methods: RealiseAF was an international, cross-sectional, observational survey of 11,198 patients with AF.

Heart failure in patients with atrial fibrillation is associated with a high symptom and hospitalization burden: the RealiseAF survey.

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) often coexist; the consequences of such coexistence are unclear.

Hypothesis: HF in patients with AF is associated with poor outcomes.

Methods: This post hoc analysis of RealiseAF, a survey of AF patients, compared symptoms, hospitalizations, management, and AF control in patients with vs without HF.