Severe Functional Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation: Predictors of Mortality After Initial Diagnosis.

Background: Severe functional tricuspid regurgitation (fTR) is associated with adverse clinical outcomes and remains under-treated. There is recent interest in this disease due to emerging tricuspid valve therapies. However, the timing and selection of patients who may benefit from treatment is uncertain.

Utility and pitfalls of the electrocardiogram in the evaluation of cardiac amyloidosis.

Background: Cardiac amyloidosis is a protein misfolding disorder involving deposition of amyloid fibril proteins in the heart. The associated fibrosis of the conduction tissue results in conduction abnormalities and arrhythmias. "Classical" electrocardiogram (ECG) findings in cardiac amyloidosis include that of low voltage complexes with increased left ventricular wall thickness on echocardiography.

Clinical outcomes of severe tricuspid valve infective endocarditis related to intravenous drug abuse - a case series.

Background: Right-sided infective endocarditis (IE) related to intravenous drug use (IVDU) can follow an acute fulminant course. However, there is limited information on its longer-term clinical outcomes.

Aim And Methods: We assessed a cohort of consecutive patients who presented with IVDU complicated by severe tricuspid valve regurgitation to determine their presentation, treatment, and long-term outcomes.

Single Coronary Artery in a Young Male with Chest Pain.

A young male presented to the hospital with chest pain. A coronary angiogram and a subsequent computed tomography coronary angiogram revealed a single coronary artery arising from the right coronary sinus which bifurcated into the right coronary artery and a large branch which supplies the left coronary artery territory. ().

Asymptomatic phaeochromocytoma in a patient with Holt-Oram syndrome: a case report.

Background: Holt-Oram syndrome (HOS) is a rare congenital disease that affects the heart and upper limbs. Phaeochromocytoma, a catecholamine-secreting tumour, is a rare neuroendocrine disorder. We present an interesting case presentation of these two rare disorders in a patient who was asymptomatic for phaeochromocytoma.

Predictors of therapy failure in a series of 741 adult pyogenic liver abscesses.

Background: Adult pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is a major hepato-biliary infection. We aim to identify risk factors associated with therapy failure.

Methods: Retrospective study of 741 PLA patients (2001-2011) and comparison with earlier data (1994-1997).