[EARLY RATHER THAN IMMEDIATE PCI IN NSTEMI; IS TIME EQUAL TO MUSCLE ONCE AGAIN?].

Background: Current guidelines advocate immediate vs. non-immediate percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) strategy in ST elevation vs. non ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI, NSTEMI).

Comparison of echocardiographic parameters between pre-clinical and clinical advanced diastolic dysfunction patients.

Background: The diagnosis of heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction requires evidence of grade 2 or 3 (advanced) diastolic dysfunction (ADD), but many patients with ADD do not have clinical HF manifestations, hence termed pre-clinical diastolic dysfunction (PDD). The prevalence and characteristics of PDD in comparison to overt HF disease (clinical-ADD) are still debated.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 373 patients with LVEF≥45% and ADD in our echo-lab database.