EMCAPT study: the effect of MitraClip treatment on the mitral annulus and left atrial appendage evaluation by transoesophageal echocardiography.

Introduction: Data on the change in mitral valve annulus diameter (MAD), and left atrial appendage (LAA) structure and function after transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) of the mitral valve in patients with secondary mitral regurgitation (MR) are lacking.

Aim: To evaluate the change in these parameters just after the clip insertion and its relationship with prognosis in the long term.

Material And Methods: A total of 50 patients (age: 71.

Association of GDF-15, hs-cTnT and NT-proBNP with coronary artery disease in patients undergoing elective angiography.

This study investigated the association between plasma levels of GDF-15, hs-cTnT and NT-proBNP and the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in stable patients referred for elective coronary angiography. The outcome of CAD was defined as an ordinal variable with 3 levels. The association between each biomarker and the outcome was tested using the Winell and Lindbäck method.

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy following a simple partial seizure.

A 67-year-old woman presented to the emergency department for a simple partial seizure of her left upper and lower limbs that lasted for 1 hour and ultimately resolved before her presentation. She had no history of coronary artery disease, and her neurological exam was normal. Five hours later, she complained of chest pain.

Large paradoxical embolus through a patent foramen ovale following arteriovenous graft thrombectomy.

An 86-year-old man with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis with an arteriovenous fistula in his left upper extremity presented to his hemodialysis session with thrombosis of his arteriovenous fistula. The patient underwent surgical thrombectomy. The patient later showed evidence of peripheral embolization and livedo reticularis.

Atrial Flutter Following Shockwave Intravascular Lithotripsy During Percutaneous Intervention of Left Anterior Descending Disease.

A 72-year-old woman undergoing percutaneous intervention to a calcified proximal left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery lesion using Shockwave Intravascular Lithotripsy (S-IVL) developed new atrial flutter. She then returned to sinus rhythm after treatment with amiodarone. S-IVL can cause cardiomyocyte depolarization.