3 results match your criteria: "HELPIS General Hospital[Affiliation]"
A giant, free-floating mass in the left atrium in a patient with atrial fibrillation.
Hellenic J Cardiol
January 2012
Cardiology Department, HELPIS General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Article Synopsis
- A large intracardiac mass, often a myxoma or thrombus, poses significant risks for complications, necessitating urgent surgery for removal.
- An 80-year-old woman with a history of atrial fibrillation exhibited severe symptoms, including impaired consciousness and fever, leading to the diagnosis of a large, free-floating mass in her left atrium that obstructed the mitral valve.
- Surgical intervention was deemed too risky given her critical neurological state, and although she was treated with heparin, she ultimately experienced cardiac arrest and passed away.
Incidental diagnosis of a large coronary fistula: angiographic and cardiac MRI findings.
Hellenic J Cardiol
June 2011
Cardiology Department, HELPIS General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Coronary artery fistulas are rare anomalies of the coronary arteries that may sometimes be totally asymptomatic and can be found incidentally during coronary arteriography later in adult life. We report the case of a 75-year-old man with such a fistula and describe our diagnostic approach. In addition, we review the literature on the etiology, epidemiology, the diagnostic modalities and treatment of coronary fistulas.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPost-preeclampsia acute myocardial infarction during puerperium in a woman with normal coronary vessels.
Hellenic J Cardiol
April 2008
Department of Cardiology, Helpis General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
We describe the case of a young Iraqi woman with a clinical, electrocardiographical, and echocardiographical picture of acute myocardial infarction. After preeclampsia, a delivery by caesarean section, and without anticoagulant therapy, the patient presented with myocardial infarction, although coronary angiography was negative for coronary artery disease. The haematological exam showed the presence of the V Leiden factor, and in view of recurrent episodes of chest pain after her admission, she underwent chest computed tomography and bone mass measurement, which indicated a precocious stage of osteoporosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF