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11 Dec 2014

Case Report: Ventricular Fibrillation and Atrial Tachyarrhythmia in 4th Decade Restrictive Ventricular Septal Defect

Congenital cardiac patients have benefitted from the advent and refinement of corrective and palliative cardiac surgery and echocardiography.
20 Oct 2014

Emerging Options for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Dr Jeffrey Weitz chaired the symposium and welcomed Dr Christian Ruff, who discussed and summarised recent results from key trials of new oral…
20 Oct 2014

Meeting the Challenges in Atrial Fibrillation Management: The Role of New Anticoagulants

Prof Gregory Lip opened the symposium with a discussion on determining stroke and bleeding risk in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients and their management.
20 Oct 2014

Premature Heart Attacks: Bad Lifestyle, Bad Luck, or Bad Genes?

Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HoFH), a rare inherited lipid disorder usually caused by bi-allelic defects in the LDLR gene, is characterised…
20 Oct 2014

Imaging During Transcatheter Interventions for Valvular Heart Disease

Valvular heart disease is a growing field, and the number of new approaches for percutaneous treatment is increasing rapidly. These procedures usually…
20 Oct 2014

Red Cell Distribution Width for Predicting Cardiovascular Disease: A Literature Review

Although the classical risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) are very important, identification of potential novel risk factors could help…
20 Oct 2014

Case Report: Double Orifice Mitral Valve with Cleft in Anterior Leaflet of Dominant Valve in an Afro-Caribbean

Double orifice mitral valve (DOMV) is a rare congenital mitral valve (MV) disorder. It is associated with other types of congenital heart disease in 45%…
20 Oct 2014

The Quest for a Medical Treatment of Aortic Stenosis: Putative Therapeutic Targets

Aortic stenosis (AS), i.e. calcification and obstruction of the aortic valve (AV), is the most common type of valvular heart disease. The therapeutic…
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