Angelo Branzi

TL;DR: In this article, a 41-year-old woman was referred for pretransplantation screening following a long history of congestive heart failure, and the main physical findings were bilateral leg oedema, hepatomegaly, raised jugular venous pressure and third heart sound.

TL;DR: In selected patients with malignant vasovagal syncope, treatment with metaprolol or propranolol at relatively high doses is feasible and, if guided by HUT results, is associated with a favorable outcome in terms of freedom from syncopal recurrences.

TL;DR: Among patients with ST elevation-acute coronary syndrome (ACS) novel thrombolytic agents can be given as a bolus (reteplase, tenecteplase) and their delivery is easier and may shorten the time to treatment, providing the ideal tool in the pre-hospital setting.

TL;DR: CHF patients with intermediate peak VO(2) who display "stable" CHF present a lower incidence of adverse cardiac events, particularly in the absence of hypotension, severe mitral regurgitation, and severe reduction of LVEF.