https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/150846/1/ehx391.pdf

2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease

Recommendations for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function by Echocardiography : An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

http://www.jse.gr.jp/2016_LVDiastolicFunction.pdf

Recommendations for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function by Echocardiography: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

https://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/familymedicine/fpinfo/Docs/Chest%20Rx%20VTE%20Feb%202016.pdf

Antithrombotic Therapy for VTE Disease: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report

During the past decade, catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) has evolved rapidly from an investigational procedure to its current status as a commonly performed ablation procedure in many major hospitals throughout the world. Surgical ablation of AF, using either standard or minimally invasive techniques, is also performed in many major hospitals throughout the world.

In 2007, an initial Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical AF Ablation was developed as a joint effort of the Heart Rhythm Society, the European Heart Rhythm Association, and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society.1 The 2007 document was also developed in collaboration with the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the American College of Cardiology. Since the publication of the 2007 document, there has been much learned about AF ablation, and the indications for these procedures have changed. Therefore the purpose of this 2012 Consensus Statement is to provide a state-of-the-art review of the field of catheter and surgical ablation of AF and to report the findings of a Task Force, convened by the Heart Rhythm Society, the European Heart Rhythm Association, and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society and charged with defining the indications, techniques, and outcomes of this procedure. Included within this document are recommendations pertinent to the design of clinical trials in the field of AF ablation, including definitions relevant to this topic.

This statement summarizes the opinion of the Task Force members based on an extensive literature review as well as their own experience. It is directed to all health care professionals who are involved in the care of patients with AF, particularly those who are undergoing, or are being considered for, catheter or surgical ablation procedures for AF. This statement is not intended to recommend or promote catheter ablation of AF. Rather the ultimate judgment regarding care of a particular patient …

2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: Recommendations for patient selection, procedural techniques, patient management and follow-up, definitions, endpoints, and research trial design

Echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function is an integral part of the routine evaluation of patients presenting with symptoms of dyspnea or heart failure. The 2009 American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and European Association of Echocardiography (now European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging [EACVI]) guidelines for diastolic function assessment were comprehensive, including several two-dimensional (2D) and Doppler parameters to grade diastolic dysfunction and to estimate LV filling pressures.1 Notwithstanding, the inclusion of many parameters in the guidelines was perceived to render diastolic function assessment too complex, because several readers have interpreted the guidelines as mandating all the listed parameters in the document to fall within specified values before assigning a specific grade. The primary goal of this update is to simplify the approach and thus increase the utility of the guidelines in daily clinical practice.

LV diastolic dysfunction is usually the result of impaired LV relaxation with or without …

A 54-year-old obese woman with a history of hypertension dialed ambulance service for headache and vomiting. EKG found diffuse ST segment elevation (figure 1A). Prehospital management consisted of intravenous aspirin, oral antiplatelet therapy (prasugrel) and subcutaneous low-molecular-weight heparin. She was transferred in our intensive care unit. Echocardiography showed impaired left ventricular ejection fraction (30%) with apical dysfunction but preserved basal function (figure 1B–D). Coronary angiography showed normal epicardial coronary arteries (figure 1E,F …

https://casereports.bmj.com/content/casereports/2012/bcr.11.2011.5134.full.pdf

Subarachnoid haemorrhage mimicking acute myocardial infarction.

https://www.internationaljournalofcardiology.com/article/S0167-5273(14)00551-8/pdf

Left ventricular myocardial performance index predicts poor outcome during COPD exacerbation.

https://www.internationaljournalofcardiology.com/article/S0167-5273(14)01013-4/pdf

Coronary embolization following electrical cardioversion in a patient treated with dabigatran.

Rest has long been considered mandatory in the treatment of chronic heart failure. In recent years, emphasis has been given to two emerging hallmarks of the syndrome: the abnormalities of the peripheral circulation and those of the peripheral muscles. Recent experimental and clinical studies have shown that training has the potential to reverse these abnormalities and improve patients' functional status. This article reviews these observations.

Exercise Training in Chronic Heart Failure: Why?

Echocardiographic, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, surgical and pathological findings of an unusual right atrial tumor: a giant papillary fibroelastoma.

Pierre-Vladimir Ennezat

Papers

Subarachnoid haemorrhage mimicking acute myocardial infarction.

Left ventricular myocardial performance index predicts poor outcome during COPD exacerbation.

Coronary embolization following electrical cardioversion in a patient treated with dabigatran.

Exercise Training in Chronic Heart Failure: Why?

Echocardiographic, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, surgical and pathological findings of an unusual right atrial tumor: a giant papillary fibroelastoma.