A 75-year-old woman with Child B primary biliary cirrhosis under treatment with ursodeoxycholic acid was hospitalized for edematous ascitic decompensation related with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, which was treated with intravenous ciprofloxacin. On the third day, she had an onset of anginal pain, anterior wall ST-segment elevation, and cardiogenic shock. Urgent catheterization showed an ...

2013;8(3-4):83. Cardiologia CROATICA SAÆETAK: U ovom Ëlanku iznose se rezultati istraæivanja u kojem se ocjenjuju uËinci depresije kao mentalnog poremeÊaja na lijeËenje i prognozu zatajivanja srca (ZS). »ini se da su povezanost ZS i depresija u vezi kako s psiholoπkim aspektima teπke srËane bolesti, tako i s patofizioloπkim i psihosocijalnim mehanizmima. Depresija moæe biti Ëimbenik rizika za r...

Using real-time 3D-speckle-tracking in the clinical course of Tako-Tsubo turned out as a quick and feasible tool for recognition and follow-up of wall motion abnormalities.

A new cardiac syndrome exhibiting transient left ventricular (LV) apical ballooning has been widely described in Japan. Conversely, there are few series outside Japan. 2 This syndrome usually affects elderly women, frequently preceded by emotional/physical stress. 2 These patients present with chest pain, ECG abnormalities, and minimal enzymatic release, mimicking an anterior wall acute coronar...

1. Hurst RT, Askew JW, Reuss CS, et al. Transient midventricular ballooning syndrome: a new variant. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;48: 579 – 83. 2. Sharkey SW, Lesser JR, Zenovich AG, et al. Acute and reversible cardiomyopathy provoked by stress in women from the United States. Circulation 2005;111:472–9. 3. Abdulla I, Kay S, Mussap C, et al. Apical sparing in tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy. Intern Med J 2...