Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri

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One step before eosinophilic cardiomyopathy
Anno:
2024
A 57-year-old woman was admitted to our Emergency Department (ED) for chest pain, cough, and fever that appeared a few days before. She was affected by bronchial asthma since childhood. The EKG showed a new-onset right bundle block, and the blood samples increased myocardionecrosis markers. A coronary angiography was…
DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION EVALUATION IN CARDIAC AMYLOIDOSIS: BEYOND TRADITIONAL PARAMETERS TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN TRUE HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION AND MIMICS
Anno:
2024
BACKGROUND Diastolic dysfunction in cardiac amyloidosis (CA), according to current guidelines, can be classified using mitral flow velocities, mitral annular e’ velocity, E/e’ ratio, tricuspid regurgitation jet and left atrial (LA) maximal volume. However, LA minimal volume and the ratio between LA and left ventricular (LV) volumes at end-diastole,…