Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade

In this position statement of the ESC Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases an expert consensus group reviews the current knowledge on clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment of myocarditis, and proposes new diagnostic criteria for clinically suspected myocarditis and its distinct biopsy-proven p…

European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (EACPR), European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), Heart Failure Association (HFA). ESC Councils: Council for Cardiology Practice (CCP), Council on Cardiovascul…

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the long-term follow-up results of patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy and assess the echocardiographic findings relating to prognosis at time of diagnosis. METHODS: Thirty-three patients diagnosed with peripartum cardiomyopathy and hospitalized between 1995 and 2007 were analyzed. Initial…

• HACI MURAT GÜNEŞ

BACKGROUND: Idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias in the form of monomorphic premature ventricular contractions (PVC) and/or ventricular tachycardia (VT) can cause tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy (TICMP). The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) in patients with TICMP…

• EVRİM ŞİMŞEK

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• MUSTAFA YILDIZ

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• AKIN ERASLAN BALCI

In 50 patients treated from January 1998 through March 2002 for pericardial effusion and tamponade, we retrospectively investigated the efficacy of percutaneous placement of an indwelling pericardial catheter guided by 2-dimensional echocardiography and fluoroscopy. We also investigated causation. In 80% of the patien…

OBJECTIVE: To report a case of severe rhabdomyolysis that developed after administration of atorvastatin to a patient receiving regular colchicine treatment. CASE SUMMARY: A 45-year-old man with nephrotic syndrome and amyloidosis presented with dyspnea, altered mentation, and severe fatigue. He had been taking colchic…

• NERİMAN DEFNE ALTINTAŞ

OBJECTIVE: To report a case of severe rhabdomyolysis that developed after administration of atorvastatin to a patient receiving regular colchicine treatment. CASE SUMMARY: A 45-year-old man with nephrotic syndrome and amyloidosis presented with dyspnea, altered mentation, and severe fatigue. He had been taking colchic…

• ABDURRAHMAN TUFAN

OBJECTIVE: To report a case of severe rhabdomyolysis that developed after administration of atorvastatin to a patient receiving regular colchicine treatment. CASE SUMMARY: A 45-year-old man with nephrotic syndrome and amyloidosis presented with dyspnea, altered mentation, and severe fatigue. He had been taking colchic…

• ARZU TOPELİ İSKİT

OBJECTIVE: To report a case of severe rhabdomyolysis that developed after administration of atorvastatin to a patient receiving regular colchicine treatment. CASE SUMMARY: A 45-year-old man with nephrotic syndrome and amyloidosis presented with dyspnea, altered mentation, and severe fatigue. He had been taking colchic…

• ALPER BEKTAŞ İSKİT

Objectives: The aim of our study was to evaluate the usefulness of systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) at admission in predicting in-hospital mortality in patients with infective endocarditis. Methods: 133 definite IE patients (≥18 years) according to modified Duke criteria, treated in our tertiary care hospital…