Left ventricular function was investigated in 86 patients with single vessel coronary artery disease before and three to six months after successful angioplasty. Before angioplasty thallium-201 perfusion scintigraphy and technetium-99m gated equilibrium ventriculography in most patients showed that stress testing (exercise and ice water stimulation and isometric handgrip respectively) induced m...

Fatal Bleedings With Prasugrel as Part of Triple Antithrombotic Therapy Hemorragias mortales relacionadas con un tratamiento antitrombótico triple que incluye prasugrel To the Editor, Triple antithrombotic therapy with aspirin, clopidogrel, and warfarin is used in about 5% of patients after coronary stent implantation, mostly due to atrial fibrillation and left ventricular thrombosis. 1 This an...

background: cardiac rehabilitation is known as a powerful non-pharmacological approach for improving functional capacity, and left ventricular systolic function; however, some limited data have suggested an attenuation of the decline in diastolic function with this program. this study investigated the effect of high intensity aerobic exercise following coronary artery bypass surgery (cabg) on d...

Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a complex syndrome characterized by progressive decline in left ventricular function, low exercise tolerance and raised mortality and morbidity. Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction plays a major role in CHF and progression of most cardiac diseases. The current recommended goals can theoretically be accomplished via exercise and pharmacological therapy so the ai...

stress-induced cardiomyopathy or takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a recently increasing diagnosed disease manifested by transient apical or mid left ventricular dilation and dysfunction. this sign is similar to acute myocardial infarction but without significant coronary artery stenosis. there are important and essential differences between takotsubo cardiomyopathy and acute myocardial infarction in...

Distal intracoronary infusion of the perfluorochemical Fluosol-DA 20% has been shown to prevent systolic dysfunction during coronary artery balloon occlusion in coronary angioplasty. To assess its effect on global diastolic dysfunction, a randomized, single-blind, crossover protocol comparing intracoronary infusion of Fluosol or no infusion (control) was performed during 60 s balloon inflations...

Received: 29.05.2016; Revised: 13.01.2017 A 56 years old male had undergone implantation of Dual chamber Automated Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD) in November 2011 for documented sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia. He was a known case of Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and had undergone angioplasty with a medicated stent to the mid left anterior descending coronary artery...

Patients with chronic segmental myocardial dysfunction may demonstrate improvement after coronary revascularization. To evaluate the early effects of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) on resting left ventricular segmental function, we obtained serial two-dimensional echocardiograms 1.1 +/- 0.9 days before and 3.1 +/- 2 days after elective PTCA in 40 patients. Echocardiograms...