This article presents two sisters with focal atrial arrhythmias originating from the right and left interatrial septum. The diagnosis of Lamin A/C mutation was made years after the intervention.
An infrequently diagnosed case of atrial infarction which occurred in conjunction with left ventricular myocardial infarction is presented.
The case of a 50-year-old woman with a chemotherapeutically treated primary mediastinal lymphoma and circumferential pericardial effusion, whose echocardiogram revealed unusual intrapericardial colour and pulsed-wave Doppler flow signals.
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Emerging data indicates that there are relevant sex-specific differences in the pathobiology, clinical presentation, and management of ACS in women and men.
This review article provides a condensed but comprehensive summary of the latest knowledge of sex-specific aspects of arrhythmias.
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in women presents unique challenges in terms of pathophysiology, diagnosis and management. Rare forms of ACS, such as takotsubo syndrome (TTS) and spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), have gained increasing attention in recent years.
