Acta Cardiologica

Summary of 2018 ESC Guidelines on definition of myocardial infarction, myocardial revascularisation, cardiovascular disease during pregnancy and on arterial hypertension
pp. 179-185(7)
Authors: Claeys, Marc J.; Coussement, Patrick; Pasquet, Agnes; De Backer, Tine; De Pauw, Michel

Clip therapy for secondary mitral regurgitation: the beginning of a long story?
pp. 186-188(3)
Authors: Leurent, Guillaume; Anselmi, Amedeo; Donal, Erwan

Feasibility and agreement of a novel combined echocardiographic method to measure global longitudinal strain and strain rate compared to speckle tracking and tissue Doppler imaging
pp. 191-199(9)
Authors: Van daele, Caroline M.; Chirinos, Julio A.; De Buyzere, Marc L.; Gillebert, Thierry C.; Rietzschel, Ernst R.

The Belgian experience with concomitant surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: a multi-centre prospective registry
pp. 200-208(9)
Authors: Van Hoof, Lucas; De Brabandere, Kristof; Fieuws, Steffen; Stockman, Bernard; Gutermann, Herbert; Rega, Filip

Contemporary choice of glucose lowering agents in heart failure patients with type 2 diabetes
pp. 211-217(7)
Authors: Martens, Pieter; Janssens, Joyce; Ramaekers, Jobbe; Dupont, Matthias; Mullens, Wilfried

Clinical outcomes of self-expandable vs. balloon-expandable TAVI for severe aortic stenosis
pp. 218-225(8)
Authors: Tham, Jodie Li Mei; Adams, Heath; Paleri, Sarang; Wright, Christine; Dimitriou, Jim; Newcomb, Andrew; MacIsaac, Andrew I.; Whitbourn, Robert J.; Palmer, Sonny C.

Impact of defibrillation threshold testing on burden of heart failure hospitalizations
pp. 226-232(7)
Authors: Akdemir, Baris; Li, Yanhui; Krishnan, Balaji; Adabag, Selcuk; Tholakanahalli, Venkatakrishna; Benditt, David G.; Li, Jian-Ming

Takotsubo syndrome in young fertile women
pp. 235-243(9)
Authors: Bertin, Nicole; Brosolo, Gabriele; Antonini-Canterin, Francesco; Citro, Rodolfo; Minisini, Rosalba; Alassas, Khadija; Bossone, Eduardo; Vriz, Olga

Association between fragmented QRS complexes and left-ventricular dysfunction in anabolic androgenic steroid users
pp. 244-253(10)
Authors: Kaya, Ülker; Eren, Hayati; Öcal, Lütfi; İnanır, Mehmet; Balaban, İsmail

Surgically managed giant left atrial appendage clots
pp. 254-255(2)
Author: Shah, Priyank

Septal haematoma post CTO procedure: an image focus
pp. 256-258(3)
Authors: Vanstappen, Ann-Sofie; Van Berendoncks, An; Dens, Jo; Haine, Steven

Concomitant partial ventricular septal defect (Pac-man^© heart) and left persistent superior vena cava accidentally discovered in young adult
pp. 261-262(2)
Authors: Abdelnabi, Mahmoud Hassan; Almaghraby, Abdallah; Saleh, Yehia; Elkafrawy, Fatma; Ziada, Karim; ElSamad, Sherif Abd

Right ventricular fibrosis in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
pp. 263-264(2)
Authors: Yoshihara, Shu; Suzuki, Shioto; Matsunaga, Masaki; Ohnishi, Ippei; Naito, Masaaki

A rare association of mitral atresia and double outlet right ventricle (MA-DORV) with unicuspid pulmonary valve
pp. 267-268(2)
Authors: Ojha, Vineeta; Chandrashekhara, Sh; Vadher, Akash; Malhi, Amarinder Singh; Nayak, Sanjeet; Kumar, Sanjeev

Dexfenfluramin: a forgotten cause of aortic stenosis
pp. 269-270(2)
Authors: Malergue, Marie Christine; Ohanessian, Alice; Zannis, Konstantinos; Bruneval, Patrick; Ennezat, Pierre Vladimir

Successful use of impella CP through femoral access in a patient with bilateral iliac and aortic endoprosthesis in the setting of cardiogenic shock
pp. 273-274(2)
Authors: Ribeiro, Marcelo Harada; Bezerra, Cristiano G.; Campos, Carlos; Dallan, Luís A.; Boukhris, Marouane; Mammadova, Maryam; Galassi, Alfredo R

Patch aneurysm following closure of ventricular septal defect: a rare differential of left ventricular outflow obstruction
pp. 275-276(2)
Authors: Sinha, Mumun; Pandey, Niraj Nirmal; Sharma, Arun; Parashar, Nitin; Kumar, Sanjeev

A new predictor for new-onset atrial fibrillation in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction: chronic renal disease
pp. 277-278(2)
Authors: Çınar, Tufan; Keskin, Muhammed; Işılak, Zafer; Orhan, Ahmet Lütfullah