Differentiating AV nodal vs orthodromic AV reentrant tachycardia

Aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of careful interpretation of a 12-lead ECG recorded during tachycardia and specific history taking to differentiate between AVNRT and AVRT.

Sedation during transoesophageal echocardiography

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is widely used. There is no consensus on the optimal sedation for TEE.

Short breath, small vessels and big heart - an unusual suspect

In most cases, dyspnea, chest pain and negative T wave found on ECG represent myocardial ischemia, pulmonary embolism, left ventricular hypertrophy or pericarditis. In some cases, the cause is unusual.

Late transcatheter aortic valve thrombotic obstruction

Late valve thrombosis is uncommon after trans­catheter aortic valve implantation.

When apical is parasternal, or “where is the heart?”

CT-angiography of the heart showed that the entire heart was displaced leftwards into the left hemithorax ...

An unusual cause of thromboembolic disease.

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