Cardiac surgery: where are we going?

The cardiac surgeon of the future is likely to be different in many aspects from the specialist who has been the product of conventional training.

PCSK9 inhibitors: a new era for lipid-targeted therapies?

This review focuses on proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9, its role in lipid metabolism and its inhibition as a novel therapeutic approach for patients with dyslipidaemia.

Clinical determinants of adrenal vein sampling success

The objectives of this study were to define the success rate of adrenal vein sampling, and its clinical determinants, and to compare the accuracy of high-resolution adrenal computed tomography with AVS.

Copeptin for early diagnosis of myocardial infarction

Combined determination of troponin and copeptin on admission in patients presenting early after onset of symptoms suspect of AMI provides a high negative predictive value.

Basal Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy: an uncommon case of TTC in in a young woman with multiple sclerosis

This uncommon case suggests that both factors of young age or neurological events may affect Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy pattern during one episode.

Intermittent AV-Block after slow pathway ablation for atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT): what is the mechanism?

Postinterventionally, the patient had intermittent AV-block I and II type Mobitz I.

The athlete's ECG: where to stand between physiology and disease?

The authors present the ECG recordings of two asymptomatic cyclists with characteristic changes.