Update on arrhythmogenic ­cardiomyopathies

Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy is a rare disease. Nonetheless, it is one of the leading causes of sudden cardiac death, particularly in young athletes ≤35 years of age.

Tricuspid regurgitation: ­assessment and new frontiers

The aim of this short review is to summarise the assessment of tricuspid regurgitation and to show new transcatheter therapeutic options.

Gruentzig, Senning and a young surgeon: 40 years ago the first heart team

One of the true epochal successes of modern medicine was the development of percutaneous treatment of coronary artery disease.

Long-term survival after heart transplantation

A reason for persistence in research and organ donation programmes.

Paradoxical QRS complex ­narrowing following transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Delay in the left-sided conduction system after TAVI masks right bundle-branch block.

Incomplete stent apposition resolves one year after implantation

Incomplete stent apposition of a Magmaris bioresorbable scaffold.

In memoriam: Professeur Daniel Wagner

Der Leiter des Universitären Herzzentrums Zürich, Professor Thomas F. Lüscher, folgt einem Ruf nach London – und bleibt doch ein bisschen in Zürich