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Amiodarone and the "dizzy" patient

Beware of neurotoxicity, among other side effects, when treating patients with amiodarone. Patients will typically complain of tremor, but also “dizziness” as an umbrella term for an unsteady gait.

Direct His bundle pacing in routine clinical practice

Direct His bundle pacing has recently attracted interest as a more physiological alternative to right ventricular or biventricular stimulation. The advent of new tools has facilitated the implantation procedure. This report relates our initial experience with this technique in our first 50 patients.

Eliminating the trigger for polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

A 60-year-old female patient was referred to our hospital because of recurrent syncope. The resting 12-lead ECG showed sinus rhythm with left bundle branch block and a high burden of monomorphic single premature ventricular beats (PVCs).

Myocardial infarction due to obstruction of the left main coronary

We present a challenging case of myocardial infarction with partial intermittent obstruction of the left main coronary due to a mass of unknown origin in an otherwise healthy 34-year-old male.

Percutaneous treatment of a degenerated transcatheter heart valve

A 68-year-old man presented with increasing shortness of breath and a history of decompensated heart failure 8 years after transfemoral implantation of a CoreValve 29 mm for severe, calcified aortic stenosis.

Prevention Summit 2018

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