Image focus: an uncommon cause of isolated right-sided heart failure.
Published in Acta cardiologica
Re-implantation after extraction of a cardiac implantable electronic device.
Published in Acta cardiologica
Background: With increasing cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) implantations, growing number of extractions of leads and devices are noted, mainly for complications such as infection and lead dysfunction. The optimal timing for re-implantation remains uncertain. We investigated the time to eventual re-implantation of CIEDs in the U...
Inflammatory mass formation on a patent foramen ovale closure device seventeen years after implantation.
Published in Acta cardiologica
The importance of dose optimisation in the treatment of iron deficiency in heart failure.
Published in Acta cardiologica
Background: Treatment with ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) is limited to 1 g during one administration, which is insufficient in patients with a higher body weight or low haemoglobin (Hb). As a consequence, under-dosing might be common in clinical practice, yet the consequences remain unstudied.Methods: We retrospectively assessed all HFrEF-patients wi...
Acute hypoxic pulmonary hypertension associated with right heart failure.
Published in Acta cardiologica
COPD is a cause of chronic pulmonary hypertension, with increased pressure during exacerbations. But acute right ventricular failure is very rare in this condition. We reported two cases in which exacerbation and hypoxaemia have induced an acute severe pulmonary hypertension complicated by right ventricular failure and cardiogenic shock. The suppor...
Left common carotid artery agenesis with separate origins of internal and external carotid arteries.
Published in Acta cardiologica
Benchmarking Belgian CRT practice against the rest of Europe: insights from the ESC-CRT survey II.
...Published in Acta cardiologica
This subanalysis of the Euro-CRT survey II specifically focus on Belgian practice for CRT implantation. It explores Belgian adherence with the guidelines but also benchmark CRT practice in Belgium against the other European countries. Overall, Belgian management of CRT implantation is performed with great agreement with guidelines. This report coul...
Comparative effects of enalapril versus perindopril on serum levels of leptin and adiponectin in hypertensive patients.
Published in Acta cardiologica
Introduction: Abnormal adipokine levels affect blood pressure (BP) regulation. Hypo-adiponectinaemia and hyperleptinaemia were reported in hypertension, little is known about how antihypertensive therapy affects these alterations. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of perindopril versus enalapril on plasma adiponectin, tumour necrosis alpha (...
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing may not predict appropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapies in heart f...
Published in Acta cardiologica
Background: The prognostic value of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) variables for major cardiovascular events in patients with heart failure (HF) is widely established. However, the prognostic value of these variables as predictors of appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapies has not been sufficiently well addressed...
Double jeopardy: aortic valve endocarditis complicated by post-operative mitral valve apparatus destruction.
Published in Acta cardiologica
