Patients with hypertension who develop atrial premature complexes (APCs) are at a particularly high risk for atrial fibrillation (AF). We sought to identify medications and modifiable risk factors that could reduce the risk of AF imposed by presence of APCs in such a high risk group. This analysis
Heart failure is the term used for a cardiovascular syndrome whose definition lacks uniform criteria. It is associated with a very high mortality rate. Approximately 50% of deaths in patients with heart failure are sudden, mostly due to ventricular tachycardia (VT). In severe heart failure, death
The prevalence of electrocardiographic anomalies has been assessed in a selected group of centenarians recruited in Western Sicily (49 subjects, 15 males and 34 females) with an average age of 101.5 years (range 100-109); the findings were analyzed in correlation with the state of health of the
The diagnostic work-up for the first syncopal episode of a 14-year-old female adolescent revealed the morphology of an isolated myocardial non-compaction on echography. Angiography and biopsy of the left ventricle confirmed the diagnosis. Despite a reduced shortening fraction (FS 21%) and frequent
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