Kardiol Pol
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Impact of levosimendan on right ventricular functions by using novel tissue Doppler derived indices in patients with ischaemic left ventricular failure.
Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction complicates advanced left ventricular (LV) heart failure (HF) and contributes to a poor prognosis. Levosimendan is a positive inotropic agent improving cardiac contractility without increasing myocardial oxygen consumption in HF. ⋯ Levosimendan improves RV systolic function as expressed by TDI-derived parameters in patients with acutedecompensated HF.
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Heart failure (HF) is a chronic disease of great clinical and economic significance for both the healthcare system and patients themselves. ⋯ The costs of treating heart failure in Poland are high; proper allocation of resources to diagnostic procedures and treatment may contribute to rationalisation of the relevant expenditure.
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Case Reports
Pulmonary artery aneurysm mimicking pulmonary artery dissection detected by multimodality imaging.
An idiopathic pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA) is an uncommon lesion, and is defined when the diameter of the pulmonary trunk is greater than 30 mm in the absence of cardiac or pulmonary etiologies. Idiopathic PAA is generally asymptomatic and has an increased risk for dissection or rupture of the aneurysm. We herein demonstrate two- and three-dimensional echocardiographic and computerised tomographic angiography features of an idiopathic pulmonary aneurysm mimicking a pulmonary artery dissection.