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Case of the Month

ESC Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases

This section includes a selection of interesting cases provided by members of the Working Group. The cases propose a case study for which a suggested treatment/answer is required. The cases are first sent out to Working Group members via the newsletter and then published on the website.

If you are interested in submitting a case or an answer, please contact the Working Group.

29/11/2010 00:00:00

 List of available cases


DateTitleAuthors
01 Apr 2012Idiopathic acute pericarditis rapidly evolving to constrictive pericarditisP. Pedrotti , M. Imazio, P. Ferrazzi , S. Maestroni, A. Brucato, C.Simon, A. Roghi
01 Mar 2012A 45 year old mother of three, with dyspnea and fatigueTenna Gadgaard, Torsten B Rasmussen, Jens Mogensen
01 Feb 201260 year old woman with concentric LV hypertrophy and weight lossPetr Kuchynka, Tomas Palecek, Ales Linhart
15 Jan 2012Concentric hypertrophy and fibrosisSusan Stienen and Yigal Pinto
01 Nov 2011Pericardial effusion in Pulmonary artery hypertension:Arsen D. Ristic
01 Oct 2011Sporadic DCM and genetic counsellingPhilippe Charron, Paul Fornes, Pascale Richard
01 Sep 2011A 49 year-old woman with persisting LV obstruction involving the mitral valve apparatus, after surgical myectomyBarbara Pfeiffer, Angelos Rigopoulos, Hubert Seggewiss
01 Aug 2011A 56-year-old woman with high CRP and lateral ST-depression in the ECGTiina Heliö
01 Jul 2011A 30 year old male with mild left ventricular hypertrophyThomas D. Gossios, Margherita Calcagnino, Perry M. Elliott,
01 Jun 2011Critical changes in cardiomyopathy during adolescenceMaria José Oliva, Carmen Muñoz, Juan Gimeno
01 May 2011A 50-year-old woman with progressive heart failure despite adequate medical therapyJ. Mogensen, U. Baandrup, T. B. Rasmussen
01 Apr 2011A 36-year woman with acute gastrointestinal symptoms and chest painMartina Perazzolo Marra, Marny Fedrigo and Alida LP Caforio
01 Mar 2011Non-dilated left ventricle with moderate systolic dysfunctionPetr Kuchynka, Tomas Palecek, Ales Linhart
01 Feb 2011Low Voltage ECG, a spot-diagnosis?Cathelijne Dickhoff, Yigal Pinto
01 Jan 2011A previously healthy 41-year old woman resuscitated from ventricular fibrillationTiina Heliö
01 Dec 2010Dilated cardiomyopathy and familial inquestPhilippe Charron
01 Nov 2010A 39-year old male with complicated hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathyBarbara Pfeiffer and Hubert Seggewiss
01 Sep 2010A previously healthy young woman with a rapidly developed dyspnoea and thick-walled left ventricleTiina Heliö and Sari Aaltonen
01 Aug 2010A 46 year-old man with right ventricular dilatationDiego A. García and Lorenzo Monserrat 
01 Jul 2010Confounding presentation phenotype in familial cardiomyopathyF.I. Gambarin, A. Serio, M. Pasotti, L. Tavazzi, E. Arbustini
01 Jun 2010Sudden Cardiac Death Ten Months After DeliveryPollak A, Admon D, Ben-Yehuda D, Keren A
01 May 2010A case of DCM in a young personG. Limongelli & PM. Elliott
01 Apr 2010A Young Patient with Restrictive Cardiomyopathy and Severe Pulmonary HypertensionŁ. Mazurkiewicz, Z. T. Bilińska
01 Mar 2010Acute Pericarditis with cardiac tamponade in a young patient: Ristic A., Milinkovic I, Seferovic P.M.
01 Feb 2010Congestive heart failure in 22 year-old manP. Charron
01 Jan 2010Misleading phenotype or biased cardiologists?M.Pasotti, F.I. Gambarin, A. Serio, L. Tavazzi & E. Arbustini
01 Dec 2009A case of “bright myocardium” (not all that glitters is gold)M Lorenzini & C Rapezzi
01 Nov 2009Onset of congestive heart failure and subsequent life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmiasS. Pankuweit
01 Oct 2009Forty year old man with a rapidly developed severe dyspnea preceded by a bronchitis for two weeksDr Tiina Heliö (picture) and Dr Maija Kaartinen.
01 Sep 2009Different phenotypes in the same family: how genetic studies can help us?Ortiz M., Barriales-Villa R. and Monserrat, L.
05 Aug 2009Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: malignant and variable phenotypes. F.I. Gambarin, A. Serio, M. Pasotti, L. Tavazzi, E. Arbustini.

01 Jul 2009A case of unusual heart failure?Arad M.
01 Jun 2009A 52 year old male with recurrent abdominal painP. Garcia-Pavia and P. M. Elliott
01 May 2009Recurrent NSTE-ACS in a Female Patient with Progressive Myocardial Dysfunction 
01 Apr 2009Pear-like tumour of the pericardium disappearingRistic A.
01 Mar 2009Twenty one year old soccer player with abnormal ECG: should professional sport be authorised or not?Charron P.
01 Feb 2009Cardiomyopathies Camouflage: Disguising FindingsA. Serio, L. Tavazzi, M. Pasotti, F. Gambarin, E. Arbustini  

01 Jan 2009Refining the diagnosis of “Restrictive Cardiomyopathy”: an illustrative caseC. Rapezzi, Dr. O. Leone and Prof. E. Arbustini
01 Dec 2008A Case of Unclear Septal HypertrophyRichter, A. & Pankuweit, S.
01 Nov 2008A 40-year old woman with progressive postpartum tachyarrhythmias and conduction defectHelio T. 
01 Oct 2008Fulminant lymphocytic myocarditis versus giant cell myocarditisGotsman, I. and Keren A.
01 Jul 2008Tachycardia Quarta G. &  Dr Elliott P.
15 Jun 2008ICD placementBilinska Z.
01 Apr 2008Transitory constrictive pericarditis in a professional top football player

Ristić A., Seferović P.

01 Mar 2008Dilated Cardiomyopathy Charron P.