ESC Clinical Case Gallery - Valvular, Myocardial, Pericardial, Pulmonary, Congenital Heart Disease

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Date: 25 Sep 2020

Title: Infective endocarditis and venous thromboembolism: Double trouble in a patients with operated congenital heart disease

Congenital Heart Disease – Clinical
Date: 25 Sep 2020

Title: An out-of hospital arrest in a young female patient with a history of mitral valve prolapse

Valvular Heart Disease – Clinical
Date: 14 Jan 2020

Title: An aortic root abscess in a patient with a bicuspid aortic valve

Infective Endocarditis
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: 16-year-old female with right atrial thrombus two years after uncomplicated atrial septal defect repair (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Pediatric Cardiology
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: A case of Platypnea-Orthodeoxia syndrome: diagnosis by exclusion or something to look for? (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Grown-Up Congenital Heart Disease (Management of)
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: A case report of isolated arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy (ALVC) mimicking DCM in a 29-years-old man presented with recurrent syncope. (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Syncope (Guidelines on Diagnosis and Management of)
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: A Unique Case of Caseous Mitral Annular Calcification Presenting with Stroke and Myocardial Infarction (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Valvular Heart Disease (Management of)
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: An Unusual Case and Approach to Pneumopericardium (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Pericardial Disease (Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of)
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Aortic valve infective endocarditis with a pseudoaneurysm presenting as acute coronary syndrome (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Infective Endocarditis – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Arrhythmias and heart rate variability before and after lung transplantation assessed by continuous cardiac monitoring in a patient with end-stage pulmonary arterial hypertension (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Pulmonary Circulation, Pulmonary Embolism, Right Heart Failure – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Azygos continuation of the inferior vena cava - a challenge in the era of interventional cardiology (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Congenital Heart Disease – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Bilateral single pulmonary vein slings; first-ever case description (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Congenital Heart Disease – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Carcinoid heart disease- a rare finding in clinical practice, but a possible severe complication of neuroendocrine tumors (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Valvular Heart Disease – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Egg-streme finding in the right heart: a rare case of an intracardiac cyst (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Tumors of the Heart – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Eosinophilic myocarditis requiring mechanical circulatory support as a bridge-to-recovery: a case report. (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Myocardial Disease – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Evolution of acute pericarditis to constrictive pericarditis with probable tuberculosis as etiology and resolution with clinical treatment (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Pericardial Disease – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Exacerbation of mitral regurgitation after tricuspid valve replacement for severe isolated tricuspid regurgitation (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Valvular Heart Disease – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Filamin C truncation mutation: a recently recognized genetic cause of dilated cardiomyopathy and ventricular premature complexes (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Acute and Chronic Heart Failure
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Gemella haemolysans-A rare pathogen causing native bi-valvular endocarditis (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Infective Endocarditis (Guidelines on Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of)
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Hemolytic anemia and renal failure after mitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Valvular Heart Disease – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Left main coronary artery extrinsic compression by a dilated pulmonary artery trunk: importance of intravascular ultrasonography to guide stenting (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Pulmonary Circulation, Pulmonary Embolism, Right Heart Failure – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Long QT and Torsades de Pointe caused by Tuberculous myocarditis (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Myocardial Disease – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Long-standing successful conservative therapy of severe enterococcus faecalis-caused infective prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis with valve ring abscess, concomitant spondylodiscitis and multi-organ septic embolisms in a multi-morbid 84-year old patient: a case report (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Infective Endocarditis (Guidelines on Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of)
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Morphologically verified ANCA-positive Loeffler`s pancarditis: successful medical and surgical treatment. (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Acute and Chronic Heart Failure
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Multiple valve endocarditis in a patient with transposition of great arteries complicated with subdural hemorrhage (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Infective Endocarditis – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Myocardial infarction enlightening the etiologic diagnosis of non-ischemic heart failure (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Myocardial Disease – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Myocarditis in graft-versus-host disease: a challenging diagnosis and an unexpected response to targeted therapy (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Myopericarditis complicating meningococcal sepsis (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Myocardial Disease – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Never forget the chameleon of cardiology (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Myocardial Disease – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Non idiopathic ventricular tachycardia: In the hunt for a cause (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Polyserositis in a young patient - A Case Report (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Pericardial Disease – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Primary antiphospholipid syndrome with large aortic valve vegetation – Choosing a conservative or surgical approach? (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Infective Endocarditis – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Primary cardiac lymphoma (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Cardiac Pacing and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Primary Purulent Pericarditis with Oral Anaerobic Bacteria Leading to Recurrent Cardiac Tamponade (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Pericardial Disease (Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of)
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Pulmonary Hypertension in a Patient with Shone Syndrome and Patent Ductus Arteriosus Complicated with a Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Congenital Heart Disease – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy due to Lung Adenocarcinoma with ROS1 Rearrangement Successfully Treated with Crizotinib under Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Pulmonary Circulation, Pulmonary Embolism, Right Heart Failure – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Residual exertional breathlessness after septal myectomy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: obstruction-independent symptoms in a “paradoxical” response to exercise (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Severe aortic and tricuspid valve regurgitation caused by blunt chest trauma (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Valvular Heart Disease – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Slowly developing hemorrhagic pericarditis more than one year after pace-maker implantation: when diagnosis seems to be a chicken and egg situation. (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Pericardial Disease – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Successful low dose ultra slow infusion thrombolysis of prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis in a high risk patient after Redo-mitral valve replacement (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Valvular Heart Disease – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Successful pulmonary arterial stenting in peripheral pulmonary arterial stenosis in RNF-213 mutation related vasculopathy (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Pulmonary Hypertension (Guidelines on Diagnosis and Treatment of)
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST, ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION ASSOCIATED WITH PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS RESPONDING TO tPA TREATMENT (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Valvular Heart Disease (Management of)
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Sudden Cardiac Death due to Left Main Compression Syndrome in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Pulmonary Circulation, Pulmonary Embolism, Right Heart Failure – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: The Many Faces of Acute Myocarditis (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Acute Myocardial Infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation (Management of)
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: The repeated massive acute pulmonary embolism in 3 days apart - lessons from a case with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma-associated venous thromboembolism which was appropriately treated in accordance with guidelines (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Pulmonary Circulation, Pulmonary Embolism, Right Heart Failure – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: The Way to a Man's Heart is Through His Stomach (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Pericardial Disease – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Unique treatment for severe hypoxemic respiratory failure after left-sided pneumonectomy (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Pulmonary Circulation, Pulmonary Embolism, Right Heart Failure – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: Unusual shortcuts to the left atrium wreak havoc in the brain (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Congenital Heart Disease – Clinical
Date: 24 Oct 2019

Title: VF arrest: When to think outside the box. (Presented at ESC Congress 2019)

Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death
Date: 12 Apr 2019

Title: Clinical decision-making in a patient with mitral stenosis

Valvular Heart Disease
Date: 01 Mar 2019

Title: A case of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension complicated with gastrointestinal bleeding and central pulmonary artery thrombosis – Where does that leave the anticoagulant?

Pulmonary Circulation, Pulmonary Embolism, Right Heart Failure – Clinical
Date: 02 Dec 2018

Title: Mitral Valve-in-Valve and Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapies hand in hand

Valvular Heart Disease
Date: 13 Nov 2018

Title: A case of valvular heart disease diagnosed after pregnancy

Valvular Heart Disease
Date: 12 Nov 2018

Title: The nightmare of thrombosis in a mechanical valve (Presented at ESC Congress 2018)

Valvular Heart Disease
Date: 12 Nov 2018

Title: Non-bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis (Presented at ESC Congress 2018)

Infective Endocarditis
Date: 12 Nov 2018

Title: Evolutive complications of a complex congenital heart disease (Presented at ESC Congress 2018)

Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology
Date: 12 Nov 2018

Title: Flushing out the diagnosis in rapidly progressing tricuspid regurgitation (Presented at ESC Congress 2018)

Valvular Heart Disease
Date: 20 Oct 2018

Title: Native aortic valve infective endocarditis: the worst case scenario

Infective Endocarditis
Date: 18 Oct 2018

Title: Asymptomatic very late presentation of ALCAPA`s Syndrome

Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology
Date: 17 Sep 2018

Title: A Massive Ectasia

Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology
Date: 09 Aug 2018

Title: Left ventricular hypertrophy: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy or Arterial Hypertension

Myocardial Disease
Date: 22 Jun 2018

Title: Giant right atrium and subvalvular pulmonary stenosis: could be asymptomatic till the age of 20?

Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology
Date: 22 Jun 2018

Title: A mysterius and dangerous mass in left ventricle

Tumors of the Heart
Date: 03 Jun 2018

Title: Valve into valve times two: Double percutaneous valve replacement

Valvular Heart Disease
Date: 03 Jun 2018

Title: Transapical valve-in-valve implantation for bioprosthetic mitral valve failure secondary to endocarditis using a balloon-expandable device

Valvular Heart Disease
Date: 03 Jun 2018

Title: The “Lasso” phenomenon: Culture negative infective endocarditis complicated by abscess wall pseudoaneurysm resulting in mitral valve inflow obstruction

Infective Endocarditis
Date: 03 Jun 2018

Title: Second valve implantation using Edwards SAPIEN 3 to prevent embolization of the first SAPIEN 3 during transfemoral transcatheter mitral valve replacement in a patient with a degenerative mitral prosthetic ring

Valvular Heart Disease
Date: 03 Jun 2018

Title: Normothermic beating heart tricuspid valve replacement via right thoracotomy, for a biopsy related tricuspid damage, late after heart transplantation.

Valvular Heart Disease
Date: 03 Jun 2018

Title: Extensive presumed left ventricular haemangioma: pathways to diagnosis

Tumors of the Heart
Date: 03 Jun 2018

Title: Emergency Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in a Patient with Severe Aortic Stenosis Resuscitated from Cardiac Arrest

Valvular Heart Disease
Date: 02 Jun 2018

Title: Hemolysis derived from a dehiscenced mitral annulplasty

Valvular Heart Disease
Date: 01 Jun 2018

Title: A very rare cause of pulmonary hypertension

Pulmonary Circulation, Pulmonary Embolism, Right Heart Failure
Date: 01 Jun 2018

Title: A new inherited form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with specific ECG changes and sudden cardiac death

Myocardial Disease
Date: 23 May 2018

Title: Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement (TPVR) for Pulmonary valve dysfunction in Tetralogy of Fallot

Valvular Heart Disease
Date: 17 May 2018

Title: Prosthetic valve dysfunction : facing the worst case scenario

Valvular Heart Disease
Date: 17 May 2018

Title: Biventricular thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in amphetamine-related cardiomyopathy

Myocardial Disease
Date: 14 Mar 2018

Title: Acute myocarditis: a rare case of clozapine cardiotoxicity

Myocardial Disease
Date: 06 Feb 2018

Title: Brain & Heart cross talk

Infective Endocarditis
Date: 03 Dec 2017

Title: Tubercular constrictive pericarditis: a case report with echocardiographic diagnostic clues and multimodality approach

Pericardial Disease
Date: 27 Oct 2017

Title: A mid-cavity variant of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; presentation of prosthetic valve endocarditis

Infective Endocarditis
Date: 15 Aug 2017

Title: INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS DUE TO CATHETER-RELATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS (CRBSIs) IN PATIENT WITH HAEMODIALYSIS

Infective Endocarditis
Date: 29 Jul 2017

Title: Complex, recurrent Candida endocarditis on a Melody tricuspid valve and its mechanical replacement.

Infective Endocarditis
Date: 05 Jul 2017

Title: Massive pericardial effusion without cardiac tamponade due to subclinical hypothyroidism (Hashimoto's disease)

Pericardial Disease
Date: 29 Jun 2017

Title: Anabolic Steroid Induced Hypertrophy can Unmask the Cardiac Phenotype of Fabry’s Disease

Myocardial Disease
Date: 02 Jun 2017

Title: Coarctation of the aorta in 23 years old boy

Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology
Date: 04 Apr 2017

Title: Recurrent Pericarditis in a ESRD Patient: which is its aetiology?

Pericardial Disease
Date: 13 Jan 2017

Title: Massive Pericardial Effusion as an Initial Presentation of SLE

Pericardial Disease
Date: 03 Jan 2017

Title: Numerical estimation of escaping stroke volume of DCRV relieves the disease severity.

Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology
Date: 11 Dec 2016

Title: Mechanical Thrombectomy of an Embolised native Aortic Valve during TAVI

Valvular Heart Disease
Date: 11 Dec 2016

Title: Mitral valve stenosis complicated by huge left atrial thrombus

Infective Endocarditis
Date: 26 Aug 2016

Title: A Tale of Aortic Stenosis

Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology
Date: 13 Jul 2016

Title: Prosthetic Valve Mass and Intra-Cranial Bleed

Valvular Heart Disease
Date: 09 Sep 2015

Title: A patient with aortic stenosis and angina pectoris

Valvular Heart Disease
Date: 21 Feb 2015

Title: A young male with chest pain: the importance of a multimodality approach

Myocardial Disease

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