简介：Coronaryangiographyaftercardiacarrestisimportanttoascertainpotentialtreatablecausesofcardiacarrest,salvagemyocardium,andpotentiallyincreaselong-termsurvival.Thecauseofadultout-of-hospitalcardiacarrestistypicallymyocardialischemia.Morethan50%ofsuchresuscitatedindividualswillhaveanacutelyoccludedepicardialcoronaryonemergencycoronaryangiography.ThisincludesthreeinfourwithST-segmentelevationandoneinthreewithoutSTsegmentelevation.Inthelattertheonlyreliablemethodofdetectioniscoronaryangiography.Numerouscohortstudies,nowincludingmorethan8000patients,haveshownanassociationbetweensurvivalandearlycoronaryangiographyand/orpercutaneouscoronaryintervention.Publicreportingofpercutaneouscoronaryintervention30-daymortalityrateshasbeenanimpedimentforextendingthistherapytoallresuscitatedindividualswhoexperiencedout-of-hospitalcardiacarrest,sincecurrentdatabasestodofullyrisk-adjustratesforthissubgroup.Sincereeffortsareunderwaytocorrectthissituation.

简介：Inanerawhencardiactransplantpatientsaresurvivingmoreimmediateissuesofrejectionandinfection,theprevalenceofmorechronicissuessuchascardiacallograftvasculopathy(CAV)isrising.Thiscasedescribesaman20yearsaftercardiactransplantwithhisfirstpresentationofCAV.Acutemyocardialinfarctionwasdiagnosedonthebasisofsymptomsandbiochemicalmarkersandoncoronaryangiography,andhewasfoundtohaveacriticalstenosisofthemidportionoftheleftanteriordescendingartery.Itwaselectedtotreatthispercutaneouslywithafullybioresorbablevascularscaffold(BVS)becauseofthediffusenatureofthediseaseprocess.Thiswassuccessfullyperformedwithopticalcoherencetomographyguidance.TheuseofBVSinCAVhasnotbeenwellstudied.ThisisoneoffewcasereportsdescribingtheuseofBVSinCAV.

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简介：Theuseofspeckle-trackingechocardiography(STE)isbecominganincreasinglyusefultoolintheevaluationofmyocardialdisease.STEsoftwarecantrackthemotionofthespecularpatterncreatedbytheinterferenceofultrasoundwiththemyofibersoftheheartandprovideaquantitativemeanstoevaluatesubtlechangesinventricularfunctionthatoftenoccurbeforechangesinventricularejectionfractionareobserved.STEismostoftenusedtomeasurethechangeinshape(strain)ofmyocardialsegmentsinthecircumferential,radial,andlongitudinaldirections.Invariousdiseases,includingcoronaryarterydisease,aorticstenosis,andmitralregurgitation,deficitsinlongitudinalstrainappeartooccurearlierthandeficitsinothermeasuresofstrainorinejectionfraction.ConsiderationofSTEmeasuresofleftventricularcontractionhasthepotentialtosignificantlyaffectclinicalmanagementandoutcomesofischemicandvalvularheartdiseasegiventheabilitytoseparatethosewithasymptomaticdiseasewhomaybenefitfromearlierinterventionsthancurrentguidelinesmaysuggest.

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