JRCD in the European Heart Journal
Journal Title: Journal of Rare Cardiovascular Diseases - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 5
Abstract
We present to you the fourth and final issue of Journalof Rare Cardiovascular Diseases (JRCD) for 2017.
Authors and Affiliations
Piotr Podolec
1st Conference for Adults with Congenital Heart Diseases. “Care for congenital heart disease patients in Poland”
The population of adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) is heterogeneous with respect to the type and complexity of the defect as well as its clinical manifestations. In many patients congenital heart disease (CHD)...
Concussion of an athlete ́s heart – a case report of blunt chest trauma‐associated loss of consciousness in a professional soccer player (RCD code: V-4O)
We present a case of cardiac concussion (commotio cordis) resulting from blunt chest trauma injury in a professional athlete. The soccer player received frontal injury to the chest caused by another player’s knee during...
Stress in adults with congenital heart disease – preliminary results on anxiety, life events, coping and socioeconomic factors (RCD code: IV)
We performed pilot analysis of the anxiety level, frequency of life events and their interactions among adults with congenital heart disease (CHD), and evaluated their coping strategies and socioeconomic functioning. In...
Brugada syndrome: 2017 update. (RCD code: V-1A.1)
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Rare diseases: a priority in public health and research
Since the 1990s at both European Union (EU) and country level political concepts and initiatives concerning rare diseases have emerged. At European level, there are currently three key policy documents establishing a pol...