Plasma homocysteine and the severity of heart failure in patients with previous myocardial infarction.

Homocysteine is considered to be a risk factor, or an indicator of risk, for the development of cardiovascular disease. Little data is available on its significance in patients with previous myocardial infarction. The ai...

Risk factors of supraventricular arrhythmia in adults with congenital heart disease.

Supraventricular arrhythmia (SVA) is a frequent clinical complication in adult patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). The aim of this study is prognostic evaluation of congenital heart defect complexity, performed...

Coarctation of the aorta: from fetal life to adulthood.

Coarctation of the aorta was once viewed as a simple discrete narrowing of the aortic isthmus that could be 'cured' by surgical intervention. It is now clear that this condition may: (1) affect the aortic arch in a highl...

Congenital heart disease, exercise capacity and B-type natriuretic peptide.

Unmasking false epilepsy: Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia.