Journal of Rare Cardiovascular Diseases

ISSN: 2299-3711 (Print) e-ISSN: 2300-5505 (Online)

Mizia-Stec

Double-chambered left ventricle in a young previously healthy man presenting for a routine echocardiographic study (RCD code: IV-1B.2o) Katarzyna Mizia-Stec, Tomasz Andrzej Bochenek, Magdalena Mizia   Full Text: PDF Abstract A double-chambered left ventricle (DCLV) constitutes a rare congenital malformation. It is usually diagnosed at a neonatal or pediatric age, and often exhibits mixed criteria […]

Podolec

Journal of Rare Cardiovascular Diseases: Your guide to the latest developments in the field – and to your RCD patient management Piotr Podolec   Full Text: PDF Abstract Dear Readers, Dear Friends and Colleagues, It is a pleasure to deliver at your hand the next (already the fourth!) issue of your quarterly Journal of Rare Cardiovascular Diseases. […]

Rubis

3rd Symposium on Rare Cardiovascular Diseases – ESC Amsterdam 2013: Chairperson’s Perspective Pawel Rubis   Full Text: PDF Abstract   The 3rd Satellite Symposiumon Rare Cardiovascular Diseases, which was organized by the Krakow Center for Rare Cardiovascular Diseases, was officially included in the Program of the 2013 ESC Congress and was held in the ESC Congress […]

Dziedzic-Oleksy

Myxoma of the heart (RCD code: VI-1A.1) Hanna Dziedzic-Oleksy, Monika Komar, Maria Olszowska, Małgorzata Urbańczyk-Zawadzka, Barbara Widlińska, Robert Banyś, Piotr Podolec   Full Text: PDF Abstract Myxomas are the most common primary benign intracardiac tumors. Typically they locate in the left atrium (LA) or right atrium (RA) and are composed of cells, that originate from […]

Jastrzebski

Ablation of incessant supraventricular tachycardia in pregnancy (RCD code: VIII-V-3A.O) Marek Jastrzebski, Renata Rajtar-Salwa, Danuta Czarnecka   Full Text: PDF Abstract We present a case of a 40‑year‑old woman, 4‑months pregnant (in vitro fertilization), admitted to a hospital due to incessant supraventricular tachycardia with a rate of 187 beats/min. Attempts to stop the arrhythmia (3 […]

Tomkiewicz-Pająk

Pregnancy in patient with Turner syndrome, after surgery for coarctation of the aorta, with bicuspid aortic valve and ascending aortic aneurysm (RCD code: VII-I-1B.6) Lidia Tomkiewicz-Pająk, Agata Leśniak-Sobelga, Krzysztof Rytlewski, Tomasz Pawelec, Bogdan Kapelak, Agnieszka Żygadło, Maria Olszowska, Piotr Podolec   Full Text: PDF Abstract A 30‑year‑old woman with Turner Syndrome was admitted to our […]

Żygadło

Arrhythmias in adult patients after total correction of tetralogy of Fallot (RCD code: V-2B.0) Agnieszka Żygadło, Lidia Tomkiewicz-Pajak, Natalia Dłużniewska, Maria Olszowska, Piotr Podolec   Full Text: PDF Abstract Improvement of the long‑term survival of patients with Tetralogy of Fallot has been observed in the last few years. Among the late complication arrhythmias are detected […]

Pajak

Ebstein Anomaly Jacek Pajak   Full Text: PDF Abstract Ebstein anomaly (EA) is a rare congenital malformation of the heart that is characterized by apical displacement of the septal and posterior tricuspid valve leaflets, with atrialization of the right ventricle and variable degree of malformation and displacement of the anterior leaflet. Patients can have a […]