Journal of Rare Cardiovascular Diseases

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

Stępniewski

Adult patient with truncus arteriosus type I. Management and follow‑up (RCD code: IV‑1C.3b) Jakub Stępniewski, Monika Komar, Piotr Wilkołek, Bartosz Sobień, Anna Tyrka, Barbara Widlińska, Lidia Tomkiewicz‑Pająk, Piotr Podolec Full Text: PDF Abstract Truncus arteriosus is a congenital heart malformation where systemic, pulmonary and coronary circulation is supplied by a single artery arising from the heart. Surgical […]

Komar

Update on Cardiac Tumors – review (RCD code: VI) Monika Komar, Giovanni La Canna, Ula Gancarczyk, Prochownik Prochownik, Hanna Dziedzic-Oleksy, Piotr Podolec Full Text: PDF Abstract The prevalence of cardiac tumors is 0.021% (1 person in 5000). These data are based on a meta-analysis of pathological studies from the early decades of the twentieth century. It is likely that nowadays […]

Neini

Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia in Benghazi, Libya; a population‑based study of incidence and prevalence (RCD code: I‑O) Oliver De Neini Full Text: PDF Abstract Background: Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder characterised by the formation of aberrant arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). Few studies have described the epidemiology and incidence of this rare disease. Aims: This study aims to identify the incidence and […]

Smaś‑Suska

An adult patient with tetralogy of Fallot and anomalous left anterior descending artery after conduit type of repair (RCD code: IV‑2A.1) Monika Smaś‑Suska, Lidia Tomkiewicz‑Pajak, Leszek Drabik, Maria Olszowska, Natalia Dłużniewska, Piotr Podolec Full Text: PDF Abstract Tetralogy of Fallot is one of the most common cyanotic congenital cardiac disease concerning 10% newborn with congenital heart […]

Rubiś

Cardiac manifestations in a two‑generation family with Fabry disease (RCD code: III‑2B.2a) Paweł Rubiś, Sylwia Wiśniowska‑Śmiałek, Barbara Biernacka‑Fijałkowska, Magdalena Kostkiewicz, Agata Leśniak‑Sobelga, Piotr Podolec Full Text: PDF Abstract Fabry disease (FD), which is also called angiokeratoma corporis difusum, ceramide trihexosidosis, and Anderson-Fabry disease, is an X-linked inborn error of metabolism of glycosphingolipid pathway. It is caused […]

Nowacka

Therapy with sildenafil in a patient with pulmonary hypertension associated with end‑stage left ventricular failure (RCD code: II‑1B.1) Magdalena Nowacka, Grzegorz Kopeć, Piotr Podolec Full Text: PDF Abstract In the last decade the great progress was made in the therapy of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Unfortunately, there is still lack of evidence-based data how to manage […]

Rubis

4th Symposium on Rare Cardiovascular Diseases – ESC Barcelona 2014 Pawel Rubis Full Text: PDF Abstract Raport from the Satellite Symposium on Rare Cardiovascular Diseases. Keywords ESC Barcelona 2014 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20418%2Fjrcd.vol1no8.142 Refbacks There are currently no refbacks.

Podolec

Journal of Rare Cardiovascular Diseases: All that glitters is not gold. Randomized Controlled Trails versus real‑life patients: Challenges of a maturing Journal Piotr Podolec Full Text: PDF Abstract Dear Readers, Is time friend or foe? No one has the right answer. With this issue, we are celebrating an important landmark in the Journal’s history. On this occasion, we have […]