4th Symposium on Rare Cardiovascular Diseases – ESC Barcelona 2014
Journal Title: Journal of Rare Cardiovascular Diseases - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 8
Abstract
Raport from the Satellite Symposium on Rare Cardiovascular Diseases.
Authors and Affiliations
Pawel Rubis
Hemangioma of the left ventricle (RCD code: VI-1B.4)
Cardiac tumors are quite rare, and differential diagnosis of them is challenging.We present the case report of a young man complaining on non specific chest pain who was reported to Cardiology Ward due to suspicion of th...
Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia in Benghazi, Libya; a population‑based study of incidence and prevalence (RCD code: I‑O)
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 epidemiolog...
Plasma Endothelin‐1 in patients with atrial septal defect – the novel diagnostic indicator (RCD code: IV-2B.1)
Background: The study aimed to assess the level of plasma Endothelin-1 (ET-1) in patients before and after transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) and to evaluate the usefulness of measuring ET-1 levels for...
JRCD is now an open‑access journal and also accepts high‑quality papers beyond the field of rare cardiovascular diseases and disorders
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Heart in Fabry Disease
Fabry disease is one of the lysosomal storage disorders, that results from progressive multiorgan accumulation of glycoproteins. It is caused by mutations of the GLA gene, which encodes alpha-galactosidase A. The incide...