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The article presents a case study of a 30-year-old male who presents to the emergency department waith ventricular tachycardia.

The article discusses the case of a 25-year-old man presented with multiple episodes of syncope and diagnosed with aneurysmal aorto-left ventricular tunnel (ALVT). Topics discussed include the ALVT with the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) aneurysm, the ALVT as a rare congenital entity distinguished from a ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm and aortic regurgitation (AR) as a common accompaniment in older patients.

Acquired bilateral pulmonary artery stenosis in adults due to lung malignancy is infrequently reported. We describe an adult male who presented to us with chief complaints of dyspnea on exertion and one episode of hemoptysis. Two dimensional transthoracic echocardiography with color Doppler showed presence of an extra cardiac mass causing severe extrinsic compression of both the right and left pulmonary artery leading to high pressure severe tricuspid regurgitation and extension of the mass into the left atrium. Three dimensional transthoracic echocardiography clearly delineated the anatomy of the left atrial mass and its surrounding anatomical relationship. The diagnosis of non small cell lung carcinoma was confirmed by multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and with MDCT guided biopsy with histopathology. Patient succumbed one month later due to an episode of massive hemoptysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a cardiac condition characterized by development of heart failure during the last month of pregnancy or during the first five months of post partum period without any other identifiable cause of heart failure. The hypercoagulable state in the pregnancy along with left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction predisposes the patient to thromboembolic complications like intraventricular thrombi. We report a case of a 30-year-old female with peripartum cardiomyopathy along with a highly mobile mass in the LV cavity on two dimensional echocardiography. Three dimensional transthoracic echocardiography clearly showed the pedicle of the mass attached to the interventricular septum along with internal echolucent areas within the mass. Due to denial of the patient to undergo surgery, she was started on oral anticoagulation, with complete dissolution of the mass within one month. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the case of a 50-year-old female with acute myeloid leukemia with intracardiac thrombus.

A 20 year old female was referred to us for evaluation of effort dyspnoea of NYHA class II with feeble left common carotid, left brachial and left radial artery as compared to other sides. Detail evaluation with two dimensional (2D) transthoracic echocardiographic, 2D transesophageal echocardiography and multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) delineated Cleft AML and diffuse type of supravalvular aortic stenosis. To the best of our knowledge, no such case have been described in the literature where these anomalies co-existed in the same patient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a case study of a 25-year-old male with dyspnea who underwent general examination and thoracic electrocardiography. Findings of the examinations showed that the patient has basal interventricular septum (IVS) aneurysm with rheumatic mitral valve stenosis. The patient was treated with mitral valve replacement of metallic bi-leaflet prosthesis.

The article presents a case study of a 10-year-old child who was diagnosed with Shone complex congenital cardiac anomaly. The result of two dimensional transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated the presence of parachute mitral valve (PMV) and partial supra mitral ring. It also mentions the three dimensional (3D) transthoracic echocardiography and significance of different anatomical imaging of PMV such as two dimensional echocardiography.

The article presents a case study of a 20-year-old male who has been submitted to hospital after he complained of dyspnea. Medical investigation reflected an upward and downward shifted apical impulse and increased blood pressure and jugular venous pressure. The case was investigated through the three dimensional transthoracic echocardiography.

Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is a common congenital cardiac anomaly, and rarely, it is associated with sinus of Valsalva aneurysms (SOVAs). And very infrequently, these SOVAs rupture into left side of heart. We hereby report a case of 12-year-old male with BAV with severe aortic stenosis with a large SOVA that ruptured into the left side of the heart. The anatomy was delineated with multimodality imaging; initially with two-dimensional trans-thoracic echocardiography (TTE), and later on with three-dimensional TTE and with multi detector computed tomography. Operative interventions were planned for the patient., (Copyright © 2015 Cardiological Society of India. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)

Background: There is a paucity of data from large cohort studies examining the prognostic significance of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in patients with coronary artery disease. We hypothesized that OSA predicts subsequent major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCEs) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention., Methods and Results: The Sleep and Stent Study was a prospective, multicenter registry of patients successfully treated with percutaneous coronary intervention in 5 countries. Between December 2011 and April 2014, 1748 eligible patients were prospectively enrolled. The 1311 patients who completed a sleep study within 7 days of percutaneous coronary intervention formed the cohort for this analysis. Drug-eluting stents were used in 80.1% and bioresorbable vascular scaffolds in 6.3% of the patients, and OSA, defined as an apnea-hypopnea index of ≥15 events per hour, was found in 45.3%. MACCEs, a composite of cardiovascular mortality, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, and unplanned revascularization, occurred in 141 patients during the median follow-up of 1.9 years (interquartile range, 0.8 years). The crude incidence of an MACCEs was higher in the OSA than the non-OSA group (3-year estimate, 18.9% versus 14.0%; p=0.001). Multivariate Cox regression analysis indicated that OSA was a predictor of MACCEs, with an adjusted hazard ratio of 1.57 (95% confidence interval, 1.10-2.24; P=0.013), independently of age, sex, ethnicity, body mass index, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension., Conclusions: OSA is independently associated with subsequent MACCEs in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Evaluation of therapeutic approaches to mitigate OSA-associated risk is warranted., Clinical Trial Registration: URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01306526., (© 2016 American Heart Association, Inc.)