E. Cerrato, I. Meynet, G. Quadri, F. Giacobbe, C. Rolfo, F. Tomassini, F. Ferrari, F. Mariani, L. Savio, M. Bianco, P. Destefanis, A. Luciano, C. Gravinese, E. Tizzani, S. Giolitto, A. Corleto, F. D’Ascenzo, U. Barbero, F. Macaya, J. Escaned, R. Pozzi, F. Varbella
{"title":"Acute Interventional Management of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Case Series and Literature Review","authors":"E. Cerrato, I. Meynet, G. Quadri, F. Giacobbe, C. Rolfo, F. Tomassini, F. Ferrari, F. Mariani, L. Savio, M. Bianco, P. Destefanis, A. Luciano, C. Gravinese, E. Tizzani, S. Giolitto, A. Corleto, F. D’Ascenzo, U. Barbero, F. Macaya, J. Escaned, R. Pozzi, F. Varbella","doi":"10.17987/ICFJ.V15I0.544","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17987/ICFJ.V15I0.544","url":null,"abstract":"Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) treatment is to date a matter of debate and few data are available for the interventional cardiologists. In the present review we briefly report four representative clinical cases in which different strategies were carried out. Therefore, we discussed different tools and techniques currently available to treat SCAD presenting advantages and drawbacks of conservative approach, Drug Eluting Stent (DES) or bio-resorbable scaffolds implantation and cutting balloon angioplasty","PeriodicalId":32119,"journal":{"name":"International Cardiovascular Forum Journal","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85493303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Elevated LVEDP, Chronic Pulmonary Oedema and Valve Disease","authors":"P. Banerjee","doi":"10.17987/ICFJ.V15I0.534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17987/ICFJ.V15I0.534","url":null,"abstract":"As part of ageing and with increased longevity of older people there has been a rise of those with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) and increased left ventricular end diastolic pressure (LVEDP). Comorbidities like hypertension, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, coronary artery disease and others appear to be contributing to this . Chronic interstitial pulmonary oedema may be a part of the presentation of those with elevated LVEDP/LVDD. Progressive valvular heart disease may also complicate the picture and make clinical decision-making difficult. This case report discusses these issues.","PeriodicalId":32119,"journal":{"name":"International Cardiovascular Forum Journal","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81311711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Epidemiology of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy in Africa","authors":"K. Karaye, A. Habib, K. Sliwa","doi":"10.17987/ICFJ.V15I0.545","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17987/ICFJ.V15I0.545","url":null,"abstract":"Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a disease that predominantly affects Black African women. The history of peripartum cardiac failure in Africa dates to the 1960s, before the availability of echocardiography. With the availability of echocardiography in the late 1970s, studies on well-characterised PPCM began to be reported. To date, there is no population-based PPCM study in Africa. However, hospital-based studies have reported incidence rates as high as 1:100 deliveries in Nigeria and representing up to 52% of all cardiomyopathies. For reasons that are not yet very clear, there are obvious wide disparities in incidence and prevalence within and between African Countries. Likewise, prevalence of suggested risk factors for the disease vary widely between studies. However, the disease seems to be more common among the poor rural population. Clinical outcomes are much worse in Africa than in Western Europe and North America. Mortality rates as high as 24.2% at 6 months and 47.4% at 1 year of follow-up had been recorded in Kano, Nigeria, 48.3% over 4 years in Burkina Faso, 11.6% over 6 months in Zimbabwe and 13.0% over 6 months in South Africa. It is hoped that the ongoing peripartum cardiomyopathy in Nigeria (PEACE) Registry and the worldwide EURObservational Research Programme (EORP) on PPCM will soon shed more light on the epidemiology of PPCM in Africa. The present article aimed to review the epidemiology of the disease in Africa, where the disease is relatively more common.","PeriodicalId":32119,"journal":{"name":"International Cardiovascular Forum Journal","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82221816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Henein, M. Cameli, P. Lindqvist, U. Wiklund, G. Mandoli, S. Mondillo
{"title":"Peak atrial longitudinal strain (PALS): better call it stretch?","authors":"M. Henein, M. Cameli, P. Lindqvist, U. Wiklund, G. Mandoli, S. Mondillo","doi":"10.17987/ICFJ.V15I0.559","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17987/ICFJ.V15I0.559","url":null,"abstract":"Left atrial (LA) strain is gaining more and more relevance in medical literature, with many applications in different clinical setting. The term “strain”, meaning deformation, is applied to the contraction phase of the left ventricle (LV), due to its myocardial shortening along the longitudinal axis, to the LA relaxation phase, correlated to its distensibility and elastic compliance in receiving blood from the pulmonary veins, and even to LA contraction consequent to the electric activation of LA myocardium. This manuscript describes main anatomical and physiological characteristic of the left atrium and discusses the use of the term strain from terminological and conceptual points of view.","PeriodicalId":32119,"journal":{"name":"International Cardiovascular Forum Journal","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90589469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A New Demonstration for a New Era: Collecting the 2017 Women's March on Washington","authors":"Lisa Kathleen Graddy","doi":"10.1353/FMJ.2018.0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/FMJ.2018.0012","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:National Museum of American History (NMAH) curator Lisa Kathleen Graddy describes the process of collecting articles from the 2017 Women's March. She explains the long tradition of marching on the National Mall with a specific emphasis on the 1913 national procession for women's suffrage. Graddy then examines how artifacts from the march in 2017 were collected, how they have been processed thus far, and how they should be interpreted in the future.","PeriodicalId":32119,"journal":{"name":"International Cardiovascular Forum Journal","volume":"15 1","pages":"46 - 54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85673221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"Women Are Everywhere\": Celebrating The Women's Building","authors":"D. Graves","doi":"10.1353/FMJ.2018.0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/FMJ.2018.0011","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:One of only two 1970s women's centers still in operation today, The Women's Building in San Francisco was recently added to the National Register of Historic Places. The iconic mural-covered building is recognized as a site of radical and intersectional feminist organizing-which is in keeping with the vision of its founders, who sought to create a space that included LGBTQ, working-class, and immigrant women.","PeriodicalId":32119,"journal":{"name":"International Cardiovascular Forum Journal","volume":"21 6 1","pages":"37 - 45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85438362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introduction: Understanding Our National Story Through Women's History Sites","authors":"Stephanie S. Toothman","doi":"10.1353/fmj.2018.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/fmj.2018.0008","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Former Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places Stephanie Toothman lays out a case for women's history as fundamental to telling the \"whole\" American story. She explores the role of sites and objects in storytelling and explores National Park Services initiatives and sites associated with women's history.","PeriodicalId":32119,"journal":{"name":"International Cardiovascular Forum Journal","volume":"448 1","pages":"15 - 7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86859002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Three Steps Toward a Radically Effective Preservation Movement","authors":"M. Baco","doi":"10.1353/FMJ.2018.0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/FMJ.2018.0013","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Preservation Maryland's communications director, Meagan Baco, contemplates how we might democratize the preservation movement and improve its ability to support local preservationists-often women-in their efforts to save the places that matter to their communities. Baco highlights the importance of growing professional competency, ensuring fair compensation, investing in user-friendly technology, and pushing for radical inclusion of underrepresented communities.","PeriodicalId":32119,"journal":{"name":"International Cardiovascular Forum Journal","volume":"123 1","pages":"55 - 64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85265246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gender, Race, and Class in the Work of Julia Morgan","authors":"K. McNeill","doi":"10.1353/FMJ.2018.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/FMJ.2018.0010","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:A leading expert on architect Julia Morgan, historian Karen McNeill contemplates Morgan's prolific career through her numerous sites and buildings in California. Morgan's buildings were often associated with women's organizations, and exploring their histories reveals intersections between gender, race, and class. Being a pioneering woman architect had an impact on Morgan's career and continues to influence the recognition and preservation of her work.","PeriodicalId":32119,"journal":{"name":"International Cardiovascular Forum Journal","volume":"17 1","pages":"26 - 36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78150774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Women's History Doesn't Begin or End: An Interview with Turkiya Lowe","authors":"S. Burtseva","doi":"10.1353/fmj.2018.0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/fmj.2018.0009","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The National Park Service's chief historian, Turkiya Lowe, discusses the organization's efforts to promote the research and interpretation of women's history. Lowe touches on the initiatives and theme studies, revised interpretation plans, intersectionality, centering underrepresented communities, and addressing the challenges posed by the integrity standard for resources nominated to the National Register of Historic Places and the National Historic Landmarks program.","PeriodicalId":32119,"journal":{"name":"International Cardiovascular Forum Journal","volume":"10 1","pages":"16 - 25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78174451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}