Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a patient with Lynch syndrome

A 55-year-old woman with a 3-day history of abdominal pain and vomiting was admitted to our hospital. 7 days earlier she had a subtotal gastrectomy for poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma—stage T2N1M0. 24 h after admission, the patient was transferred to the cardiology ward for the management of chest pain associated with a raised high-sensitivity Troponin I … Read more

Inflammatory risk and CV events without obstructive coronary artery disease

We are delighted to append the link/copy of this knowledge expanding and practice changing publication in The Lancet. We are a proud member of the ORFAN consortium and the writing committee. This work with the contribution of our local research group (TCRG-MKUH) Translational Cardiovascular Research Group – Milton Keynes University Hospital is a milestone of its kind. … Read more

Multiparametric Stress Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of IOCA and INOCA

We present assessment of chest pain patients by multiparametric dobutamine stress echocardiography to differentiate inducible ischemia with obstructive coronary artery disease and with no obstructive coronary artery disease. In addition to the classical regional wall motion abnormality, we illustrate how coronary flow velocity reserve by Doppler echocardiography assists diagnosing coronary microvascular dysfunction. Please click here … Read more