** IMPORTANT SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE **

Website maintenance is scheduled for January 25th, 10:00 p.m. to January 26th, 6:00 a.m. (EDT). Access to full aticles and purchases may be unavailable during this time frame. We appreciate your patience.

JACC: Case Reports

January 01, 2020 | Vol. 2 No. 1

Featured

Clinical Case

Transcatheter Caval Valve Implantation of the Tricento Valve for Tricuspid Regurgitation Using Advanced Intraprocedural Imaging

A 75-year-old patient with previous mitral and tricuspid reconstruction experienced severe tricuspid regurgitation.
Clinical Vignette

Asymmetric Calcification in Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis and Implications for Balloon Valvuloplasty

A 50-year-old man with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis was deemed too high risk for surgery and was referred for percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty.
Clinical Case

Mitral Valve Repair and Anomalous Origin of Circumflex Artery: To Ring or Not to Ring

We describe a case of an adult patient with mitral valve regurgitation and the anomalous origin and course of the left circumflex coronary artery.
Clinical Vignette

4D Flow Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Versus 3D Transesophageal Echocardiography

3D-TEE and 4DFlow-MRI as complementary techniques in the preoperative planning of a mitral paravalvular leak...
Clinical Case

Alcohol Ablation of Extracardiac Thoracic Tumor

This case illustrates a novel percutaneous treatment of a highly vascular thoracic tumor impinging on the left atrium and right pulmonary artery by delivery of coils and alcohol ablation via a circumflex coronary artery feeder branch.
Podcast

Valvular Heart Disease Mini-Focus Issue

Julia Grapsa
Clinical Vignette

Natural History of Double Inlet Left Ventricle and Pulmonary Hypertension in an Adult Patient

We report on the natural history of a 28-year-old male patient with DILV and ventriculoarterial discordance, patent ductus arteriosus, pulmonary hypertension and juxtaductal aortic coarctation.
Clinical Case

Endovascular Closure of 2 Subannular Pseudoaneurysms of the Aortic Root After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement

A 68-year-old woman was initially admitted with 2 subannular pseudoaneurysms of the aortic root after aortic valve replacement.
For Authors

Video: JACC: Case Reports: How to Write a Case Report

Julia Grapsa, MD, PhD, FACC, and Mary Norine Walsh, MD, FACC

Featured

Clinical Case

Transcatheter Caval Valve Implantation of the Tricento Valve for Tricuspid Regurgitation Using Advanced Intraprocedural Imaging

A 75-year-old patient with previous mitral and tricuspid reconstruction experienced severe tricuspid regurgitation.

Clinical Vignette

Asymmetric Calcification in Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis and Implications for Balloon Valvuloplasty

A 50-year-old man with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis was deemed too high risk for surgery and was referred for percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty.

Clinical Case

Mitral Valve Repair and Anomalous Origin of Circumflex Artery: To Ring or Not to Ring

We describe a case of an adult patient with mitral valve regurgitation and the anomalous origin and course of the left circumflex coronary artery.

Clinical Vignette

4D Flow Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Versus 3D Transesophageal Echocardiography

3D-TEE and 4DFlow-MRI as complementary techniques in the preoperative planning of a mitral paravalvular leak...

Clinical Case

Alcohol Ablation of Extracardiac Thoracic Tumor

This case illustrates a novel percutaneous treatment of a highly vascular thoracic tumor impinging on the left atrium and right pulmonary artery by delivery of coils and alcohol ablation via a circumflex coronary artery feeder branch.

Podcast

Valvular Heart Disease Mini-Focus Issue

Julia Grapsa

Clinical Vignette

Natural History of Double Inlet Left Ventricle and Pulmonary Hypertension in an Adult Patient

We report on the natural history of a 28-year-old male patient with DILV and ventriculoarterial discordance, patent ductus arteriosus, pulmonary hypertension and juxtaductal aortic coarctation.

Clinical Case

Endovascular Closure of 2 Subannular Pseudoaneurysms of the Aortic Root After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement

A 68-year-old woman was initially admitted with 2 subannular pseudoaneurysms of the aortic root after aortic valve replacement.

For Authors

Video: JACC: Case Reports: How to Write a Case Report

Julia Grapsa, MD, PhD, FACC, and Mary Norine Walsh, MD, FACC

Case Reports

Imaging
Rapidly Progressive Atrial Mass and Cardiac TamponadeA Rare Presentation of Multiple Myeloma
January 22, 2020

ECG Challenge

Jeet Ram Kashyap, Reetu Kundu, et al.

Cardiac involvement in multiple myeloma is rare. This study reports a rapidly progressive atrial mass and plasma cell–infiltrated pericardial effusion…

Beginner
Intermediate

Clinical Cardiology
A Rare Cause of Chest Pain
January 22, 2020

ECG Challenge

Syed Mohammad Haleem, Billal Patel, et al.

A patient presenting with typical chest pain with a background of ischemic heart disease often alarms one of an acute coronary syndrome but…
Advanced

Heart Failure & Cardiomyopathies
Progressive Thinning of the Basal Interventricular Septum by Giant Cell Myocarditis
January 22, 2020

Clinical Case

Arthur Iturriagagoitia, Marc Vanderheyden, et al.

This study describes a patient with ventricular tachycardia and complete atrioventricular block. Remarkable thinning of the basal interventricular…
Intermediate

Clinical Cardiology
An Exceptional Cause of Acute Right Heart FailureIsolated Right Ventricular Takotsubo Syndrome
January 22, 2020

Clinical Case

Jose Carreras-Mora, Alessandro Sionis, et al.

This study describes a case of acute right ventricular dysfunction secondary to right ventricular isolated Takotsubo syndrome (TTS). The importance…
Coronary, Peripheral & Structural Interventions
A Rare Case of Takayasu Arteritis With Total Left Main Coronary Artery Occlusion
January 22, 2020

ECG Challenge

Amina Rakisheva, Aisulu Mussagaliyeva, et al.

A case of a young woman with chest pain and recurrent abortion is reported. The patient was found to have Takayasu arteritis. Drug therapy was started…

Intermediate

Editor's Corner

About › Biography

Dr. Julia Grapsa, MD, PhD, FACC, is a consultant cardiologist at Barts Health NHS Trust and head of the Echocardiography Department at The Royal London Hospital. Areas of research include pulmonary hypertension and the study of right heart remodeling with multimodality imaging.