An extremely rare case of type IV dual left anterior descending coronary artery coexisting with myocardial bridging in a 50-year old Caucasian man with acute coronary syndrome is presented. Emergency cardiac catheterisation revealed no coronary atherosclerotic lesions. The potential causal relationship between the type IV dual left anterior descending coronary artery and myocardial ischaemia was discussed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report a case of pacemaker endocarditis due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a 22-year-old Caucasian man with d-transposition of the great arteries after atrial switch procedure. S.maltophilia isolated from blood cultures was susceptible to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and amikacin, and resistant to ciprofloxacin and all tested β-lactam antibiotics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present a case of a 56-year-old male who was admitted to our hospital due to cardiac tamponade. A 600 ml of purulent fluid was evacuated from the pericardium. The patient received antibiotics, however, due to recurrent pericardial effusion a pericardial drainage was required.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere has been reported a case of severe exacerbation of chronic renal failure with bilateral hydronephrosis and urosepsis, which was caused by asymptomatic large urinary bladder stone. Life-threatening symptoms of uraemic syndrome were found, which required temporary hemodialysis treatment. Following removal of the calculus and controlling of severe urinary tract infection the patient was discharged with stable blood serum creatinine concentration 3.
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