Use of a handheld epicardial ultrasonic Doppler flow detector to locate an intramyocardial coronary artery encased in inflamed neoplastic pericardium.

A 44-year-old man had severe stenosis of the left main coronary artery. The middle portion of the left anterior descending coronary artery was in an intramyocardial location. The pericardium, ascending aorta, epicardium, and coronary arteries were encased by a metastatic, poorly differentiated papillary adenocarcinoma.

Diffuse bullous emphysema of the lung: conservative resection with a local application of a biological glue.

A middle-aged man suffered a recurrent right pneumothorax with a prolonged air leak due to diffuse bullous emphysema of the lung. On December 19, 2001, he underwent a successful conservative resection of the bullae with a local application of a gelatin-resorcin-formalin biological glue.

Congenital bicuspid aortic valve and an aneurysm of the ascending aorta.

Background: A congenital bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) in adults is known to be associated with aortopathy, specifically with aneurysms of the ascending aorta (AA).

Materials And Methods: Ten (16.7%) patients with congenital BAV had an aneurysm of the AA.