Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion in Patients After CABG: An Update and Clinical Implications.

Stress radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) has been well-established as a useful modality for assessing the status of the coronary circulation in post-coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients. CABG by itself escalates progression of atherosclerosis or thrombosis in bypassed native coronary arteries. In most cases MPI will be employed in post-CABG patients who are experiencing symptoms.

Infective Endocarditis as a Complication of Crohn's Disease on Immunotherapy.

A patient with a history of Crohn's disease on infliximab presented to the hospital with sepsis and a new heart murmur. He was found to have native aortic valve infective endocarditis from a rare species of group D in his blood. The patient was also noted to be in an acute flare of Crohn's disease.

Recurrent Staphylococcus capitis Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Presenting With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Case Report.

We report a case of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) due to septic emboli secondary to endocarditis in a 32-year-old male patient with a past medical history of infectious endocarditis requiring mechanical aortic, mitral and tricuspid valve replacement presented with sharp chest pain and shortness of breath. Electrocardiogram demonstrated an acute inferior STEMI. Coronary angiography revealed occlusion of the terminal left anterior descending (LAD) artery associated with a large apical wrap-around segment exhibiting TIMI 0 flow.