Bilateral internal mammary artery laceration after cardiac pulmonary resuscitation.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is essential for the survival of cardiac arrest patients. High-quality chest compressions are critical for survival, but energetic resuscitation efforts can lead to chest injuries. Internal mammary artery (IMA) injury is a rare complication of CPR, but can lead to life-threatening intrathoracic hemorrhage.

An Audaciously Aneurysmal Atrium.

• Echocardiographic examples of spontaneous echocardiographic contrast are shown. • Echocardiographic images of an extreme-size GLA are exhibited. • Videos that illustrate mitral stenosis are included.

Revascularization and outcomes in Veterans with moderate to severe ischemia on myocardial perfusion imaging.

Background: The prevalence of ischemia on nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) has been decreasing. Recent research has questioned the benefit of invasive revascularization for patients with moderate to severe ischemia. We hypothesized that patients with moderate to severe ischemia could routinely undergo successful revascularization.

A rare case of classical Hodgkin's lymphoma in the setting of a newly diagnosed left atrial myxoma.

We report a rare case of left atrial myxoma with concomitant classical Hodgkin's lymphoma in a 36-year-old woman with a non-significant medical history and 4 months of progressively worsening palpitations, dyspnoea on exertion, chest discomfort and fatigue. Outpatient echocardiography revealed functional mitral valve stenosis as a result of a large left atrial cardiac mass. Preoperative thoracic imaging revealed an anterior mediastinal mass with associated lymphadenopathy.