[Results of surgical treatment of intracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous return].

Background: Total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) has a rather low incidence (1-3%) of all congenital heart disease. Intracardiac TAPVR represent 25-30% of all TAPVR.

Aim: To report our results and long-term follow-up of surgical management of intracardiac TAPVR.

[Prosthetic valve endocarditis: about 14 cases].

Background: Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is a serious complication of valve surgery.

Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the diagnostic and therapeutic management for PVE.

Methods: It's a retrospective study about 14 cases of PVE operated in the department of cardiovascular surgery of la Rabta hospital between January 1996 and December 2006.