Spontaneous coronary artery dissection in the postpartum period.

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a very uncommon cause of acute coronary syndrome. It occurs predominantly in young to middle-aged women during or after pregnancy. The aetiology remains uncertain.

[Primary pneumococcal abscess in the psoas muscle].

Primary psoas abscesses are rare and the pathogenesis is obscure. In most cases Staphylococcus aureus is the causative bacterium. Therapy consists of drainage of the abscess and antibiotics.

Preload-dependent hemodynamic effects of milrinone in moderate heart failure.

Milrinone, a bipyridine derivative with positive inotropic and balanced type vasodilating properties, acutely improves cardiac pump function in patients with severe and moderate to severe heart failure. Whether it has similar effects in patients with mild to moderate heart failure is unknown. A hemodynamic evaluation of oral milrinone in dosage of 2.