Clinical outcomes of severe tricuspid valve infective endocarditis related to intravenous drug abuse - a case series.

Background: Right-sided infective endocarditis (IE) related to intravenous drug use (IVDU) can follow an acute fulminant course. However, there is limited information on its longer-term clinical outcomes.

Aim And Methods: We assessed a cohort of consecutive patients who presented with IVDU complicated by severe tricuspid valve regurgitation to determine their presentation, treatment, and long-term outcomes.

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a review.

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a unique form of pulmonary hypertension resulting from obstruction of the pulmonary artery by fibrotic thromboembolic material, usually initiated by recurrent or incomplete resolution of pulmonary embolism. This distinct form of pulmonary hypertension is classified under Group 4 of the World Health Organization classification. Further investigations are usually initiated, with transthoracic echocardiography followed by right heart catheterisation and pulmonary angiography as the gold standard.

Simultaneous cardiocerebral infarctions: a five-year retrospective case series reviewing natural history.

Introduction: Concurrent cardiocerebral infarction (CCI), a rare condition defined as simultaneous occlusions in the cerebrovascular and coronary vessels, has high mortality but very limited literature on optimum treatment methods. A better understanding of the natural history and effect of treatment would improve patient outcomes.

Methods: Using our prospective stroke database from 2014 to 2018, ten consecutive patients with CCI were identified (incidence = 0.