Triage body temperature and its influence on patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Background: Fever can occur after acute myocardial infarction (MI). The influence of body temperature (BT) after hospital arrival on patients with acute MI has rarely been investigated.

Methods: Patients who were diagnosed with acute MI in the emergency department (ED) of a tertiary teaching hospital between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2020 were enrolled.

Hybrid Repair of Ruptured Arch Aneurysm Without Sternotomy Through an Unusual Extraanatomic Bypass.

A 42-year-old man experienced a complex aortic arch aneurysm rupture. He had previously undergone an operation for type A dissection and had extremely poor cardiac performance as well as deep sternal infection after the first procedure. The conventional open repair was considered to be a high risk for this patient.

Excellent mid-term durability of the On-X mechanical aortic valve in the pulmonary position with a low international normalized ratio.

Background And Aim Of The Study: Although the pulmonary position has been preferred for the placement of homografts or bioprosthetic valves, the limited longevity of these implants makes reoperation almost unavoidable. Good durability of mechanical valves in the pulmonary position has been reported. The mid-term outcomes were analyzed of patients who received an On-X mechanical heart valve for pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) with a relatively low International Normalized Ratio (INR).

Mediastinal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma invading the left atrium mimicking coronary artery disease with a mural thrombus.

A left atrial mass associated with coronary artery disease is often diagnosed as a mural thrombus rather than other possible etiologies such as benign primary cardiac tumor (myxoma, lipoma), a malignant primary cardiac tumor (sarcoma, lymphoma), or secondary involvement for extracardiac tumors. Malignant lymphoma initially presenting as intracardiac masses is very rare. Chest computed tomography with contrast enhancement and cardiac magnetic resonance may be the best methods for distinguishing primary cardiac tumors from direct extension from adjacent mediastinal structures.

Laparoscopic plication of partially twisted ovary with massive ovarian edema.

Massive ovarian edema (MOE) is a rare entity characterized by an accumulation of stromal edema fluid and occurs primarily in young women. The etiology is not clear, but is suspected to be the result of partial torsion of the ovary. After the establishment of a correct diagnosis, organ-sparing surgical treatment is the standard treatment.

Uterus didelphys with cervical agenesis associated with adenomyosis, a leiomyoma and ovarian endometriosis. A case report.

Background: Elevated level of serum CA-125 was detected in a 48-year-old woman who was diagnosed with a lateral fusion defect in association with congenital agenesis of the uterine cervix. This unusual case combined two developmental anomalies of the müllerian duct.

Case Report: A 48-year-old woman consulted our outpatient department due to persistent abdominal pain for six months.

Advantages of open laparoscopic surgery over exploratory laparotomy in patients with tubo-ovarian abscess.

Study Objective: To compare laparoscopic surgery and conventional laparotomy in managing patients with tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA).

Design: Retrospective study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).

Setting: Regional hospital.