Diagnostic and surgical management of HeartMate 3 outflow graft obstruction due to two different mechanisms.

Outflow graft obstruction is a potentially catastrophic complication of left ventricular assist devices that may occur secondary to different mechanisms. Two cases of Heartmate 3 outflow graft obstruction associated with two different pathophysiological mechanisms are presented. The first one was a 70-year-old man who developed outflow graft obstruction secondary to kinking.

[Pericardial cyst with intracystic hemorrhage. A case report and review of the literature].

Pericardial cysts are rare benign intrathoracic lesions, more often located in the right rather than in the left cardiophrenic angle. At echocardiography, they appear as echolucent unilocular structures, which are in contact with the pericardium. They contain a clear water-like fluid and, thus, are referred to as "spring water cysts".

[Omentopexy associated with the use of Redon catheters in post-cardiac surgery mediastinitis with vascular prosthesis infection: immediate results in five patients].

Background: Post-cardiac surgery mediastinitis is a dangerous complication with an elevated mortality risk particularly when infection affects vascular prostheses. In this paper we report our experience with the use of extensive disinfection and washing of the mediastinum with iodopovidone, followed by omental transposition into the chest with the use of Redon catheters.

Methods: Between September 2001 and March 2007, 5 patients were treated with this technique (submitted to Bentall intervention in 2 cases, substitution of the ascending aorta, Bentall intervention with substitution of the aortic arch and substitution of the aortic arch in 1 case, respectively), due to a sternomediastinitis and correlated infection of the vascular prosthesis.

Clinical outcomes of mitral valve repair with the Colvin-Galloway Future Band: a single-center experience.

Objectives: In 2001, a semirigid band (Colvin-Galloway Future Band, Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) for mitral valve repair came onto the market. We report our experience of the correction of all types of mitral regurgitation using this device.

[Bentall operation after previous repair of tetralogy of Fallot].

Pathologies that involve the ascending aorta are described in case reports of patients after complete repair of tetralogy of Fallot. Here, we present a case report. Preoperative tests showed an aortic ratio of > 1.

Asymptomatic cardiac lymphoma in a hepatitis C virus-positive thalassemic patient.

Primary cardiac non-Hodgkin lymphomas are fast-growing intracavitary and/or intramyocardial nodular masses, while secondary lymphomas most commonly infiltrate the cardiac tissue. By any definition, cardiac non-Hodgkin lymphomas usually manifest through arrhythmias, refractory heart failure, pericardial effusion, and embolic stroke. We here describe a case of a cardiac non-Hodgkin lymphoma in which the following, previously undescribed features manifest simultaneously.