[Hospital epidemiology of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and feasibility of primary percutaneous coronary intervention in an interhospital network: data from a multicenter, prospective and observational study VENERE (VENEto acute myocardial infarction REgistry].

Background: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) is the most effective reperfusion treatment of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), but logistic- and organization-related problems affect its feasibility. The aim of this study was to investigate a) the requirements of reperfusion therapies, and b) the feasibility of pPCI as suggested by the current guidelines, in the Veneto Region.

Methods: With the aim to treat with pPCI most of the patients with high-risk STEMI regardless of the type of admitting hospital, a single treatment protocol was developed and shared by the majority of Cardiology Departments in the Veneto Region.

[Papillary fibroelastoma of the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve. Report of a case and review of the literature].

Papillary fibroelastoma is a rare benign cardiac tumor typically attached to the cardiac valves. The tumor is recognized during life, more often in patients evaluated for embolic events of unclear pathology, but sometimes also in totally asymptomatic patients. There is a general agreement that left-sided fibroelastomas must be removed to avoid systemic complications.

Large infero-posterior wall pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle: an unusual presentation.

Post-myocardial infarction left ventricular pseudoaneurysm resulting from free wall rupture is a rare finding and its recognition during life is uncommon. The diagnosis is difficult since symptoms, clinical evaluation and electrocardiographic and X-ray findings are usually non-specific. We herein present a case of a pseudoaneurysm manifesting after a silent myocardial infarction and diagnosed at echocardiography in a patient who, at the time of hospitalization, had a history and clinical and laboratory findings suggestive of pulmonary embolism.

[Carcinoid heart disease and primary ovarian tumor].

Carcinoid heart disease occurs in about one third of patients with carcinoid syndrome, especially in those with ileal carcinoid and hepatic metastases. Patients with primary ovarian carcinoid tumor are extremely rare. In these circumstances, typical carcinoid cardiac lesions may develop unassociated with hepatic metastases, due to the venous drainage from the ovaries into the inferior vena cava of vasoactive released substances such as serotonin.