Effect of rosuvastatin pretreatment on myocardial damage after coronary surgery: a randomized trial.

Objective: Myocardial disease without evidence of myocardial infarction is a frequent complication after cardiac surgery during cardiopulmonary bypass. Statins might be protective, but their efficacy has not been established in randomized trials.

Methods: Two hundred patients undergoing coronary surgery were enrolled.

Right luxation of the heart after pericardial rupture caused by blunt trauma.

Rupture of the pericardium with luxation of the heart after blunt trauma is a fairly rare condition but carries a high mortality rate. In this report, we describe our experience with a case of right luxation of the heart in a young patient with multiple injuries due to an automobile accident. The patient, who was in hemodynamic failure, underwent successful emergency surgical treatment to replace the heart in its anatomic site.