[Cat scratch pneumonia: a case report].

Pasteurella multocida infections can be caused by scratches or bites of many animals including pets. An unrecognized infection can lead to severe complications such as arthritis, osteomyelitis, respiratory infections and even meningitis or endocarditis. We present the case of a woman affected by soft tissue infection caused by Pasteurella multocida complicated by bacteremia and pneumonia.

The role of indium-111 antimyosin (Fab) imaging as a noninvasive surveillance method of human heart transplant rejection.

The identification of rejection after heart transplantation in patients receiving cyclosporine immunosuppressive therapy requires the endomyocardial biopsy, an invasive method associated with a finite morbidity. To evaluate the role of indium-111 antimyosin (Fab) scintigraphy as a noninvasive surveillance method of heart transplant rejection, the Fab fragment of murine monoclonal antimyosin antibodies labeled with indium-111 was administered intravenously in 30 scintigraphic studies to 10 consecutive heart transplant recipients. Endomyocardial biopsy specimens were obtained 72 hours after each scintigraphic study.

Effects of uncomplicated coronary artery bypass graft surgery on global and regional left ventricular function at rest. Study by equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography.

To evaluate the effects of uncomplicated revascularization surgery on resting global and regional left ventricular function we studied 34 patients, enrolled consecutively, by radionuclide angiocardiography. After surgery, we found no significant change in global left ventricular ejection fraction; this was true even in the subgroup of 14 patients who developed paradoxical septal motion. This finding indicates that the development of paradoxical septal motion after uncomplicated cardiac surgery does not compromise global left ventricular function.

Effects of left bundle branch block on left ventricular function in apparently normal subjects. Study by equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography at rest.

To determine the independent effects of left bundle branch block (LBBB) on global and regional left ventricular (LV) function we performed equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography at rest in 3 patients with chronic LBBB (group I, mean age 53.6 years and in 6 patients with intermittent LBBB (group II, mean age 41.5 years).