Constrictive pericarditis after heart transplantation: report of two cases.

We report two cases of constrictive pericarditis after heart transplantation. It is noteworthy that constriction developed after a healed intrathoracic infection in the two patients. Unlike previous reported experiences, pericardiectomy was uneventful and successfully performed, although incomplete improvement was achieved in one case.

[The significance of cytomegalovirus infection in the period after a heart transplant].

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a frequent source of morbidity after heart transplantation. Risk factors for the development of CMV infection include the use of antilymphocyte preparations in the postoperative phase or as antirejection therapy, and seronegative patients who receive a heart from a seropositive donor. Clinical spectrum varies from a mild illness with low-grade fever and leukopenia, to a severe disease with organ manifestations.

[Thrombosis and thrombocytopenia associated with the use of unfractionated heparin in a female patient with unstable angina].

A case of heparin-induced platelet activation with thrombocytopenia and several arterial emboli in a 60-year-old woman suffering unstable angina is presented. The early recognition of the syndrome, with cessation of heparin and the use of unfractionated heparin, led to an immediate remission of the thrombocytopenia and thromboembolic complications.

[Thyroid dysfunction induced by amiodarone in Catalonia. Prevalence and characteristics].

The purpose of this study was to review the epidemiological aspects and the characteristics of the thyroid disfunction produced by amiodarone in Catalonia, an area with type I endemic goiter. For this purpose, three groups of patients have been studied: 1) 102 patients with prolonged amiodarone treatment, out of whom 6 (5.9%) presented hyperthyroidism, and 2 (1.

[Pulmonary edema secondary to acute obstruction of the upper airways. Apropos of a case of immediate recovery].

The AA. inform on the case of a girl, 13, carrying an aortic prosthesis who some hours after the removal of a laryngeal dilator had an asphyctic syndrome during a meal. The emergency being overcome an acute pulmonary edema could be diagnosed without either objective valvular or left ventricular dysfunctions.