Secondary hypertension due to isolated interrupted aortic arch in a 60-year-old person--one-year follow up.

Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) is a congenital defect characterized by loss of luminal continuity between the ascending and descending aorta1. It is a rare malformation with an estimated incidence of perinatally diagnosed cases of 3 per million live births3. The condition is considered extremely rare in adults.

ECG-based prediction of atrial fibrillation development following coronary artery bypass grafting.

In patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, post-operative atrial fibrillation (AF) occurs with a prevalence of up to 40%. The highest incidence is seen between the second and third day after the operation. Following cardiac surgery AF may cause various complications such as hemodynamic instability, heart attack and cerebral or other thromboembolisms.

Eighteen years of heart transplantation--a single center experience.

The best option for the treatment of a failing heart is heart transplantation. The transplantation program at the University Hospital Center Rebro Zagreb started in 1988. To the best of our knowledge this is the first retrospective study on cardiac transplantation in Croatia looking into survival following heart transplantation.

Left ventricular fibroma mimicking an acute coronary syndrome.

Cardiac fibromas are exceedingly rare neoplasms. We report the case of a 21-year-old woman who presented with symptoms that were initially misinterpreted as an acute coronary syndrome. Radical surgical resection was undertaken and was considered curative, as the mass histology was consistent with a benign fibroma.