Spontaneous plantar vein thrombosis: state of the art.

We aim here to highlight the importance of diagnosing and treating promptly the rarely thought of diagnosis of plantar vein thrombosis. We hereby report two cases with no known thrombotic risk factors. Less than 20 cases are reported in the literature.

Combined coronary surgery and aortic valve replacement after previous right pneumonectomy.

Cardiac surgery in patients with previous pneumonectomy is infrequently reported. We report a case of combined coronary artery bypass grafting and aortic valve replacement in a patient with left ventricular ejection fraction less then 35% and a previous right pneumonectomy. All steps in operative management of this rare condition are discussed.

[Segmental variations of great saphenous vein diameters in a coronary triple vessel disease population].

Background: Great saphenous vein is one of the most used grafts in cardiovascular surgery. There is little amount of data in the medical literature describing dimensions of this vein. This series describes dimensions of the great saphenous vein in a coronary population and their variations.