[Papillary fibroelastoma: retrospective analysis. Clinical presentation and surgical results].

Papillary ibroelastomas are small benign intracardiac tumors known for their embolic potential. Since the introduction of echocardiography with improved resolution and transesophageal imaging techniques, they are being increasingly detected in clinical practice. In recent series, papillary fibroelastoma is considered the most frequent benign tumor of the heart.

[Acute aortic regurgitation due to infective endocarditis].

Acute aortic regurgitation (AAR) due to infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious disease and usually requires surgical treatment. Our study aims to compare the clinical, echocardiographic, and microbiological characteristics as well as in-hospital outcome of patients with AAR according to the severity of heart failure (HF) and to evaluate predictors of in-hospital mortality in a tertiary centre. In a prospective analysis, we compared patients with NYHA functional class I-II HF (G1) vs.

[Clinical finding and follow-up of chronic constrictive pericarditis].

The aim of this study was to describe the etiology, clinical findings, diagnostic methods, treatment, outcome and long-term prognosis of 35 patients with chronic constrictive pericarditis (CCP) that were prospectively analyzed according to a pericardial disease protocol performed in our Institution. Etiology of CCP was idiopathic in 24 patients (68%), and specific in 11 (32%). The majority (34 patients, 97%) underwent pericardiectomy.

Surgical treatment of ascending aortic complications in Marfan syndrome: early and long-term outcomes.

Findings in 54 patients (mean age 39 years, range 18-66 years, 25% female) were analyzed. Of these patients, 21 had dissection of the ascending aorta (15 acute and six chronic) and 33 had aneurysm of the ascending aorta. Surgery was classified as emergency surgery in three cases, as urgent in 15, and as scheduled surgery in 36.