Successful treatment of fulminant Lyme myocarditis with mechanical circulatory support in a young male adult: a case report.

We describe the case of fulminant myocarditis due to Lyme disease and use of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) for the treatment of the Lyme carditis associated with refractory cardiogenic shock. Fulminant Lyme myocarditis in young adult male patient led to a sudden onset of acute, severe biventricular heart failure with progressive cardiogenic shock, and multiorgan failure immediately after admission.

The role of videofluoroscopy and ultrasound in assessing pharyngoesophageal muscle tone after laryngectomy.

The aim of this study was to compare the respective value of videofluoroscopy and ultrasound for assessment of the tonicity of the neoglottis and determination of the exact neolaryngeal segment of hypertonicity. We examined twelve patients who had developed inadequate tracheoesophageal voice following total laryngectomy and installation of tracheoesophageal prosthesis. We assumed that the cause of the unsatisfactory voice quality in our patients was neolaryngeal muscle spasm.

[Ultrasound-guided thrombin injection for the treatment of femoral artery pseudoaneurysms--report of three cases].

Authors report three cases of patients with iatrogenic, postcatheterization femoral artery pseudoaneurysms successfully treated with percutaneous ultrasound-guided thrombin injection (UGTI). The technique of UGTI is described, as well as advantages and complications of this method. These cases highlight the role of UGTI in the management of the postcatheterization pseudoaneurysms.