Delayed cardiac tamponade following blunt chest trauma is a rare incident, and we provide a report including a literature review for further discussion. The patient is a 56-year-old male. He fell off a motorcycle and sustained contusions to the left side of his chest.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 73-year-old man had Stanford type B acute aortic dissection 11 years before. He had underwent thoracoabdominal aortic replacement due to thoracoabdominal aneurysm nine years before and hemiarch aortic replacement due to Stanford type A acute aortic dissection four years before. We performed surgery because the dissecting aortic aneurysm in the distal arch has enlarged.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 76-year-old woman underwent screening echocardiography. A cardiac mass was detected in the left atrium. It was located at the atrial septum, and was around 3 cm in size.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report a case of a ruptured coronary artery aneurysm. An 87-year-old woman suffered from cardiac tamponade due to a ruptured coronary artery aneurysm. Coronary angiography showed a giant coronary aneurysm without coronary artery fistula.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKumamoto was hit by a series of strong earthquakes beginning on April 14, 2016. We treated many deep vein thrombosis (DVT) patients and pulmonary thrombosis (PTE) patients. We came up with a strategy for diagnosis and therapy of venous thromboembolism (VTE).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries is rare. We report 3 cases of surgical treatment for anomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries. Case 1 was a 38-year-old man who was saved by the use of an automated external defibrillator from cardiopulmonary arrest while exercising.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 43-year-old woman with a history of mitral regurgitation and Williams syndrome was admitted for the treatment of congestive heart failure. A computed tomography scan showed a giant left atrium. No other cardiac abnormalities were observed.
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