Isolated coronary artery bypass grafting in patients 75 years of age and older: is age per se a contraindication?

137 patients with a mean age of 77.3 years (Group A) who underwent isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) were compared to 137 patients with a mean age of 55.6 years (Group B) who also underwent isolated CABG on the same or the adjacent day as the Group A patients.

Purulent pericarditis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. A case report.

Purulent pericarditis is an infrequent complication of infections originating in another body location. Symptoms and signs are often absent; a high index of awareness is required for its diagnosis. A patient recovering from extensive necrotic-hemorrhagic pancreatitis presented with tamponade due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) purulent pericarditis, further complicated by MRSA endocarditis.

Cardiac arrest due to aberrant left coronary artery originating from the right sinus of Valsalva in a young girl.

We report a 14-year-old girl who sustained a syncope followed by cardiac arrest. She was kept alive for three days by full cardiocirculatory support using left and right ventricular assist devices, but subsequently died in multiple organ failure. Autopsy revealed an anomalous origin of the left coronary artery (LCA) from the right sinus of Valsalva (RSV) and a major left anterior wall infarction.

The patient's perspectives after aortofemoral grafting for occlusive disease.

The late results of aortofemoral grafting for aortoiliac occlusive disease in 371 patients are presented. Late survival (30% after 15 years) was primarily dependent on age at the time of surgery and the presence of atherosclerotic heart disease on subinguinal atherosclerotic involvement. The majority of late deaths (42%) was due to atherosclerotic disease.