Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy with recurrent ventricular tachycardias: from catheter ablation and stereotactic radiotherapy to heart transplant-a case report.

Background: Management of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) is often challenging, depending on clinical manifestation. This case report illustrates the complex treatment of HOCM with associated recurrent ventricular arrhythmias.

Case Summary: A 54-year-old female with HOCM diagnosed in 2012 underwent a failed attempt for alcohol septal ablation, implantation of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, and repeated radiofrequency ablations (including ablation of the septal bulge to reduce LV obstruction).

Two sporadic infected cardiac myxomas in 1 patient.

Infected cardiac myxoma is a rare cause of endocarditis. The finding of coexisting infected cardiac myxomas is highly unusual. Herein, we present the case of a 58-year-old woman with a low-grade fever.

Comprehensive management of severe intestinal bleeding in a patient supported for 94 days by the biventricular Levitronix CentriMag system.

The use of short-term mechanical circulatory support during postcardiotomy acute heart failure provides an opportunity to stabilize the patient's hemodynamic state while determining the best long-term strategy. Because all of these devices require anticoagulation treatment of various intensities, management of major bleeding can be critical for the overall outcome of the therapy. In this regard, the newest generation of magnetically levitated centrifugal-flow pumps affords several potential advantages in terms of thrombogenicity and eventual discontinuation of anticoagulation treatment.