Concomitant Valve Replacement and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery: Lessons from the Past, Guidance for the Future? A Mortality Analysis in 294 Patients.

Objective: The aims of this study were to analyze parameters influencing early and late mortality after concomitant valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting surgery, using early and long-term information from an institutionally available data registry, and to discuss the results in relation to the current treatment strategies and perspectives.

Methods: The study population consisted of 294 patients after combined valve replacement with mechanical prosthesis and CABG surgery.

Results: There were 201 men (68.

Pneumomediastinum: Experience with 87 Patients.

Objective: The aim of the present series was first to present our experience in the management of 37 patients with spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM), and further to indicate the necessity of identifying true SPM cases as they are currently inadequately defined.

Methods: This is a single-center, retrospective study, conducted in a university hospital. Consecutive adult patients with pneumomediastinum (PM) between January 2009 and March 2020 were involved in the series.

Synchronous occurrence of breast cancer and refractory diffuse large B-cell abdominal lymphoma: Management and review of the literature.

The synchronous occurrence of primary breast cancer and lymphoid tissue malignant tumors has been rarely reported in the literature. We present an exceedingly rare case of synchronous breast invasive ductal carcinoma with an abdominal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). A 78-year-old woman who was diagnosed with a luminal A invasive breast cancer on core biopsy, and complaint of progressively worsening low back pain.