Acute coronary syndromes in patients with prosthetic heart valves-a case-series.

Background: There are few reports regarding acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in patients with prosthetic heart valves (PHV), mostly attributing the ACS to a PHV-derived coronary embolus.

Objective: To characterize a case-series of ACS patients with PHV.

Methods: All patients in our institution with previous PHV surgery and ACS during 1996-2005 were retrospectively analysed.

The prevalence of glaucoma in patients with sleep apnea syndrome: same as in the general population.

Purpose: An association of glaucoma and sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) has been widely reported. We investigated the largest group of patients with SAS thus far to determine the prevalence of glaucoma among these patients.

Design: Cross-sectional study.