Left ventricular intimal sarcoma: a case report.

Background: Secondary cardiac tumours are much more common compared with primary (100-1000 times). The majority of the primary cardiac tumours are benign; however, almost a quarter are malignant, and 95% of these are sarcomas. The rarest type of primary malignant cardiac sarcoma is intimal (spindle cell) sarcoma.

Blood Transfusion Components Inducing Severe Allergic Reactions: The First Case of Kounis Syndrome Induced by Platelet Transfusion.

Kounis syndrome is a multisystem and multidisciplinary disease affecting the circulatory system that can be manifested as spasm and thrombosis. It can occur as allergic, hypersensitivity, anaphylactic, or anaphylactoid reactions associated with the release of inflammatory mediators from mast cells and from other interrelated and interacting inflammatory cells, including macrophages and lymphocytes. A platelet subset with high- and low-affinity IgE surface receptors is also involved in this process.

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a patient with cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leucoencephalopathy syndrome: a case report.

Background: Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leucoencephalopathy (CADASIL) syndrome is a genetically inherited condition most notably affecting the central nervous system in young adults. There is limited knowledge on its association with coronary arteries, and its association with spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) has not been previously reported.

Case Summary: A 61-year-old woman who is known to have CADASIL syndrome presented with anterior ST-segment myocardial infarction and underwent emergency angiography.