Ventricular assistance after tricuspid valve replacement for carcinoid heart disease.

We report a case of a 71-year-old woman with carcinoid heart disease admitted in ICU after tricuspid valve replacement. She quickly developed a acute heart right failure. Optimal medical treatment failed and we implanted ventricular assistance.

Rescue extracorporeal circulation as bridge to recovery in fulminant cocaine-induced heart failure.

Cocaine is an increasing cause of admission in the emergency room. The widespread abuse of this drug during the last decade in the USA is now widely emerging in Europe. Because of its various cardio-vascular complications, cocaine is one of the most death-related drugs known at this time.