Finegoldia magna, not a well-known infectious agent of bacteriemic post-sternotomy mediastinitis.

Post-sternotomy mediastinitis, a nosocomial infection mostly caused by staphylococci, can be life-threatening. A case of mediastinitis due to Finegoldia magna after a coronary artery bypass graft surgery was reviewed. Although this bacterium is difficult to be isolated from routine blood cultures, a F.

[Pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma: Clinical and prognostic characteristics, a case report].

Sarcomatoid carcinoma is a rare malignancy in the family of non-small-cell lung cancer. They belong to a mixed group of poorly differenciated neoplasia, including sarcomatous cells or sarcomatoid-like cells with giant or spindle cells. We report the case of a 69-year-old man with sarcomatoid carcinoma.

Atrial flutter after non-congenital cardiac surgery: incidence, predictors and outcome.

Background: Atrial arrhythmias (AAs) occur frequently after cardiac surgery. However, most authors do not differentiate postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) from atrial flutter (AFL). Our study sought to investigate the incidence and predictors of AFL following non-congenital cardiac surgery, and the long-term outcome of this arrhythmia.

Same-day combined percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery surgery.

Background: Either percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass grafting can be chosen for the treatment of multiple-vessel coronary artery disease. We report the results of a hybrid procedure performed on the same day, combining PCI of the right coronary artery and internal mammary artery bypass grafting of the left coronary artery, for the treatment of diffuse extensive lesions.

Methods And Results: Since January 2000, 70 patients (53 male, mean age 68.