Case report of the first cured patient with Mycobacterium Chimaera infection following cardiac valve replacement in the mainland of China.

Background: Mycobacterium chimaera infections subsequent to cardiac surgery are related to contaminated heater-cooler devices, with high mortality. Nevertheless, few studies have been reported in Asia.

Case Presentation: We described the case of a 55-year-old man with Mycobacterium chimaera infection following cardiac surgery in the mainland of China.

Alteration of parasympathetic/sympathetic ratio in the infarcted myocardium after Schwann cell transplantation modified electrophysiological function of heart: a novel antiarrhythmic therapy.

Background: Neural remodeling after myocardial infarction (MI) may cause fatal ventricular arrhythmia. Schwann cells (SCs), which are important for neurogenesis, are dramatically reduced after MI. We investigated the feasibility of modifying nervous system regeneration after MI and the efficacy by which it may prevent ventricular arrhythmia following SC transplantation.