Successful treatment of intravenous drug abuser with refractory vasoplegic syndrome after mitral valve repair for infective endocarditis.

Vasoplegic syndrome, a possible complication of cardiopulmonary bypass, is a critical state of unregulated systemic vasodilation with decreased vascular resistance and a pathological insensitivity to conventional inotropes and vasoconstrictors. This case demonstrates the use of methylene blue and hydroxocobalamin as medications in the treatment of refractory vasoplegic syndrome in the context of cardiac surgery due to their differences in mechanism of action. A 24-year-old female with history of intravenous drug abuse and hepatitis C infection underwent mitral valve repair for infective endocarditis.

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in a Patient with Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus.

Dextrocardia involves embryologic malformations leading to a right hemithorax heart with rightward apex. Situs inversus encompasses all viscera in mirrored position. A 76-year-old male with dextrocardia with situs inversus presented for coronary artery bypass grafting due to a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction.

Corrigendum to "Iatrogenic Superior Vena Cava Syndrome after Cardiopulmonary Bypass Diagnosed by Intraoperative Echocardiography".

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Iatrogenic Superior Vena Cava Syndrome after Cardiopulmonary Bypass Diagnosed by Intraoperative Echocardiography.

A 73-year-old female patient presented for mitral valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting secondary to multivessel coronary disease and severe mitral valve regurgitation with moderate stenosis. After bypass, the patient developed refractory hypotension with decreased biventricular volume and elevated central venous pressure (CVP). Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was utilized to make the diagnosis of acute intraoperative superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome.

Factors associated with birth rate and live birth rate in multi-male breeding groups of rhesus monkeys.

Reproductive records of 284 female rhesus monkeys housed in six multimale corrals at the California Primate Research Center were examined for the birth seasons 1977-1982 to determine possible associations between the probability of birth or live birth and female age, parity, origin, parturition in the previous season, infant birth date, and infant birth date in previous season. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to identify and quantitate the effects of factors on the probability of birth or live birth, while controlling for the possibly confounding effects of other factors in the model. Females who had infants early in the previous season were 2.

Brief report: Outbreak of severe aggression in captive Macaca mulatta.

An outbreak of severe aggression occurred among females in a rhesus macaque breeding group at the California Primate Research Center four years after the group was established. During the breeding season in which this occurred, the incidence of injured females in other breeding groups at the Primate Center was significantly higher than in the previous year. This breeding season was the first in which a large number of females reached sexual maturity.