Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular mortality and catherization activity during the lockdown in central Germany: an observational study.

Aims: During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital admissions for cardiac care have declined. However, effects on mortality are unclear. Thus, we sought to evaluate the impact of the lockdown period in central Germany on overall and cardiovascular deaths.

[Recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis in the absence of skin disease].

History And Admission Findings: A 64-year-old man complained of pain and a symmetric swelling of the clavicles. There were no fever and chills. 27 years earlier, a resection of the mandible was necessary, due to osteomyelitis.

Swinging heart in acute pancreatitis.

Pleural effusions and ascites are not uncommon in acute pancreatitis; however, pericardial effusions complicated by cardiac tamponade are extremely rare and definite treatment has yet to be established. This case report illustrates the findings in a 57-year-old patient, who was diagnosed of an acute alcoholic pancreatitis. The clinical course was complicated by recurrent episodes of acute pancreatitis, and eventually, the patient developed acute circulatory failure that was caused by cardiac tamponade.

Enterococcus septicemia due to a pacemaker lead infection.

Pacemaker lead infections are rare but potentially life threatening. We report the case of an 80-year-old pacemaker-dependent female patient with complete heart block, who presented with subfebrile temperatures and chills due to a pacemaker lead infection by Enterococcus faecalis.