Critical ostial stenosis following reimplantation of an anomalous left main coronary artery is extremely rare. Currently, there is no consensus on management following diagnosis. This report demonstrates the feasibility of percutaneous coronary intervention in an adolescent with such a condition and emphasizes the importance of periprocedural multimodality imaging.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 21-year-old patient with complex cyanotic congenital heart disease and highly symptomatic severe common atrioventricular valve regurgitation was deemed too high risk for surgical intervention or transplantation. She successfully underwent transcatheter edge-to-edge repair with resulting considerable improvement in her symptoms, renal function, and quality of life.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA woman with recent personalized external aortic root support implant presented in cardiogenic shock with bilateral coronary ostial occlusion and aortic inflammation requiring emergency coronary angioplasty. Subsequent computed tomography with positron emission tomography scanning demonstrated aortitis with extensive inflammation adjacent to the personalized external aortic root support mesh, the first report of this important complication.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 56-year-old woman presented to hospital with chest pain. Following review and investigations in the medical assessment unit, she was diagnosed with costochondritis and discharged home. She represented 10 days later and was mottled and hypotensive with a high lactate, raised inflammatory markers, an acute kidney injury and bilateral loin pain.
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