Rupture of the right upper pulmonary vein and left atrium caused by blunt chest trauma.

A 49-year-old man was transferred to our hospital by ambulance due to blunt chest trauma sustained in a car accident. Echocardiography and enhanced computed tomography showed hemopericardium without other vital organ damage. Emergent surgery was performed under strong suspicion of traumatic cardiac rupture.

Bilateral subdural hematoma following aortic root and subtotal aortic arch replacement.

We report herein a case of subdural hematoma following aortic root and subtotal aortic arch replacement with selective cerebral perfusion in a 78-year-old woman. Her level of consciousness gradually deteriorated on postoperative day (POD) 2. Subdural hematoma, including fresh bleeding in bilateral frontal and parietal regions, was detected on brain computed tomography (CT) on POD 3.

Stress/Rest (99m)Tc-MIBI SPECT and 123I-BMIPP scintigraphy for indication of surgery with coronary artery to pulmonary artery fistula.

A 45-year old man was admitted to our hospital with chest pain occurring suddenly upon exercise and disappearing with rest within several minutes. A continuous murmur was heard at the upper sternum border. Conventional electrocardiography showed no evidence of myocardial ischemia.

[Simultaneous carotid and coronary artery surgery in asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis--report of three cases].

Some patients with coronary artery disease are diagnosed as having additional carotid artery disease. This subset of patients has been identified as a high-risk group for cardiac and cerebral complications following surgical intervention. Three patients who underwent combined CEA/CABG for coexistent asymptomatic carotid occlusive disease are reported.

Leukocyte-depleted blood cardioplegia reduces cardiac troponin T release in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.

Objective: Activated neutrophils have been implicated in reperfusion injury of the myocardium. Leukocyte depletion at reperfusion may contribute to better myocardial protection during cardiac surgery. We tested the efficacy of leukocyte-depleted blood cardioplegia in reducing myocardial injury during coronary artery bypass grafting.