Trampoline injuries in children: A prospective study.

Background: Trampolining is popular and widely practiced among children. A literature review has shown a rise in the incidence of trampoline injuries with a concomitant increase in paediatric emergency department visits. The primary objective of this study was to describe the severity of trampoline injuries in children.

Thromboembolic Outcomes of Different Anticoagulation Strategies for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation in the Setting of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Systematic Review.

Objective: Limited data is available assessing the efficacy and safety of different anticoagulation (AC) strategies for prevention of thromboembolic events, major bleeding, and all-cause mortality in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and atrial fibrillation (AF). In this systematic review, we conducted a literature search to examine the possible association between different AC strategies and prevention of these adverse outcomes.

Methods: Scientific databases (PubMed, EMBASE, and Scopus) were searched using relevant medical subject headings and keywords to retrieve studies published through September of 2019.

Hemolysis associated with coil occlusion of the arterial duct.

Severe mechanical hemolysis occurred in a 22 month old girl after placement of a 38-5-10 coil in the arterial duct. She had previously undergone percutaneous closure using the Rashkind technique 14 months before insertion of the coil, but remained with a moderate residual shunt. Surgical removal of the devices and division of the duct were required to abolish the hemolysis.

Stress echocardiography for predicting cardiac events in octogenarians: is myocardial perfusion scintigraphy necessary anymore?

The use of stress echocardiography (SE) in an elderly population was retrospectively evaluated and compared with myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) in a similar group. Patients > or = 80 years of age were evaluated by treadmill or pharmacologic SE (group 1; n = 65) to determine its predictive value for cardiac events. A second group had MPS (group 2; n = 68).

Echocardiographically guided removal of an intracardiac foreign body.

Background: Foreign bodies lodged in the heart can easily be missed during surgical repair of penetrating cardiac wounds.

Summary: We report the use of intraoperative echocardiography to identify and accurately locate a small cardiac foreign body. Our patient had a fragment of a drill bit lodged in his left atrium as the result of an industrial accident.