Pressure Pain Hyperalgesia Expressed by Topographical Pressure Pain Sensitivity after Cardiac Surgery.

Backgrounds: We aim to evaluate changes in pressure pain sensitivity before and after cardiac surgery using topographical sensitivity maps utilizing a pressure algometer.

Methods: Pressure pain thresholds over 17 thoracic points and 4 distant pain-free points were assessed in 70 patients (women: 29, age: 67.5 years), before and at 1, 3, and 7 postoperative days.

Cardiac surgery and acute hepatitis B - Use of the Seraph™ 100 hemofilter.

We present a case of a 55-year-old male, presenting with angina symptoms with electrocardiographic changes and a panfocal systolic murmur radiating to the carotids. He had a primary HBV infection 8 months ago, without antiviral treatment. Echocardiography showed critical aortic valve stenosis (area: 0.