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J Cardiothorac Surg
December 2024
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Background: Unlike on-pump beating coronary artery bypass grafting, off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) rarely causes intracardiac air embolisms. However, there have been several reports of air embolisms that occurred during OPCAB using a CO blower, which is commonly used to facilitate visualization of the anastomotic site. Herein, we describe a rare case of air bubbles detected only in the left ventricle during OPCAB.
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November 2024
Department of Cardiology, Heart and Brain Center of Clinical Excellence, Zdrave 29 St., 8000, Burgas, Bulgaria.
We present the case of a 73-year-old woman with coronary artery-left ventricular multiple microfistulae, who was admitted with symptoms and ECG suggestive of coronary artery disease. Coronary angiography revealed tortuous coronary arteries with multiple microfistulae between the left coronary artery and the left ventricle, as well as between the right coronary artery and the left ventricle. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) was also able to clearly demonstrate the presence of the microfistulae with their direction of blood flow towards the left ventricle.
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January 2025
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK.
Anomalies of coronary venous system, the valve of the coronary sinus (Thebesian valve) and other cardiac malformations may make interventions through the coronary sinus difficult. These variants may pose a challenge in cannulating the coronary sinus for retrograde cardioplegia and for interventions performed through the coronary sinus by cardiac electrophysiologist/interventional cardiologist. Retrograde cardioplegia is an established method of myocardial protection with advantages, indications, and complications.
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May 2023
From the Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, 757 Westwood Plaza, Suite 1621, Los Angeles, CA 90095 (C.H., F.U., A.B., A.E.P., J.P.F.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS (C.M.W.); and Department of Radiology, Keck Hospital of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif (F.S.).
Numerous entities, both structural and pathologic, can manifest as a contrast material- or blood-filled cardiac outpouching at imaging. These outpouchings often resemble one another and are frequently unfamiliar to imagers and clinicians, creating uncertainty when detected. Furthermore, the diagnostic criteria for conditions such as hernia, aneurysm, pseudoaneurysm, and diverticulum have not been consistently applied in studies and reports cited in the literature describing these outpouchings, adding to the confusion among general and cardiothoracic imagers.
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