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Eur Spine J
January 2025
Department of Orthopedic, MacKay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Sec. 2, Zhongshan N. Rd, Taipei, Taiwan.
Purpose: Spine surgery, particularly deformity correction, is associated with a high risk of peri-operative or post-operative complications, and these complications can lead to catastrophic consequences. This case report will present the etiology and treatment process of the peri-operative cardiac arrest during scoliosis correction surgery.
Method: In this report, we present a case of cardiac arrest during posterior correction surgery in a 17-year-old female patient with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
Angiology
January 2025
Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, El Paso, TX, USA.
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women. While advances in detection and treatment have improved survival, breast cancer survivors face an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, limited data exist on cardiac outcomes after ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in this population.
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January 2025
Cardiology Department, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 S 1st Ave, Maywood, IL 60153-3328, USA.
Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are effective antineoplastic agents but can cause adverse effects in many organ systems. Cardiovascular toxicities include arrhythmias, myocarditis, heart failure, takotsubo syndrome, pericarditis, coronary artery disease, and vasculitis.
Case Summary: A 66-year-old woman with Stage 3C2 endometrial carcinoma presented for her second cycle of pembrolizumab, carboplatin, and paclitaxel.
J Cardiol Cases
January 2025
Department of Cardiology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Unlabelled: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedure is a well-established therapeutic measure for severe aortic stenosis with expanding indications. We present a case of a patient who had undergone a TAVI procedure during cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the grounds of cardiogenic shock.
Learning Objectives: During the past decade, as platform and delivery technology regarding the implementation of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) have improved, procedure indications expanded both to low and very high-risk patients.
Patients presenting with severe acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema with hypoxia commonly require intubation until heart failure treatments take effect. A new term describing similar condition is called sympathetic crashing acute pulmonary edema (SCAPE). It is also called Flash pulmonary edema.
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