Introduction Importantly, during clinical ablation procedures, the elicitation of elevated tissue temperatures may induce audible steam pops. Rapidly induced high endocardial tissue temperatures are considered to generate these events as a result of blood/tissue vaporizations. In addition, discrepancies between monitored catheter tip temperature and actual endocardial tissue temperature may be ...

In chronic pulmonary emboli, lung perfusion may be maintained by either recanalization of occluded pulmonary artery segments or collateral bronchial circulation. We present a case of noncardiogenic pulmonary edema superimposed on chronic pulmonary emboli, in which the occluded segments of lung were spared from pulmonary edema, but not from neutrophil infiltration. This case demonstrates that ch...

A 66-year-old man had been treated for chronic progressive pulmonary aspergillosis (CPPA) with itraconazole (ITCZ) for 2 years. However, because a deterioration in the patient’s condition was observed in the imaging findings, the treatment was changed from ITCZ to voriconazole. A week later, he was transferred to our hospital due to an impaired consciousness and left hemiplegia. A computed tomo...

OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence at baseline and the 5-year incidence of retinal emboli, associated risk factors, and the relationship of retinal emboli at baseline to stroke and ischemic heart disease mortality. METHODS The Beaver Dam Eye Study is a large (N = 4926) population-based study of persons aged 43 to 86 years at the baseline examination. Retinal emboli were detected at baseline...