Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com depends on the size, mobility and location of the AM. It can be asymptomatic, although the typical symptoms involve systemic embolism, heart failure, or non-specific symptoms. Systemic embolism occurs in 25% to 50% of left AM and about half of them travel to the central nervous system [2,3]. The clinical diagnosis of AM is based on imaging methodolo...

Recognition of the significant advantages of minimizing surgical trauma has resulted in the development of minimally invasive surgical procedures. Endoscopic surgery offers patients the benefits of minimally invasive surgery, and surgical robots have enhanced the ability and precision of surgeons. Consequently, technological advances have facilitated totally endoscopic robotic cardiac surgery, ...

Despite considerable improvements in the medical treatment of heart failure (HF), the gold standard for the treatment of these patients remains heart transplantation. Nevertheless, in consideration of the shortage of organ donors, this procedure can be offered only to a small percentage of patients who could benefit from a new heart. A number of innovative approaches are being investigated in t...

Congestive heart failure is one of the leading causes of death and complications in the developed world, and coronary artery disease is the major cause of heart failure. Efforts to improve ventricular function, symptoms, and clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure have included neurohormonal inhibition with angiotensin-converting–enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin-receptor blockers, beta-b...

Rupture of the false sac in dissecting aortic aneurysm commonly occurs into the pericardial sac with an immediately fatal outcome (Hirst, Johns, and Kime, 1958). It is well known that should re-entry be established the immediate prognosis is not so grave as used to be thought, though death occurs later from heart failure due to aortic incompetence or hypertensive heart disease (Shennan, 1934). ...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES We present the characteristics and outcomes of heart transplantation in Spain since it was first performed in 1984. METHODS A descriptive analysis of the characteristics of recipients, donors, the surgical procedure, and the outcomes of heart transplantations performed in Spain until 31 December 2014. RESULTS In 2014, 266 procedures were performed, making a time ...

background: the adult cardiac surgery databank (acsd) of tehran heart center was established in 2002 with a view to providing clinical prediction rules for outcomes of cardiac procedures, developing risk score systems, and devising clinical guidelines. this is a general analysis of the collected data. methods: all the patients referred to tehran heart center for any kind of heart surgery betwee...

Metastases to the heart and pericardium are rare but more common than primary cardiac tumours and are generally associated with a rather poor prognosis. Most cases are clinically silent and are undiagnosed in vivo until the autopsy. We present a female patient with a 27-year-old history of an operated primary breast cancer who was presented with dyspnoea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea and ortho...

The surgical indications for dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) remain controversial, not including cardiac transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. We describe a case of idiopathic DCM that underwent successful surgical treatment using a modified left ventriculectomy, modification of the Batista procedure. The patient was a 63-year-old man who suffered from heart failure, New York Heart A...

although involvement of the heart by malignant lymphoma is relatively common, it is unusual to be detected premortem. we report a case of hodgkin's lymphoma who presented with systemic signs and symptoms including abdominal distension, weakness, pallor, chills and fever, hepatosplenomegaly and generalized lymphadenopathy as well as signs of heart failure. echocardiography revealed lucent myocar...