Extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma is rare and presents variable symptoms. Its difficulty to diagnosis delays appropriate treatment. We would like to report an unusual case of extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma. The patient came to the emergency room with dyspnea, palpitation, and cyanosis. He had a history of hospitalization for Fontan operation due to congenital heart disease. Despite medication, his...

H. pylori is a gram negative bacterium which settles in the stomach mucosa and causes inflammation and infection. The infection is strongly related to duodenal ulceration, gastric ulceration, and from time to time gastric carcinoma. There are many studies in which the relationship between the infection of this quite old but current bacterium in stomach /duodenum and different extra-intestinal d...

Primary cardiac tumours are extremely rare with the most commonest being left atrial myxomas. In general, surgical resection is indicated, whenever the tumour formation is mobile and embolization can be suspected. Within 17280 patients receiving heart surgery at the Innsbruck Medical University, 78 patients (0.45%) underwent tumourectomy of primary cardiac tumours. The majority of patients (63)...

Cardiac myxomas make up approximately 50% of all benign cardiac tumors and represented 86% of all surgically treated cardiac tumors. Most of them originated from the left atrium, in some cases from both of atria. We report a case of male patient with biatrial myxomas and other extra-cardiac involvement: hypophyseal adenoma, enlargement of thyroid gland, tubular adenoma polyp of colon and bilate...

Background/Aims: Intramedullary nailing (IMN) and plate fixation were widely accepted to treat distal extra-articular tibial fractures. However, the ideal treatment for extra-articular tibial fractures remained controversial. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare the efficacy and safety of intramedullary nailing versus plate fixation in patients with distal extra-articul...

Mutations in the actin-binding gene Filamin-A have been linked to non-syndromic myxomatous valvular dystrophy and associated mitral valve prolapse. Previous studies by our group traced the adult valve defects back to developmental errors in valve interstitial cell-mediated extracellular matrix remodeling during fetal valve gestation. Mice deficient in Filamin-A exhibit enlarged mitral leaflets ...

provided the original work is properly cited. CC Cardiac tumors, which are characterized by very a low prevalence of approximately 0.02% based on pooled data, can cause considerable morbidity and mortality due to cardiac conduction abnormalities, embolization of the tumor fragment or associated thrombus, or intra-cardiac obstructions [1]. Primary cardiac tumors are usually benign in adults, wit...

Compression of the left atrium by extra-cardiac structures is a rare cause of dyspnoea or reduced exercise tolerance and can easily be visualized by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). An impression of the left atrium visualized by TTE could be the first indication of the presence of a pathological structure dorsal to the left atrium; such a structure can, in time, compress the left atrium. T...

Abstract Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED) are potentially life-saving treatments for several cardiac conditions, but not without risk. Despite dissemination of recommended strategies prevention device infections, such as administration antibiotics before implantation, infection rates continue to rise resulting in escalating health care costs. New trials conveying important steps be...