To the Editor—We read with interest the article by Blumental el al, ''Entero-viral Infection of a Cardiac Prosthetic Device'' [1]. The authors described a case of recurrent endocarditis in a 4-month-old boy with a Gore-Tex atrioventricular patch. They grew cox-sackievirus B2 from several specimens, including the removed patch, an in-tracardiac vegetation, and respiratory and stool samples, and ...

Mycotic cerebral aneurysms can present unique neurosurgical challenges. We report a patient with left carotid occlusions, a ruptured left middle cerebral artery mycotic aneurysm, and a rapidly appearing unruptured left anterior cerebral artery/anterior communicating artery (ACA/ACom) mycotic aneurysm in the setting of mitral valve endocarditis with a perivalvular leak and evolving congestive he...

A 78-year-old male presented with early gastric cancer and a 5.5 cm-sized infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm, detected during regular screening. Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) was performed first, followed by laparoscopic distal gastrectomy. After gastrectomy, the patient underwent computed tomography (CT) scan due to persistent fever, which showed increased perigraft fluid collection ar...

A ventricular septal aneurysm (VSA) is a rare cardiac anomaly, and an accurate statistic of its prevalence has not been reported in the literature. True incidence is likely underestimated as most patients are thought to be asymptomatic. As a result, most VSAs are discovered incidentally on echocardiography, during angiography, or at autopsy. Potential complications include rupture, bacterial en...

The frequency of cardioembolic stroke is expected to rise as the general population ages. Much of the increase may be attributed to atrial fibrillation, the most common cause of cardioembolic stroke and one that plays a substantial role in aging adults. Other sources of cardioembolic stroke may include ventricular thrombus from myocardial infarction, heart failure, structural heart defects such...

We report a case of a morbidly obese man with an aortic aneurysm, in whom dental surgery was performed before elective cardiac surgery. His aortic aneurysm required emergency surgery. However, because of his morbid obesity, elective cardiac surgery was planned. Considering the high risk of infective endocarditis, dental surgery was required. Our patient was at a high risk of aortic rupture caus...

A 28-week-old fetus was detected to have a single left atrial mass in prenatal ultrasound. Postnatal echocardiography showed an aneurysm between the anterior mitral leaflet and aortic valve, to the left of atrioventricular junction and communicating with the left ventricle through a narrow mouth. It probably originated from the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrous tissue and an inherent weakness...