2. Safety objectives a. Compare hypothermia and standard care with regard to the incidence of fatal intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), nonfatal symptomatic hemorrhage, infections, hemodynamically significant cardiac arrythmias, severe disturbance of electrolytes and fluid balance, thrombocytopenia, and/or serious adverse events until discharge or 14 days whichever comes earlier. b. Allcause mortal...

Cardiac myxomas are rare. The clinical diagnosis of an atrial myxoma may occur in an asymptomatic patient but may also present with cardiac failure, syncope, arrythmias, or with vascular evidence of tumour embolisation. The delay in diagnosis from presentation is approximately ten months. We present the case of a 53-year-old woman who attended our Emergency Department with dyspnoea, fatigue and...

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Introduction Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is one the most frequent causes mitral disease in developed countries, traditionally with a benign prognosis, however some patients develop arrythmias and significant regurgitation (MR) need intervention. Herein our purpose was to establish clinical, electrocardiographic echocardiographic p...

Isolated atrial myocarditis is rare, with presenting symptoms that are non-specific. Prior reports have suggested association arrythmias and increased risk of stroke due to dysfunction. Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) CT scan considered as a goal standard test for the diagnosis myocarditis. To present case highlighting isolated had higher incidence oral anticoagulati...

We report a case of hyperthyroidism due to inappropriate thyrotrophin (TSH) secretion in a patient with selective pituitary resistance to thyroid hormone action. Symptoms of hyperthyroidism in patients with this disorder are usually mild, implying some peripheral tissue resistance to the metabolic effects of thyroid hormone. Our patient had unusually severe symptoms, including marked weight los...

OBJECTIVES We studied all patients operated for partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage and half-time follow-up. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-eight patients with a mean age of 5 +/- 5 years (5 patients were less than 1 year old). There were sixteen male and twelve female patients. Thirteen patients were symptomatic (47%). The drainage was to the superior vena cava in thirteen cases, to th...