conclusions the patient underwent surgery several days later with complete resection of the tumor and coronary stent retrieval but his left ventricular ejection fraction remained poor after several months and he was referred for cardiac transplantation. introduction cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is a rare tumor that can cause potentially fatal outcomes. case presentation we describ...

Kawasaki disease is an acute inflammatory disorder of medium-sized arteries that predominantly affects cardiac coronary arteries and children under the age of 5 years. Cardiac involvement usually happens later than 10 days after the onset of illness. Most of cardiac complications are coronary artery abnormalities (ectasia or aneurysms) and subclinical myocarditis. Clinical myocarditis (symptoma...

the optimal treatment method for right ventricular failure after valve surgery complicated by a low cardiac output has not been determined, although several case reports have been published on patients with ventricular failure and arrhythmia who were bridged to cardiac transplantation using biventricular or left ventricular assist devices. this case series illustrates successful circulatory sup...

postoperative vasoplegic syndrome (vs) is characterized by low systemic vascular resistance, normal or elevated cardiac output, and poor response to volume expansion. the incidence of vs after cardiac surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass is about 20%. sometimes, vs becomes refractory and initial treatments do not work, rendering treatment a great challenge. in this study, we describe a youn...

conclusions this case report underscores the role of fetal echocardiography in the prenatal diagnosis of cardiac disease and illustrates rhabdomyomas in a tuberous sclerosis patient. rhabdomyomas are histologically benign; however, they may cause severe arrhythmia even when they are regressing. case presentation our tuberous sclerosis patient developed arrhythmia unexpectedly while his tumors w...