atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF), increased cardio-thoracic ratio, Altman’s type I SCT (Fig. 1), and left multicystic kidney. Thoracotomy with staged repair of Vogt type3b was performed. Postoperatively patient developed sclerema and died. Echocardiography to confirm the presence of cardiac anomalies, and tumor markers for teratoma were not possible due to resource constraints. In a...

In 30-year-old man with a history of Mustard correction of transposition of the great arteries (TGA), HeartMate II (Thoratec Corporation, Pleasanton, CA, USA) assist device was implanted into the failing systemic right ventricle. The shape and size of the device were designed for left ventricle insertion. This requires special attention to verify the correct position of the inflow cannula and p...

1010-7940/$ — see front matter # 2009 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.06.036 Listerial endocarditis is uncommon, but potentially destructive. Fifteen years after mitral valve replacement, a 67-year-old male without co-morbidities developed hyperacute shock (white blood cell count = 38.750 ml ) following a mildly febrile period with normal echocardiograms. Trans...

A 14-year-old BMX driver suffered a blunt trauma towards the lateral neck (Fig. 1). A computed tomography (CT) angiography revealed a dye stop in the left subclavian artery with collateral blood flow (Fig. 2). Interventional catheterisation revealed a rupture. However, no peripheral pulse deficit was evident, and, therefore, no immediate vascular surgery was performed. www.elsevier.com/locate/e...

An 86-year-old woman underwent transfemoral aortic valve implantation (23-mm SAPIEN). She required immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Contrast angiography revealed periaortic blood extravasation (Fig. 1, panel C). Immediate operation revealed an aortic tear in the suprannular position (Fig. 1, panel D) that was repaired with direct suture. A 19-mmMitroflowwas implanted. The patient was di...

During the five-year period July 1957 to June 1962, 229 children with cardiac anomalies underwent surgical correction aided by cardiopulmonary bypass in the Cardio-Thoracic Unit of the Hammersmith Hospital. This report includes only patients up to 14 years of age, and outlines the diagnostic and pre-operative measures as well as the surgical and perfusion techniques used. Details of the postope...

1010-7940/$ see front matter Q 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.04.040 * Corresponding author. Tel.: C34 93 227479; fax: C34 93 4514898. E-mail address: [email protected] (C.-A. Mestres). The aorta was successfully replaced with a 16 mm cryopreserved homograft. Cultures showed no growth. Paraplegia is a devastating complication of aortic aneurysms. European J...

a Dept. of Cardiology, DH&L, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands b Dept. of Molecular Medicine, Cenci-Bolognetti Foundation-Pasteur Institute, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy c Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands (ICIN), Utrecht, The Netherlands d Dept. of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherla...

A 64-year-old male presented with amaurosis fugax and presyncope as symptomatic 80%-in-stent restenosis (60 mm stent) 17 months after right internal carotid artery intervention (Fig. 1). Intraoperatively the carotid-stent was completely explanted (Fig. 2). Venous patch plasty was performed. He recovered early without any ischemic event. At follow-up 6 months later the patient remained completel...

A 75-year-old man underwent a Bentall procedure and hemi-arch replacement with a Biovalsalva conduit (Vascutek Terumo, Renfrewshire, Scotland) and concomitant coronary re-vascularisation. Three days later, the patient underwent an uneventful re-sternotomy due to cardiac tamponade. During the procedure, blood was drained to release the tamponade; however, no primary area for blood loss was found...