the study was carried out on 1300 in patients in isfahan medical school teaching hospitals during the last ten years. 1) 13.6% of patients complained pf pericardial pains but nothing wrong with their hearts. 2) more false pericardial pains were seen among young patients rather than c.h.d. in addition to these more false precardial pains among women with comparing to men. 3) the severity of c.h....

A 76-year-old patient with a medical history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus and moderate valvular aortic stenosis underwent cephalic DDD pacemaker implantation because of fatigue and a 3rd degree atrioventricular block with a ventricular escape rhythm of 45 beats per minute. After implantation, he complained about stabbing chest pains. A chest radiograph did not reveal any signs of a...

Case Reports (1) Female, aged 17, had been treated for rheumatic fever 3 years ago, but it appeared to have been a mild attack, and she had been well since; 6 days before admission she had developed pain, stiffness, and swelling of both ankles, and the knees, hands, and shoulders also became involved; 3 days later she had sternal and interscapular pain with cough, and complained also of anorexi...

Results Fifteen patients (8 male, 7 female) from Eastern / Central European population with median age at disease onset 4 years (range 1.5-17) and median age at MEFV testing 8 years (range 3-17) were included; 9/15 patients with mutations in exon 10 (M694V, K695R, A744S, S730F), 3/15 with mutations in exon 3 (P369S/R408E, P369S/ R408Q) and 3/15 with mutations in exon 2 (E148Q, A289E). One patie...

A 58-year old woman had felt some chest pains on effort for several days. She was admitted to the emergency room with severe and refractory chest pain after exercise. Electrocardiogram showed marked ST-segment elevations in II, III, aVF and V1-6 electrodes. Echocardiogram revealed neither wall motion asynergy in the left ventricle nor abnormal pericardial effusion. Chest X-ray showed normal fin...

conclusions: pe may be developed as late as weeks after cardiac surgeries. pe after palliative cardiac surgeries is not uncommon. low doses of aspirin and corticosteroids are usually effective for treating this complication. objectives: our aim was to assess the prevalence, risk factors, time course and therapy response of pericardial effusion (pe) after cardiac surgeries in children. patients ...