Fatos Kojqiqi,Arben Kojqiqi,Ismet Jusufi et al.
Fatos Kojqiqi et al.
Background A single atrium is a very rare heart condition, in which the inter atrial septum is missing. These congenital heart defects usually are surgically corrected after birth. Case Presentation We present a successful surgical repair o...
Surgical Treatment of a Neuromucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Left Main Bronchus via Posterolateral Thoracotomy in a 4-Year-Old Boy [0.03%]
4岁男孩左侧主支气管神经粘膜上皮瘤的后外侧开胸手术治疗
Markus Liebrich,Godehard Friedel,Peter Amrhein et al.
Markus Liebrich et al.
We report the case of a 4-year-old boy with a neuromucoepidermoid carcinoma of the left main bronchus. Complete resection of the carcinoma and reconstruction of the carina between lower and upper lobe by means of an end-to-end anastomosis w...
Christopher Gaisendrees,Kaveh Eghbalzadeh,Navid Mader et al.
Christopher Gaisendrees et al.
Primary malignant tumors of the heart are rare; the biggest group is sarcomas. Cardiac metastases make up the biggest group of secondary cardiac tumors. We present a rare case of cardiac metastasis (3.1 × 3.2 × 2.8 cm) localized in the ri...
An 86-Year-Old Female with Mitral Regurgitation and Significant Pectus Excavatum [0.03%]
86岁女性患者合并二尖瓣反流和明显漏斗胸术前CT影像显示
Raphael Tasar,Sophie Tkebuchava,Mahmoud Diab et al.
Raphael Tasar et al.
Background We report the case of minimally invasive mitral valve repair in an 86-year-old female with symptomatic structural mitral regurgitation and severe pectus excavatum. Case Description The case summarizes four areas of repetitive hea...
TAVI Using a Self-Expandable Device for Aortic Regurgitation Following LVAD Implantation [0.03%]
主动脉瓣反流行LVAD手术后的经导管主动脉瓣植入术(TAVI)的效果评估——使用自膨胀式装置
Harun Sarwari,Andreas Schaefer,Markus J Barten et al.
Harun Sarwari et al.
Background In patients treated by left ventricular assist device (LVAD), aortic regurgitation (AR) may occur. Secondary surgery to correct AR is considered high risk. Case Description We report a case of severe AR following LVAD implantatio...
Triple-Rule-Out Computed Tomography Scanning for the Diagnosis of a Mediastinal Tumor [0.03%]
用于纵隔肿瘤诊断的 Triple-Rule-Out CT扫描
Dritan Useini,Zulfugar Taghiyev,Matthias Bechtel et al.
Dritan Useini et al.
Thymomas are rare tumors that commonly lie in the anterior mediastinum. The arteries supplying thymomas branch from the internal thoracic arteries and their collaterals. This report presents a patient with huge mediastinal thymoma, whose se...
A Clean Cut: Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Replacement after Heart Transplantation [0.03%]
微创心脏移植后的二尖瓣置换术
Jamila Kremer,Sameer Saeed Ahmed Al-Maisary,Gábor Szabó
Jamila Kremer
A 50-year-old female presented with progressive heart failure due to obstruction of the mitral valve after heart transplantation in 2008. Through the occlusion catheter (IntraClude Intra-Aortic Occlusion Device), aortic cross-clamping, ante...
Massive Thymic Hyperplasia Mimicking Anterior Mediastinal Neoplasia in Occult Graves' Disease [0.03%]
隐匿性Graves病所致的大叶性胸腺增生并误诊为前纵隔肿瘤
Christopher James Kennedy,David James William Paton
Christopher James Kennedy
Background Thymic hyperplasia is a recognized complication of Graves' disease that can present radiologically as an anterior mediastinal mass. Case Description We present a unique case of massive thymic hyperplasia occurring in a 24-year-ol...
Surgical Treatment of Tracheal Lipoma after Multiple Bronchoscopy Interventions and Placements of a Tracheal Stent [0.03%]
支气管镜介入及带膜支架置入后气管脂肪瘤的手术治疗
Xiaoming Zhang,Tao Ji,Longhai Yang et al.
Xiaoming Zhang et al.
Background The majority of adult primary tracheal tumors are malignant; however, as one type of benign tumors, lipoma is extremely uncommon. Case Description We report a case where lipoma was first misdiagnosed as bronchial asthma, followed...
Muscular Mitral Chord Contribution to Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction in HOCM [0.03%]
肥厚型心肌病中二尖瓣肌性腱索导致左心室流出道梗阻的作用
Olayinka Ogunmuyiwa,Philipp Rellecke,Artur Lichtenberg et al.
Olayinka Ogunmuyiwa et al.
Papillary muscle anomaly with a muscular chord directly attached to the anterior mitral leaflet is a rare mitral valve disease. A 62-year-old man with systolic anterior motion of the anterior mitral leaflet and hypertrophic obstructive card...