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A 5-year-old girl with isolated congenital left pulmonary artery agenesis suffered from recurrent attacks of dyspnea and right-sided pneumonia due to the stenosis of the right main bronchus. The division of ligamentum of the ductus arteriosus and suspension of the right pulmonary artery resulted in the disappearance of symptoms. It is notable that the compression of contralateral bronchus by the remaining pulmonary artery can cause respiratory symptoms in patients with isolated unilateral pulmonary artery agenesis.
Pediatr Cardiol
PMID:Asthma-like attacks resulting from the isolated congenital left pulmonary artery agenesis with right main bronchus stenosis. 1462 26

A 77-year-old man presented with acute anterior myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock. We successfully performed coronary angioplasty and stenting with intra-aortic balloon pumping for a proximal lesion of the left anterior descending artery, which supplied the territory of the totally occluded right coronary artery. He also had pneumonia resistant to antibiotic therapy. On the 11th day after the onset of infarction, he suffered cardiogenic shock again and died. Postmortem histological examination demonstrated multiple septic emboli with neutrophil infiltration, resulting in myocardial infarctions. There was no occlusion at the stenting site. Severe pneumonia was found in both lungs, which may have been the embolic source in this case.
J Cardiol 2004 Jan
PMID:[Acute myocardial infarction due to septic emboli in a patient with severe pneumonia: a case report]. 1475 Apr 12

A 79-year-old female patient, who was initially suspected to have pneumonia, was admitted to the respiratory department of our hospital. She experienced chest pain on the second admission day. Electrocardiography showed ST-segment elevation in leads V3 through V6, and echocardiography revealed hypokinetic left ventricular wall motion. Therefore, myocardial infarction was suspected. She was transferred to the coronary care unit. Heart catheterization was immediately performed. Coronary angiography showed no significant stenotic lesion. Left ventriculography showed regional hypokinesis of the anterior and posterior walls near the base and normokinesis in the apex. Iodine-123-beta-methyl-p-iodophenyl-pentadecanoic acid (123-BMIPP)myocardial single photon emission computed tomography(SPECT) revealed inhomogeneous decrease in uptake, especially in the lateral wall, which did not correspond to any of the coronary artery territories. The echocardiographic asynergy was dramatically resolved after 1 week and the 123I-BMIPP SPECT finding was normal at 3 months. Although the clinical course of this patient was similar to that of tako-tsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction, the shape of her left ventricle was not typical. Left ventriculography showed hypokinesis of the anterior and posterior walls near the base and normokinesis in the apex, appearing like a chestnut rather than a tako-tsubo.
J Cardiol 2004 Jun
PMID:["Chestnut-shaped" transient regional left ventricular hypokinesis with abnormal myocardial fatty acid metabolism, not corresponding to the coronary artery territories: a case report]. 1524 77

Pneumopericardium is an uncommon but potentially serious condition. It appears in association with invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, although cases have also been reported in association with bronchospasm, esophageal disorders, and other problems. We describe a case of spontaneous pneumopericardium with chest pain in a patient with community-acquired pneumonia.
Rev Esp Cardiol 2005 Feb
PMID:[Spontaneous pneumopericardium in a patient with community-acquired pneumonia]. 1574 70

True aneurysms of the pulmonary artery are rare, and are most often due to pulmonary hypertension arising from congenital heart defects. We report the case of a 40-year-old man with an uncorrected patent ductus arteriosus who presented with pulmonary infarction and pneumonia, and subsequently died of cardiac arrest. Autopsy revealed a large pulmonary artery aneurysm, in situ pulmonary artery thrombosis complicated by pulmonary infarction, pulmonary artery dissection, and cardiac tamponade. Although each of these complications is rare in and of itself, this case demonstrates the entire spectrum of complications from a single uncorrected congenital cardiac anomaly.
Curr Cardiol Rep 2005 Jul
PMID:A full house: complications from an uncorrected patent ductus arteriosus. 1598 30

Cardiogenic unilateral pulmonary edema (UPE) is a rare clinical condition and not readily recognized early and managed accordingly. Acute rheumatic fever, which is a common disease in developing countries, does not commonly present with UPE. We report a 13-year-old girl presenting with UPE following acute rheumatic fever mimicking pneumonia. We conclude that UPE should be considered in the differential diagnosis for the patient with clinical criteria of rheumatic fever who presents with unilateral lung opacification. With early recognition and antifailure treatment, it is possible to reduce morbidity and mortality in such patients.
Pediatr Cardiol
PMID:Unilateral pulmonary edema: unusual presentation of acute rheumatic fever. 1613 83

Dexmedetomidine is a new sedative and analgesic agent that has a unique property of lack of respiratory depression. We describe a pediatric case in which the use of dexmedetomidine enabled us to successfully extubate a 12-year-old heart transplant patient with acute pneumonia after several failed attempts with the use of more conventional sedation.
Pediatr Cardiol
PMID:Use of dexmedetomidine in a pediatric heart transplant patient. 1613 90

In April 2004, Rammeloo et al. reported a child-aortic-valve endocarditis following pneumococcal meningitis. Classically, the association of pneumococcal pneumonia along with meningitis and infectious endocarditis (IE) is known as Austrian syndrome. We assessed the incidence, clinical manifestations and follow-up of patients diagnosed with Austrian syndrome in Lugo (Northwest Spain) between 1987 and 2002. A computerized MEDLINE search was also performed for literature review. During the study period 165 Lugo patients met criteria for definite IE. Two of the 3 patients with definite streptococcus pneumoniae IE also met definitions for Austrian syndrome. The incidence of this syndrome in Lugo patients with definite IE was 1.2%. In the literature review 48 cases, including our two patients, were found. Complete clinical information was only available on 16 patients. Alcoholism constituted the most common predisposing factor. Aortic valve involvement and high grade of valve regurgitation leading to cardiac failure and the need of cardiac surgery during the admission were common in these patients. This review confirms that Austrian syndrome is a rare but severe disease. Early recognition of these patients is required to avoid ominous complications.
Int J Cardiol 2006 Apr 04
PMID:Austrian syndrome: report of two new cases and literature review. 1613 79

We report a rare case of torsade de pointes, a polymorphic ventricular tachycardia associated with QT interval prolongation, caused by intravenous ciprofloxacin given for pneumonia in a 22-year-old healthy Marine. Although the risk for quinolone-associated torsade de pointes appears to be low, caution is still warranted when given in the presence of pre-existing QT prolongation.
Int J Cardiol 2006 Nov 10
PMID:Ciprofloxacin-induced torsade de pointes. 1638 10

Myocarditis is inflammation of cardiac muscle, which may be acute, subacute, or chronic with either focal or diffuse involvement of the myocardium. This leads to a cardiomyopathy with clinical features of heart failure as well as echocardiographic evidence of global dilation of the cardiac chambers. There are numerous reports in the literature of viral myocarditis causing dilated cardiomyopathy; however, there are no reports of recurrent viral myocarditis and vaccine-associated myocarditis in a single patient with complete reversal of the cardiomyopathy and return to normal cardiac function. We present a case of recurrent myocarditis in a female patient caused by a viral upper respiratory infection and streptococcal pneumonia vaccination who presented with recurrent episodes of reversible cardiomyopathy.
Cardiol Rev
PMID:Recurrent reversible dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to viral and streptococcal pneumonia vaccine-associated myocarditis. 1678 23


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