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Eur Heart J Case Rep 2020 Dec 18;4(6):1-9. Epub 2020 Nov 18.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, 6-7 Kishibeshinmachi, Suita, Osaka 564-8565, Japan.

Background: A systemic right ventricle (RV) after atrial switch in transposition of the great arteries (TGA) or congenitally corrected TGA (ccTGA) often results in advanced heart failure in adulthood.

Case Summary: Four patients with INTERMACS Class III underwent durable ventricular assist device (VAD) implantation for a systemic RV. Two patients were diagnosed with ccTGA and underwent tricuspid valve replacement, and two were diagnosed with TGA in childhood and underwent Mustard repair. Read More

Eur Heart J Case Rep 2020 Dec 7;4(6):1-4. Epub 2020 Dec 7.

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, 2-1-1 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 6500047, Japan.

Background: Increasing number of symptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis is treated with transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Stroke is one of the most serious complications of TAVI, and the majority of cerebral events in patients undergoing TAVI have an embolic origin.

Case Summary: A 90-year-old female underwent trans-femoral TAVI for symptomatic severe aortic stenosis. Read More

Rev Med Chil 2019 Sep;147(9):1210-1216

Departamento de Radiología, Clínica Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.

We report a 39-year-old male with an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage without hydrocephalus, in whom a right choroidal aneurysm was early excluded by endovascular coil insertion. Intracranial pressure (PIC) and cerebral oxygenation (PtiO2) sensors for neuromonitoring were installed due to a persistent comatose state. From the 3rd day, neuromonitoring became altered. Read More

J Cardiovasc Transl Res 2021 Feb 23. Epub 2021 Feb 23.

Department of Surgery, Visible Heart® Laboratories, University of Minnesota Medical School, B172 Mayo, MMC 195, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.

Venous-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) treatment for acute cardiogenic shock in patients who also have acute lung injury predisposes development of a serious complication called "north-south syndrome" (NSS) which causes cerebral hypoxia. NSS is poorly characterized and hemodynamic studies have focused on cerebral perfusion ignoring the heart. We hypothesized in NSS the heart would be more likely to receive hypoxemic blood than the brain due to the proximity of the coronary arteries to the aortic annulus. Read More

Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2020 Sep-Oct;13(5):566-568

Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Introduction: Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a rare neurovascular disorder that is characterized by chronic progressive stenosis at the apices and bilateral occlusion of the intracranial internal carotid arteries. The occlusion is gradual in manner; multiple anastomoses are formed between the internal and external carotid arteries. The incidence of MMD has increased in Asian countries with a decline in Europe and United States. Read More