Background Cardiac T2 mapping has been suggested for monitoring of acute allograft rejection, since the T2 relaxation time increases with myocardial edema [1]. Besides its noninvasive nature, the main advantage of T2 mapping over the reference standard endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) is that it results in a higher spatial coverage of the myocardium. Currently established 2D techniques are used to a...

Severe cardiac involvement is a common feature of mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS), but occurs only rarely in MPS III (Sanfilippo syndrome). We report herein a case of MPS III-A having cardiac involvement as its first manifestation. Analysis of the SGSH gene showed homozygosity for the novel mutation p.G80V. We propose that MPS disorders, including MPS III-A, should be included in the differential d...

Cannabis used as both for medicine well recreational purposes. Extensive use is associated with many documented central nervous system and hepatic manifestation. How-ever only few cases are reported in literature cardiac hematological Our case report one of its kinds where our patient presents thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura atrial fibrillation he required extensive treatment including plas...

manifestation of chorea in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (apa synd.) is not common. moreover, primary presentation of the disease with chorea is rare and only few such cases are reported in literature in recent years. we report here the case of a 28 year old woman who was first seen at the age of 10 with clinical manifestations of chorea...

we reports a six-year-old child with autistic disorder and methadone intoxication. developmental disorders may mislead the caretakers and doctors to interpret the clinical manifestation and behavioral changes of these patients. methadone indigestion can be fatal in children even in a tiny amount and cardiac monitoring should be performed at least for the first 24 hours. the pervasive prescripti...

Malignant pericardial mesothelioma is a rare and progressive cardiac tumor. There is no established standard treatment and the prognosis is poor. Most patients were retrospectively diagnosed from surgery or autopsy due to absence of specific clinical manifestation. Most patients with pericardial mesothelioma have demonstrated constrictive physiology on echocardiography or cardiac catheterizatio...

Aborted sudden cardiac death (SCD) has not been reported as initial manifestation of cardiac involvement in metabolic myopathy (MM). A 20-year-old female with a previous history of three syncopes, hyperhidrosis, and recurrent tick bites experienced aborted SCD. Her mother presented with MM, and a history of pituitary adenoma, nephroptosis, arterial hypertension, depression, migraine, goiter, pa...

A 36-year-old female patient who was diagnosed with chronic myocarditis as an initial manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was admitted to our hospital. At her third occurrence of heart failure, we performed an endomyocardial biopsy and proved chronic myocarditis with SLE. Subsequently, she was treated with prednisolone and the immunosuppressive agent mizoribine (MZR), and her ca...