conclusions the patient underwent surgery several days later with complete resection of the tumor and coronary stent retrieval but his left ventricular ejection fraction remained poor after several months and he was referred for cardiac transplantation. introduction cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor is a rare tumor that can cause potentially fatal outcomes. case presentation we describ...

conclusions ngal and il-18 obviated the disadvantages of creatinine. they were efficient in early detection of aki, in differentiating pre-renal from intrinsic aki and in predicting the severity of aki reliably in post-cardiac surgery patients. background acute kidney injury (aki) is common after cardiac surgery, the incidence varying between 7.7% and 28.1%. it significantly increases morbidity...

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 ...