Gaucher's disease is a rare lysosomal storage disorder. Excess accumulation of glucosylceramide predominantly occurs in abdominal viscera. Cardiac involvement is rare, though they generally represent as restrictive cardiomyopathy and pericarditis. Our case, a 19-year old boy initially presented with hepatosplenomegaly but later diagnosed with haemorrhagic pericardial effusion. Enzyme supplement...

Purpose. To evaluate the influence of effective energy on computed tomography (CT) number in monoenergetic images (MEIs). Methods. Three bottle phantoms filled with water, oil, and a contrast agent were scanned at 100 and 140 kVp tube energy with a dual-source CT scanner. Cardiac dual-energy CT data was collected from 17 patients. CT numbers were measured in the 3 phantom materials and in the l...

On completion of this CE, the participant will be able to 1. Describe two cardiovascular emergencies for patients with cancer. 2. Describe medical management of the cardiovascular emergencies. 3. Discuss nurses’ role in the care of patients with cardiovascular emergencies. Cardiac tamponade is a life-threatening emergency that occurs when excessive fluid in the pericardial space, called a peric...

Relatively small amounts of contrast media reaching the pericardial sac can cause acute cardiac tamponade. The mechanism of this complication is on the basis of the hyperosmolarity of these angiographic media, resulting in the further accumulation of large amounts of fluid in the pericardial sac. Active bleeding due to possible perforation has probably not been a major factor in the cases repor...

A case of acute pericardial tamponade due to actinomycotic infection is reported, in which computed tomography showed a mass adjacent to the heart and a pericardial effusion. The patient had aggressive medical treatment with penicillin and survived.

OBJECTIVE We aimed to identify independent risk factors predisposing toward postoperative surgical or percutaneous pericardial drainage following cardiac surgery, and to assess late survival. METHODS A retrospective review of preoperative, intra-operative and postoperative variables was conducted in 5818 patients, who underwent adult heart surgery in a 7-year time span (2002-2009). Pericardia...

Malignant pericardial effusion (MPCE) is a common complication of advanced malignant tumors, and interferes severely with patient prognosis and quality of life. The standard treatment for this complication is intracavitary perfusion of chemotherapeutic drugs, which is limited by unsatisfactory therapeutic effects and serious adverse events. We report a patient with MPCE who was treated with bev...

OBJECTIVE The operating procedure of a resternotomy in open-heart surgery is a complicated procedure with potentially problematic outcomes partly due to potential adhesions in the pericardial cavity and retrosternal space. Use of a collagen membrane has shown encouraging results in adhesion prevention in several regions of the body. This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the u...

The cownose ray, Rhinoptera bonasus, is currently listed as vulnerable and threatened species by the IUCN Red List due to overfishing bycatch in worldwide resulted declines of steep population 30-49% only 43 years. We aimed present suitable dissection methods for a necropsy ray with large, rhomboid-shaped wing-like pectoral disc compressed dorsoventrally using specific approach observe external...

argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions (agnors) were determined in 94 pleural, pericardial and peritoneal effusions. the results were correlated with cytologic diagnosis to determine the diagnostic potential of this technique. cytologically the number of normal, reactive and malignant effusions were 32, 28 and 34 respectively. the mean agnor counts for normal, reactive and malignant specimens...