BACKGROUND Traumatic pericardial rupture is a rare presentation. Pericardial rupture itself is asymptomatic unless complicated by either hemorrhage or herniation of the heart through the defect. Following diagnosis surgical repair of the pericardium is indicated because cardiac herniation may result in vascular collapse and sudden death. OBJECTIVES Here we present a case of traumatic, non-her...

CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS aortic anomalies aortic aneurism aortic arch, anomalies aortic valvular, anomalies cardiac congenital defects cardiomegaly cardiopathy, congenital heart conduction defects, cardiac arrhythmia, including tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, ventricular fibrillation heart conduction defects, cardiac arrhythmia, including: bradycardia, cardiac dysrhythmias mitral valve, defec...

Ischemic heart disease is a leading cause of mortality the adult population. The most all forms ischemic occurred with development myocardial infarction. Meanwhile, direct death are complications Since advent catheter-based and surgical reperfusion, there has been significant decrease in frequency these complications. However, patients large infarctions or those who do not receive necessary rev...

discussion bladder over-distention and spontaneous bladder rupture, although very rare in ham/tsp, should be considered in a differential diagnosis of bladder rupture, especially in patients with a history of htlv1. introduction spontaneous bladder rupture is a rare manifestation of hyporeflexic bladder due to ham/tsp( human t-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (htlv1) associated myelopathy/tropica...

Rupture of the spleen can be classified as spontaneous, traumatic, or pathologic. Pathologic rupture has been reported in infectious diseases such as infectious mononucleosis, and hematologic malignancies such as acute and chronic leukemias. Splenomegaly is considered the most relevant factor that predisposes to splenic rupture. A 66-year-old man with acute myeloid leukemia evolved from an uncl...

Rupture of the false sac in dissecting aortic aneurysm commonly occurs into the pericardial sac with an immediately fatal outcome (Hirst, Johns, and Kime, 1958). It is well known that should re-entry be established the immediate prognosis is not so grave as used to be thought, though death occurs later from heart failure due to aortic incompetence or hypertensive heart disease (Shennan, 1934). ...

Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) is defined as a weakness in the aortic valve wall, immediately above the attachments of each of the aortic cusps. This weakness can rupture and create an aortocardiac fistula. There are many congenital heart defects associated with chromosome 22q11 deletion, especially involving the aortic arch and its branches. SVA is not an anomaly usually associated with chro...

BACKGROUND Dendritic cells (DC) play pivotal roles in regulating the immune system and inflammatory response. We previously reported DC infiltration in the infarcted heart and its immunoprotective roles in the post-infarction healing process after experimental myocardial infarction (MI). However, its clinical significance has not been determined. METHODS AND RESULTS The degree of DC infiltrat...