Non-penetrating injuries of the chest wall can give rise to a variety of cardiac lesions. The extent of cardiac damage depends on the intensity of the injury and on pre-existent disease of the heart. In the majority of cases there is a direct blow to the anterior chest wall but serious myocardial damage has been produced by blows directed against the posterior chest wall and abdomen. The crushi...

Aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva is an uncommon cardiac abnormality; however, the most common complication is rupture into the right heart chambers or rarely towards the left chambers. A ruptured aneurysm typically leads to an aortocardiac shunt and progressively worsening heart failure. We report a case of a 21-year-old male who suffered an aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva rupture into the r...

Myocardial rupture is an uncommon complication of myocardial infarction, often with devastating haemodynamic consequences. Although rupture is usually fatal, when patients do survive, the majority present with a pseudoaneurysm in which the rupture is sealed by a haematoma on the epicardial surface of the heart. Cases in which all myocardial layers are dissected except the epicardium or visceral...

Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) is an uncommon anomaly of the aorta. Rupture of SVA often precipitates dramatic clinical complications, including heart failures. Right SVAs are the most common type, and when they rupture, they usually rupture into the right ventricle or right atrium. Rupture into left ventricle or interventricular septum is rare. Herein, we report a case of right SVA rupture w...

of ongoing plaque rupture and as a warning of possible heart attack in the near future. validated in an independent cohort, the new work suggests that tell-tale CECs may be useful in the clinic as evidence disease (narrowing of arteries in the legs and feet). Although the study must be conducted in more patients and ECs with larger cellular and nuclear areas, relative to age-matched controls an...