Successful management of Influenza A associated fulminant myocarditis: mobile circulatory support in intensive care unit: a case report

A 26-year-old woman was referred to an Emergency Department because of common flu-like syndrome with hemodynamic collapse. In Intensive Care Unit (ICU), she was diagnosed as a probable septic shock. But despite treatment her condition rapidly deteriorated during the subsequent hours. Diagnosis of cardiogenic shock was established. Mechanical circulatory support was inserted into the patient. She was transferred in a Cardio-Vascular Surgical ICU where at the 5th day of mechanical circulatory support, echocardiography showed heart recovery which allowed weaning of mechanical circulatory support and progressive withdrawal of inotropic support. She was discharged at the 26th day. During her hospitalization, presence of Influenza A RNA was shown in myocardial biopsy

Repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm in severe Factor VII deficiency

Congenital Factor VII deficiency is a rare disorder associated with reduced levels of Factor VII activity. Replacement therapy is necessary to control hemorrhaging or if surgery is needed. We report operative treatment of one case of chronic abdominal aortic aneurysm in a :patient affected by a severe form of congenital Factor VII deficiency (endogenous FVII level <1%). The operation was carried out after the administration of Factor VII concentrate raised the Factor VII concentration to hemostatic levels. The patient continued to receive the concentrate every 6 hrs during the first three postoperative days. Dosage was assessed to obtain Factor VII levels not lower than 25%. No postoperative bleeding or thrombotic events were observed. The patient was discharged in excellent condition

Asymptomatic large left-atrial ball thrombus. Secondary to mitral stenosis.

We describe the very unusual case of a patient with a large, free-floating left-atrial thrombus secondary to severe mitral stenosis, in whom the peculiar symptoms and complications of a ball thrombus were absent. The patient's only symptom before the episode reported here was mild dyspnea, which was attributed to mitral stenosis. She experienced neither embolism nor syncope. While even her clinical signs did not indicate a left-atrial ball thrombus, both echocardiography and angiography showed a free-floating thrombus. Because of the risk of stroke and acute obstruction of the mitral valve, emergency surgery was performed upon diagnosis of the ball thrombus. The surgery, which consisted of removing the thrombus and replacing the mitral valve with a mechanical prosthesis, was uneventful. A computed tomographic brain scan prior to discharge did not detect any cerebral infarction