Unusual case of a myxoma atrial left presenting with recurrent monoparesis

Usually, embolism is described from cardiac or large artery disease. Atrial fibrillation is the most common cause of cardiogenic emboli in stroke. Myxoma is responsible in only a few cases. We describe here a case of a patient who presented with recurrent pure left brachial monoparesis as a manifestation of a cardiac myxoma

Symptomatic Aortic Paravalvular Leak: Percutaneous Treatment with Amplatzer Vascular Plug III Device as an Alternative to Surgery

Abstract A significant prosthetic paravalvular leak is an uncommon and severe postsurgical complication correlated to the occurrence of congestive heart failure and hemolytic anemia. Percutaneous treatment has become an attractive and effective proposal to relieve symptoms and reduce complications in patients whose high rate of morbidity/mortality precludes a new surgery. This is the case of an 81-year-old patient with a history of biological aortic valve replacement seeking medical help due to heart failure and hemolytic anemia, with a prosthetic paravalvular regurgitation jet and high surgical mortality according to EuroSCORE II

Acute coronary syndrome with elevation of ST associated with ergotamine abuse

There are few case reports of cases of carotid and aortic dissection related to the ergotamine abuse, but the cases that affect the coronary arteries is a very rare coronary. We present a patient of a 48-year-old female with an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction attributable to chronic ergotamine use. The coronary angiography showed dissection of right coronary artery proximal