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Behcet disease, Adamantiades-Behcet disease, or Hippocrates-Adamantiades-Behcet disease? Reply
No full textBehcet disease, Adamantiades-Behcet disease, or Hippocrates-Adamantiades-Behcet disease? Reply
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Double Inferior Vena Cava
No full textVenous anomalies involving the inferior vena cava are very rare. The case of a 74-year-old man with coronary artery disease is presented. Interestingly, a double inferior vena cava was incidentally discovered during coronary artery bypass grafting. Persistence of the left hepatic segment vein appeared as a left inferior vena cava-a very rare condition
Daptomycin and its immunomodulatory effect: consequences for antibiotic treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus after heart surgery
No full textInfections by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) play an increasing role in the postoperative course. Although wound infections after cardiac surgery are rare, the outcome is limited by prolonged treatment with high mortality. Not only surgical debridement is crucial, but also antibiotic support. Next to vancomycin and linezolid, daptomycin gains increasing importance. Although clinical evidence is limited, daptomycin has immunomodulatory properties, resulting in the suppression of cytokine expression after host immune response stimulation by MRSA. Experimental studies showed an improved efficacy of daptomycin in combination with administration of vitamin E before infecting wounds by MRSA
Dilated coronary sinus mimicking posterior left ventricular aneurysm
No full textDilation of the coronary sinus is mostly a congenital lesion,As acquired lesion it was found to be associated with poor left ventricular function. In the present case an angiographic diagnosed posterior left ventricular aneurysm was during surgery found to be a dilated coronary sinus. Preoperative left ventricular function was normal
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