We studied the frequency of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) in patients undergoing
cardiac valve replacement, and present the results in the context of the pathology of the valve …

In a review of 19 years' experience with inhalation of foreign bodies by children the 33 patients
(mean age 28 months) were found to have presented most frequently with wheezing or …

The incidence of arrhythmias, low output and acute myocardial infarction in the perioperative
period was analyzed for 119 patients who underwent aortocoronary bypass surgery. The …

A 70-year-old woman presented with life-threatening acute respiratory insufficiency resulting
from tracheobronchial compression by a large calcified expanding aneurysm confined to …

The degree of hemolysis occurring during cardiopulmonary bypass was evaluated in two
groups of patients undergoing pulsatile and nonpulsatile perfusion. Results indicate that, with a …

There is at present no ideal method for determining the adequacy of cerebral blood flow
during nonpulsatile cardiopulmonary bypass procedures. Clinical evaluation of cerebral …

An unusual case of priapism is described. The cause was unknown but the onset of the
condition coincided with the start of Coumadin therapy which was given orally to a 65-year-old …

A 29-year-old man with Marfan's syndrome presented with sudden onset of central chest
pain radiating to the back. Aortography revealed a massively dilated right sinus of Valsalva …

Three patients who had had epicardiectomy, and internal mammary artery and omental grafts
implanted as part of myocardial revascularization, recently underwent a second operation …

Thrombosis of one leaflet of a St. Jude medical prosthetic mitral valve in a 49-year-old man
resulted in prosthetic malfunction causing cardiac failure. Clinical and echocardiographic …