Cor et Vasa Case Reports 1/2018

Postižení pravé komory při akutním infarktu myokardu s elevacemi úseku ST dolní stěny levé komory u pacientky s chronickým cor pulmonale 

L. Koc, P. Jeřábek, M. Felšöci, H. Ondrášková, J. Stašek, Z. Merta, P. Kala

Right ventricle myocardial infarction (RVMI) accompanies inferior wall myocardial infarction in up to one-half of cases. Patients with this diagnosis are in higher risk of major cardiovascular complications and death in acute phase. However, owing to higher resistance to...

Rare manifestation of acute aortic dissection (Type B) 

J. Šťastný, P. Šantavý, V. Prášil, M. Gřiva, Z. Coufal, V. Lonský

A right-sided hemothorax is a rare manifestation of an acute type B aortic dissection that has been covered in the available references in only a few cases. This case report covers the case of a 58-year-old man hospitalized for acute pain in the epigastrium with severe hypotension and sopor. An acute type B dissection manifested...

Extrakce dislokovaného leadless kardiostimulátoru u pacienta s opakovanými infekčními komplikacemi konvenční kardiostimulace – kasuistika 

R. Stříbrný, M. Táborský, T. Skála, M. Köcher, M. Fedorco

Authors present a case of a 34-year-old man who recently underwent complicated cardiac surgery due to infective endocarditis. A third-degree atrioventricular block has emerged right after the surgery. Repeatedly, endo- and epi-cardiac pacemakers had to be explanted due to infection. Because of these complications a leadless pacemaker Micra (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA) was implanted. A couple days later, ineffective pacing on...

Systémová mastocytóza jako vzácná příčina zástavy oběhu u pacientky s dilatační kardiomyopatií 

J. Šírek, A. Krüger, D. Vondráková, M. Janotka, J. Naar, F. Málek, P. Neužil, P. Ošťádal

Systemic mastocytosis is a rare disease characterized by proliferation and accumulation of mast cells in various human tissues with an excessive release of their mediators. Anaphylactic shock is usually described as the most severe complication of systemic mastocytosis. Suspicion of sudden death in relation to systemic mastocytosis is mentioned very rarely.

Retrográdní rekanalizace chronického kolateralizovaného uzávěru pravé věnčité tepny 

R. Štípal jr., M. Poloczek, P. Jeřábek, O. Boček, J. Kaňovský, P. Kala

Chronic total occlusion (CTO) of a coronary vessel is a common angiographic finding. In patients with significant coronary artery disease, the presence of chronic occlusion may be observed in up to one third of patients. The number of percutaneous interventions for this type of lesion is...