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Cardiac tuberculosis is rare and usually involves the pericardium. Myocardial tuberculoma is a very rare occurrence and only a few cases were reported.We describe the use of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the diagnosis of a rare case of cardiac tuberculoma involving the right atrium which was complicated by a bicaval obstruction. The patient made a remarkable improvement with the anti-tuberculous treatment. To our knowledge, this complication has never been reported in relation to cardiac tuberculoma.

We demonstrate the utility of a printed 3-dimensional model to assist in the vascular access planning for a transcatheter aortic valve replacement in an elderly woman with complicated vascular anatomy including aortic coarctation, severe iliofemoral disease, and a small and tortuous left subclavian artery. ( Level of Difficulty: Intermediate. )

Background and objective: The burden of thyroid diseases in the general population and patients with Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is enormous. To estimate retrospectively the prevalence of hypothyroidism in patients with MetS in Saudi community based hospital.