The chance finding of an atrial septal defect in a cancer patient

Endocarditis due to Acinetobacter baumannii

“…Diverse mechanisms of resistance of these organisms limit the available therapeutic agents, make the infection difficult to treat, and are associated with a greater risk of death [41]. In the emerging scenario of concomitant problems and diseases [42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56],intensivists should be familiar with available drugs, environmental epidemiology and patient factors [40,53] as well as with new emerging findings regard use of cardiovascular drugs [42][43][47][48][51][52]. We present a case of an infective endocarditis in a 69-year-old Italian woman.…”

Mitral valve prolapse caused from ruptured mitral chordae tendineae due to an infective endocarditis in cancer patient

“…Moreover oncosurgery represents a challenge for cardiologist [24] and preoperative cardiological assessment is the cornerstone of the modern oncosurgery as well as efficacious anesthesiological evaluation [24][25][26]. In the emerging scenario of concomitant problems and diseases [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41], physicians should be familiar with available drugs, environmental epidemiology and patient factors [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] as well as with new emerging findings with regard to use of cardiovascular drugs [27,28,[31][32][33][34][41][42][43]. Ruptured [44] mitral chordae tendineae are increasingly reported as an important cause of mitral regurgitation [45,46] being a common unrecognized contributo...…”