We present the case of a 44-year-old gentleman, hospitalized in Interventional cardiology department with retrosternal pain. Percutaneous coronary investigation(PCI) was performed demonstrating bilateral ostial coronary artery stenosis with moderate aortic regurgitation. The patient was transferred in our department for urgent surgery. Cardiac surgery procedure was performed including: double coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) combined with aortic valve replacement(AVR) with mechanical valve. The Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test (VDRL) and Treponema pallidum Haemagglutination(TPHA) test were done on admission – both of them being positive. Those results confirmed tertiary cardiovascular syphilis. The patient was discharged on POD 12, and was transferred to Dermatology and sexually transmitted diseases(STD) department for further antibiotic therapy concerning the syphilis infection.
We present a case of 29-year-old-woman diagnosed with severe coarctation of the aorta 15mm distal to the left subclavian artery. The patient was admitted in our institution, computed tomohraphy(CT) scan was performed - confirming the diagnosis. After heart team meeting discussion, decision was taken for surgical correction as the best option for the case. Cardiac surgery procedure was performed including: resection of coarctation segment and aortic prosthesis interposition using left heart bypass for optimum spinal cord and visceral organs protection. The patient was discharged on postoperative day 7 on drug therpapy with antiplatelet and dual antihypertensive therapy with β-blocker and calcium channel blocker: Aspirine, Metoprolol and Lercanidipine. At late follow-up examination one year after the surgical correction the patient was normotensive at rest, as well as after treadmill stress test using the standart Bruce protocol. Despite the established good cardiac prophylaxis on newborns, sometimes this disease can remain undiagnosed until adulthood when the complications are starting to present.
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