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23/May/2023
23/May/2023
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2023RC0183
ABSTRACT Chest pain is a frequent, potentially life-threatening condition in the emergency department and requires immediate investigation and treatment. This case report highlights a rare differential diagnosis of pleuritic chest pain: epipericardial fat necrosis. A 29-year-old man presented with normal clinical evaluation, electrocardiography, point-of-care ultrasound, and unremarkable laboratory tests. The initial hypothesis was acute pleuritis. Chest radiography revealed peri-cardiac nonspecific findings, and computed tomography revealed epicardial fat necrosis. Despite the rarity of this condition, accurate diagnosis allows for better practices. […]
Keywords: Algorithms; Chest pain; Emergency medicine; Fat necrosis; Pericardium
15/Oct/2013
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082013000300007
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the short and medium-term outcomes of patients undergoing robotic-assisted minimally invasive cardiac surgery. METHODS: From March 2010 to March 2013, 21 patients underwent robotic-assisted cardiac surgery. The procedures performed were: mitral valve repair, mitral valve replacement, surgical correction of atrial fibrillation, surgical correction of atrial septal defect, intracardiac tumor resection, totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass surgery and pericardiectomy. RESULTS: The mean age was 48.39±18.05 years. The mean cardiopulmonary bypass time was 151.7±99.97 minutes, and the mean aortic […]
Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac surgery; Heart defects, congenital; Heart septal defects, atrial; Mitral valve; Myocardial revascularization; Pericardium; Robotics; Surgical procedures, minimally invasive