[Thromboembolism of the right coronary after ventricular tachycardia with inferior wall myocardial infarction and normal coronary arteries and intracavitary thrombus]. / Tromboembolismo da coronária direita pós-taquicardia ventricular em infarto inferior antigo com coronárias normais e trombo intracavitário.

A 47 year-old man, with signals of low cardiac output due to sustained ventricular tachycardia, without history of pain. After clinical control of the arrhythmia, he was underwent to coronary-angiography that showed no obstructive lesion, but a thrombus was present in the distal right coronary artery. There was hypocinesia of the inferior wall of the left ventricle and the presence of a mural thrombus in that region. The patient was kept under clinical treatment and sent back to his cardiologist.

[Skin emphysema caused by a sump tube (author's transl)]. / Hautemphysem durch Magenverweilsonde.

A case of a transnasal, paraoesophageally placed sump tube is reported with consecutive skin emphysema. This complication was caused by certain circumstances: 1. unnoticed perforation of oesophagus, 2. open tube, 3. inspiration against resistance, 4. tube tip placed in slack connective tissue.