[Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with coronary artery disease]. / Cardiomiopatia hipertrófica apical associada a doença arterial coronária.

A fifty-nine year old man, known to have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, presented worsening of angina. Multivessel coronary artery disease was diagnosed, and he underwent myocardial revascularization (mammary and two safenous grafts were implanted) with good evolution and reduction of left atrium dimension.

[Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with right ventricular involvement]. / Cardiomiopatia hipertrófica apical acometendo o ventrículo direito.

We report right ventricular involvement in apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCMP) in two women and one man, aged from 19 to 44 years-old, who presented different signs from those with left ventricular disease (who have good clinical evolution), with signs and symptoms of severe diastolic restriction, showing great atrial enlargement and two with atrial fibrillation and death due to thromboembolism. The right ventricular involvement in apical HCMP leads to a worst prognosis than isolated left ventricular disease, does not have the typical electrocardiographic changes and presents with ventricular restriction and tricuspid regurgitation.

Aneurisma subvalvar mitral em criança pós meningite bacteriana / Subvalvar mitral aneurism in child with bacterial meningitis

Os autores relatam um caso de aneurisma subvalvar mitral pós meningite bacteriana aguda, em crianças de cor branca. O aneurisma ventricular surgiu como complicaçäo de uma miopericardite, três semanas após a relaizaçäo de uma pericardiocentese. Foi realizada a resseçäo cirúrgica do aneurisma e a funçäo do ventrículo esquerdo penaneceu inalterada. Säo discutidas as possíveis causas de aneurisma ventricular.