Bacterial pericarditis presenting as hemorrhagic pericardial effusion in a 6-year-old girl.

Hemorrhagic pericardial effusion is known to occur due to tuberculosis, malignancy, uremia or trauma. We present a rare case of a 6 year old girl with bacterial pericarditis who had hemorrhagic pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade.

Primary repair of d-transposition with complete atrioventricular canal defect.

A 4-month-old boy underwent successful single-stage anatomic repair of d-transposition of the great arteries with complete balanced atrioventricular canal defect, using the arterial switch procedure and two-patch repair of the atrioventricular canal defect. He had associated persistent left superior vena cava draining to the coronary sinus, and a patent ductus arteriosus.