... direct flow from the anastomosed pulmonary vein to the left atrium Fortunately the patient tolerated the procedure well and was discharged after days without any pulmonary complication Subsequent ... doi:10.1186/1749-8090-6-41 Cite this article as: Amirghofran et al.: The importance of localizing pulmonary veins in atrial septaldefect closure! Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2011 6:41 Submit your next manuscript ... vessel as another anomalous pulmonary vein that we noticed a considerable amount of bright red blood coming out from the site of new anastomosis, suggesting an aortopulmonary connection A blood...
... venosus atrial septaldefect (ASD) and partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) on the right side A hypertensive male patient with dilatation of the right ventricle documented with echocardiography ... superior sinus venosus atrial septaldefect (ASD) A female patient with heart failure and signs of right ventricular overload Axial images showed partial anomalous pulmonary venous return on the ... Figure A dilated right ventricle of the heart and superior sinus venosus atrial septaldefect (ASD) A male patient withpulmonary hypertension and right-sided volume overload Multidetector computed...
... tested standards Abbreviations PAH: pulmonary arterial hypertension; PA: pulmonary artery; RV: right ventricular; AVSD: atrio -ventricular septal defects; PS: pulmonary stenosis Consent Written ... Vogel J, Blount SG: Masked infundibular pulmonary obstruction in ventricularseptaldefectwithpulmonary hypertension Circulation 1965:876-87 Publish with Bio Med Central and every scientist ... artery Some cases of "masked" infundibular pulmonary obstruction in young patients have been previously reported in ventricularseptaldefectwith severe pulmonary hypertension by J Vogel and S...
... Zhang XH, Ho WY, Lau CP: Upgrading pacemaker patients with right ventricular apical pacing to right ventricularseptal pacing improves left ventricular performance and functional capacity J Cardiovasc ... strain reveals left ventricular dyssynchrony in patients with permanent right ventricular pacing J Am Coll Cardiol 2007, 50(12):1180-1188 Mond HG, Vlay SC: Pacing the right ventricular septum: ... active ventricular pacing lead at the RV septal region (arrow) Note the proximity of the septal lead tip to the left anterior descending artery different pacing sites They found that the patients with...
... had to be suspected because of the high-positioned atrial septaldefectwith right-to-left shunting, which had not been diagnosed before Pulmonary deterioration was not observed at any time, neither ... concomitant atrial septaldefectwith a right-to-left shunt The hypothetical question remains whether FES is caused by the injury itself or by intramedullary nailing Thus, in patients with cardiac ... takes place prior to potential pulmonary manifestation Potential causes for such manifestations are, for example, latent or patent foramen ovale [11], ventricular septum defects, persistent truncus...
... (cells·mL–1) × 108 1.5 mM Cu2+ 0.5 mM H2O2 WT 1× WT with stress 107 Δ coq7 Δ coq7 with stress Δ coq3 Δ coq3 with stress × 106 Δ cyc1 Δ cyc1 with stress × 105 12 16 20 24 28 32 (h ) 12 16 20 24 ... ubiquinone-10 was mixed with the extract from LN902 (B) Mass spectrum of the quinone-like compound from a Dcoq7 strain MS analysis indicated that the quinone-like compound yielded an ion with the theoretically ... Pap1 pathway is functional tested for these phenotypes RM1 was first grown on PM-based medium with and without 200 lgÆmL)1 added cysteine The addition of cysteine effectively restored growth to...
... patients withpulmonary tuberculosis have been reported7 Serum fibrinogen level is seen to rise within the first weeks of therapy and then normalise within 12 weeks, which, coupled with impaired ... AM Pulmonary Tuberculosis with Deep Venous Thrombosis Author(s): Shah P A, Yaseen Y , Malik A H Abstract Tuberculosis is commonly encountered in developing countries like India It can present with ... rifampicin) are strong enzyme inducers and can interfere with warfarin levels Our case highlights the risk of deep venous thrombosis in a patient withpulmonary tuberculosis even in the absence of any...
... secundum ASD commonly occurs with other congenital cardiac defects When it occurs with other presumed “independent” heart defects (such as withventricularseptal defects), most investigators, ... (Plavix) is used in adult patients Atrial SeptalDefect – A Review 11 2.4.4.1.2 Complex defects Large defects, small septal rims, multiple defects and septal aneurysms pose additional problems ... slightly prominent main pulmonary artery segment as seen in patients with atrial septaldefect Atrial SeptalDefect – A Review 2.2.2 Electrocardiogram The ECG shows mild right ventricular hypertrophy;...
... secundum ASD commonly occurs with other congenital cardiac defects When it occurs with other presumed “independent” heart defects (such as withventricularseptal defects), most investigators, ... (Plavix) is used in adult patients Atrial SeptalDefect – A Review 11 2.4.4.1.2 Complex defects Large defects, small septal rims, multiple defects and septal aneurysms pose additional problems ... slightly prominent main pulmonary artery segment as seen in patients with atrial septaldefect Atrial SeptalDefect – A Review 2.2.2 Electrocardiogram The ECG shows mild right ventricular hypertrophy;...
... of large ASD [8,9] Atrial septal defects with a left-to-right shunt lead to development or deterioration of volume overload right ventricular hypertrophy and failure or pulmonary hypertension Such ... atrial septal defects in infants Ann Thorac Surg 2010, 89:1250-1254 10 Xiang-Jun Zeng, Xu-Fa Chen, Duan Cheng, Xiao-Jing Ma, Xue-Song Hu, Liang Tao: Peratrial Closure of Atrial Septal Defects without ... patients, 12 patients had mild pulmonary hypertension (which was assessed by TTE, pulmonary artery systolic pressure 30-45 mmHg) 13 patients had moderate pulmonary hypertension (pulmonary artery systolic...
... performed with 200 μl of native BAL at 55 × g for 10 minutes and stained with May Grünwald/Giemsa Enumeration of the cytospots revealed normal cellular proportions in all samples, with mean proportions ... plates were coated with OprF-OprI at μg/ml, blocked by a 0.2% bovine serum albumin (BSA, Sigma, Munich, Germany) solution, and incubated with 100 μl/well of serum diluted at 1:2,000, with unconcentrated ... described in the literature We used sputum expectorated by CF patients with chronic P aeruginosa infection As IS is commonly mixed with dithiothretiol (DTT) to separate its cellular and mucous contents,...
... boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, girls with spinal muscular amyotrophy, and girls with Becker muscular dystrophy Four patients (3 patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and one patient with ... observed with a similar frequency in the groups The complete P1-N1P2-N2 sequence was observed in only patients with moderate asthma, in patients with CF with moderate lung disease, and in patients with ... patients with CF compared to the patients with asthma and neuromuscular disease Mean FVC and FEV1 were significantly lower in the patients with CF and neuromuscular diseases than in the patients with...
... of the 41 patients (92.6%) with PE had abnormal PetCO2 of less than 28 mmHg compared with 10 of the 59 patients (16.9%) without PE A PetCO2 above 28 mmHg excluded PE with a sensitivity of 92.6% ... electrocardiographic findings in patients with acute pulmonary embolism and no pre-existing cardiac or pulmonary disease Chest 1991, 100:598-603 Kearon C, Hirsh J: The diagnosis of pulmonary embolism Haemostasis ... Forgie M, Kovacs G, Ward J, Kovacs MJ: Excluding pulmonary embolism at the bedside without diagnostic imaging: management of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism presenting tot he emergency...
... patients with idiopathic or ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy associated with electromechanical asynchrony In the current AHA guidelines, CRT is a class I (level of evidence A) therapy for patients with ... be performed with or without defibrillator In the CARE-HF (Cardiac Resynchronization in Heart Failure) trial, a randomized controlled trial comparing optimal medical therapy alone with optimal ... Page of and Defibrillation in Heart Failure) trial, directly compared pacing with CRT-D and CRT without defibrillation with optimal medical therapy, only CRT-D reduced sudden cardiac death (SCD)...
... IVS: intraventricular septum; LV: left ventricular or left ventricle; SAVE: Septal Anterior Ventricular Exclusion; MS: mitral valve stenosis; MR: mitral valve regurgitation; LVDd: left ventricular ... Cardiovasc Surg 2000, 119:1233-1244 Dor V, Saab M, Coste P, Sabatier M, Montiglio F: Endoventricular patch plasties withseptal exclusion for repair of ischemic left ventricle: technique, results and indications ... wall is not removed but excluded with a patch in the SAVE procedure, the SAVE procedure is better in cardiac function improvement, particularly for the patients with large areas of damaged IVS...