Surgical resection of solitary metastasis of malignant melanoma to the right atrium.

abstract：:Between May 1976 and December 1982 (104 months), 152 patients from a total of 3592 patients who had coronary angiography at the Buffalo Veterans Administration Medical Center had coronary artery disease with left ventricular ejection fractions of 40% or below. Sixty-three patients in this group had coronary bypass sur...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Balu V,Szmedra L,Dean D,Bhayana J

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a 48-year-old woman who required emergency coronary artery bypass grafting because of extensive dissection, cardiogenic shock, and ventricular fibrillation after failed percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for stenosis of a proximal left anterior descending coronary artery. Despite ma...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Caes FL,François KJ,Primo G,Van Nooten GJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor. Patients with atrial myxoma typically present with obstructive, embolic, or systemic symptoms; asymptomatic presentation is very rare. To our knowledge, isolated association of atrial myxoma with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has been reported only once in the Engl...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Abdou M,Hayek S,Williams BR 3rd

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old woman had unstable angina pectoris 3 months after aortic and mitral valve replacement for rheumatic heart disease. Repeat coronary arteriography revealed critical proximal left anterior descending and circumflex artery stenoses in previously normal coronary arteries. This case emphasizes the need for tho...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Graf R,Verani MS

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral recurrence of atrial myxoma has been reported only a few times. We describe the case of a 41-year-old woman who had undergone left atrial myxoma resection and presented 9 years later with myxomas in both atria. The patient underwent successful resection of both masses with resolution of symptoms. We discuss ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Jia X,Kohli A,Jarjour J,Chen CJ,Gilmore B,Tabbaa R,Poythress EL

更新日期：2017-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Massive isolated chylopericardium is a rare postoperative complication of coronary artery bypass surgery. In the following case, massive chylopericardium developed after a coronary artery bypass procedure in which the left internal mammary artery was used for revascularization. The chylopericardium resulted from direc...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Pellegrini RV,Travers DJ,Marrangoni AG,DiMarco RF,Bekoe S,Grant KJ,Woelfel GF

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonfunctional paragangliomas are slow-growing, typically benign tumors that arise from the extra-adrenal paraganglion of the autonomic nervous system. They are identified and characterized with the use of computed tomography and other imaging methods; for definitive diagnosis, histopathologic evaluation is crucial. Su...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Ghouri MA,Krishnan E,Singh A,Zaman T,Hallman CH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preservation of pleural integrity during mammary artery harvesting may decrease atelectasis and pleural effusion during the postoperative period. We designed this retrospective study to evaluate the effects on postoperative pulmonary function of pleural integrity versus opened pleura, in patients who receive a lef...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Iyem H,Islamoglu F,Yagdi T,Sargin M,Berber O,Hamulu A,Buket S,Durmaz I

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia, or atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia utilizing a slowly conducting posteroseptal accessory pathway, is a rare form of reentrant supraventricular tachycardia in children and adults. The characteristic features of this narrow complex tachycardia are a long RP interval...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Bensler JM,Frank CM,Razavi M,Rasekh A,Saeed M,Haas PC,Nazeri A,Massumi A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell disease is a risk factor for cerebrovascular accidents in the pediatric population. This risk is compounded by hypoxemia. Cyanotic congenital heart disease can expose patients to prolonged hypoxemia. To our knowledge, the long-term outcome of patients who have combined sickle cell and cyanotic congenital h...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Iannucci GJ,Adisa OA,Oster ME,McConnell M,Mahle WT

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiogenic shock after acute myocardial infarction is associated with a high mortality rate despite modern reperfusion methods and intra-aortic balloon pump support. For myocardial infarction patients in cardiogenic shock that is refractory to intra-aortic ballon pump counterpulsation and pressors (severe refractory ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Idelchik GM,Loyalka P,Kar B

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anomalous coronary arteries are rare in the general population. We report the case of a term neonate who underwent an echocardiogram to evaluate a possible patent ductus arteriosus. Unexpectedly, an apparent anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the main pulmonary artery was detected by surface 2-dimensio...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Robinson JA,Maclellan-Tobert SG,Horner JM,Cetta F

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-healing mid-sternotomy wounds are a persistently difficult problem. The numerous methods that have been employed to manage these wounds are costly in terms of patient discomfort and length of hospital stay. We present a method to manage a complicated sternotomy that uses an omental flap with an immediate, split-th...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Hellman AA,Lammermeier DE,Cooley DA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No data are available on the long-term outcome of coronary-coronary venous bypass grafting. We describe a case in which we successfully stented a discrete, critical stenosis of a coronary-coronary venous graft that had been placed 19 years earlier to minimize manipulation of a severely calcified ascending aorta. Coron...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Mariscalco G,Blanzola C,Leva C,Bruno VD,Luvini M,Sala A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We operated on a 14-year-old boy who had an echocardiographic diagnosis of ventricular septal defect. At surgery we found, in addition, an anomalous and obstructive intraventricular muscle bundle. Detection of a continuous thrill over the right pulmonary veins, prior to cardiopulmonary bypass, led to exploration of th...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Victor S,Nayak VM

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow-derived CD34(+) cells are a well-characterized population of stem cells that have traditionally been used clinically to reconstitute the hematopoietic system after radiation or chemotherapy. More recently, CD34(+) cells have also been shown to induce therapeutic angiogenesis in animal models of myocardial,...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Mackie AR,Losordo DW

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endovascular grafts have been widely used for the treatment of aneurysms since the early 1990s. They are preferred especially for use in patients in whom conventional surgical methods carry high risks of death and morbidity. Increasing operator experience and technical refinements in endovascular grafting have enabled...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Alpagut U,Ugurlucan M,Kafali E,Surmen B,Sayin OA,Guven K,Dayioglu E,Rozanes I,Onursal E

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fulminant myocarditis is a rare but potentially life-threatening illness caused by 5-fluorouracil cardiotoxicity. Data supporting the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for the treatment of fulminant myocarditis are limited. A 49-year-old, previously healthy white man, recently diagnosed with anal squamous cel...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Amraotkar AR,Pachika A,Grubb KJ,DeFilippis AP

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between brain natriuretic peptide and cardiopulmonary bypass has not been examined sufficiently. In this study, we prospectively examined brain natriuretic peptide levels in the plasma of 26 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Brain natriuretic peptide measurements were carried out at...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Saribulbul O,Alat I,Coskun S,Apaydin AZ,Yagdi T,Kiliccioglu M,Alayunt EA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glutaraldehyde-preserved stented porcine xenograft valve has been durable in adult patients with a low incidence of valve-related complications. In children, however, early degeneration and calcification of this valve is now being reported. The etiology of the early degeneration is still unclear but may be related...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Chen R,Duncan JM,Nihill M,Cooley DA

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 65-year-old man with a 6-year history of hypertension who presented with dilated cardiomyopathy, a transient cerebrovascular event, paroxysmal sweating, and intractable hypertension. Coronary angiography revealed no abnormality, but diagnostic testing was pursued because of the severe sweating ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Lin PC,Hsu JT,Chung CM,Chang ST

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Model 6120 ball valve prosthesis introduced in 1965 is still strongly supported as a mitral valve substitute in many centers around the world. A current reassessment of the performance of this prosthesis is therefore pertinent to current medical practice. In this institution since 1974, 227 Starr-Edwards caged bal...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Cotrufo M,Renzulli A,Esposito V,Vosa C,Nappi G,DeLuca L,Casale D,Bellitti R,Festa M

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of a quadricuspid aortic valve with single, central leaflet fenestrations causing aortic insufficiency has not previously been reported. We recently encountered these features during aortic valve replacement for severe aortic regurgitation in a 20-year-old man who had had a history of aortic insufficien...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Coltharp WH,Warren ET,Heath BJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, we describe the case of a 50-year-old man who had a fistula, located between the left anterior descending coronary artery and the left ventricle, that caused myocardial infarction. Electrocardiography revealed a loss of R-wave progression in leads V(1) through V(4), and transthoracic echocardiography showed an...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Kurt IH

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of the efficacy of tricuspid annuloplasty, there remain occasional cases in which tricuspid valve replacement (TVR) is indicated. There is to date no late follow-up data on the Carpentier-Edwards porcine bioprosthesis (CEPB) in the tricuspid position. We present a series of twelve consecutive cases of TVR wit...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Del Campo C,Akalin H,McKenzie FN

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the rarity of isolated, nonrheumatic, noninfective tricuspid valvular disease, the long-term results of treatment by tricuspid valve replacement are uncertain. From June 1967 to April 1986, we implanted 23 biological or mechanical tricuspid valve prostheses in 20 patients for nonrheumatic, noninfective endo...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Renzulli A,Goudevenos I,Santé P,Naik S,Behl PR,Blesovsky A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a patient with Alagille syndrome and severe pulmonary valve and bilateral pulmonary artery branch stenosis. In this patient, transcatheter balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty combined with bilateral pulmonary artery angioplasty and stent placement provided excellent immediate results and long-term im...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Saidi AS,Kovalchin JP,Fisher DJ,Ferry GD,Grifka RG

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most commonly, coronary artery aneurysms are secondary to atherosclerosis, but cases have been reported in patients who have vasculitis or tissue disorders, and in patients who have undergone interventional procedures. However, over the past few years, an increasing number of cases of coronary artery aneurysms after d...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Bajaj S,Parikh R,Hamdan A,Bikkina M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the management of acute myocardial infarction, we observed that clinical and electrocardiographic indications of myocardial ischemia worsened upon nitroglycerin infusion and were promptly relieved upon streptokinase infusion. Subsequent coronary angiography revealed diffuse ectasia with no significant stenosis....

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Sanyal S,Caccavo N

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients who have either hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism can present with cardiovascular complications. These manifestations of thyroid disease-congestive heart failure, atrial tachyarrhythmias, atrioventricular conduction disorders, and mitral valve dysfunction-are well known to the clinician. Pericardial effusion ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Ovadia S,Lysyy L,Zubkov T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00