Brain and spinal cord protection during aortic surgery.

abstract：:Severe diffuse obstruction of the coronary arteries was diagnosed in an 18-month-old girl who presented with signs and symptoms of severe congestive cardiomyopathy. Most reported cases of myocardial infarction in neonates or infants have been secondary to obstruction of a single major coronary artery owing to thrombos...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Park IS,Lufschanowski R,Angelini P,Leachman RD

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial fibrosis can occur in patients who have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the absence of epicardial coronary disease. In such patients, myocardial fibrosis has been linked to a poorer prognosis than in those without fibrosis. Gadolinium-DTPA delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (de-MRI) accurately id...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Wilson JM,Villareal RP,Hariharan R,Massumi A,Muthupillai R,Flamm SD

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rupture of a mycotic femoral artery pseudoaneurysm in an intravenous drug abuser is a limb- and life-threatening condition that necessitates emergency intervention. Emergency stent-grafting appears to be a viable, minimally invasive alternative, or a bridge, to subsequent open surgery. Caution is required in cases...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Karkos CD,Kalogirou TE,Giagtzidis IT,Papazoglou KO

更新日期：2014-12-01 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 58-year-old man who presented with ventricular fibrillation. The serum potassium level was 1.8 mEq/L after successful cardioversion. Coronary angiography showed a normal heart with no structural defects, but 12-lead electrocardiography showed indications of left ventricular hypertrophy, which w...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Aydin A,Okmen E,Erdinler I,Sanli A,Cam N

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of physiologic R-R interval variability and arrhythmia, frame-mode acquisition of gated images may produce erroneous left ventricular volume curves, particularly in the diastolic filling phase. Eighteen patients in sinus rhythm underwent gated imaging in which both frame-mode and list-mode acquisitions were us...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： DePuey EG,Almasi JJ,Eisner RL,Murphy PH,Sonnemaker RE,Burdine JA

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using continuous-wave Doppler echocardiography, we evaluated the mitral flow velocity pattern in 30 ventricular septal defect patients, 11 of whom had severe pulmonary vascular obstructive disease (Group I); 10 of whom had severe pulmonary hypertension without pulmonary vascular obstructive disease (Group II); and 9 o...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Stojnic B,Krajcer Z,Albreht M,Aleksandrov R,Anicic S,Prcovic M,Simeunovic S

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During an 11-year period ending January 1, 1985, 352 patients had insertions of an intraaortic balloon pump (IABP) as an adjunct to medical or surgical therapy. Group I, 175 patients, could not be weaned from cardiopulmonary bypass and required intraaortic balloon pump (IABP). Thirty-nine patients (22%) died in the op...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Corral CH,Vaughn CC

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of clinical symptoms and findings at physical, echocardiographic, and angiographic examination, a patient was suspected of having a tumor in the right ventricle. Results of surgical and pathological examination, however, revealed a thrombus obliterating the right ventricle. The purpose of this article is to de...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Van Osdol KD,Hall RJ,Warda M,Massumi A,Klima T

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous closure of patent arterial ducts with the Amplatzer Ductal Occluder has become an effective and widely accepted alternative to surgical management. Although rarely, the occluder can be dislodged after an initially successful deployment, and with catastrophic consequences. We describe such a case in a 12-m...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Tang L,Zhou S,Shen X

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding plaque formation in patients at risk for coronary artery disease-the leading cause of morbidity and death in the world-enables physicians to better determine whether and how to treat these individuals. We used computed tomographic angiography to quantitatively evaluate the progression of nonculprit coron...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Liu X,Wu G,Xu C,He Y,Shu L,Liu Y,Zhang N,Lin C

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For safe resection, left ventricular aneurysmal repair after acute myocardial infarction is usually delayed. However, delaying surgery may not be possible or prudent in some patients who are clinically unstable after acute myocardial infarction. We retrospectively reviewed the early and mid-term outcomes of left ventr...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Battaloglu B,Erdil N,Nisanoglu V

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the single-stage surgical management of aortic coarctation and coronary artery disease in a 48-year-old man. Through a left thoracotomy, patch aortoplasty with a preserved bovine pericardial patch, and off-pump grafting of the circumflex and left anterior descending coronary arteries with a saphenous vein ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Moraes F,Lamprea D,Wanderley J,Moraes CR

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical presentation of the bronchogenic cyst is variable, from respiratory distress at birth to late appearance of symptoms. In order to determine clinical features and treatments, we retrospectively studied the medical records and pathology reports of all patients with bronchogenic cysts (n = 22) referred to ou...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Sarper A,Ayten A,Golbasi I,Demircan A,Isin E

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Clostridium septicum infection is a rare cause of aortic dissection, and the mortality rate for the condition is high. Only 26 cases of C. septicum aortitis have been reported; all of those patients were elderly, and 20 of them had an associated colonic neoplasm. Herein, we present the case of a 22-year-old man whose ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Yang Z,Reilly SD

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case in which endovascular stenting was used for recurrent proximal para-anastomotic stenosis 11 years after aorto-bi-iliac bypass grafting for severe aorto-iliac occlusive disease. A 55-year-old woman presented with worsening bilateral hip and buttock claudication. At presentation, her resting ankle-brac...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Ramaiah V,Thompson C,Harvey A,Rodriguez JA,Diethrich EB

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we retrospectively analyzed the outcomes of adults with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) disease who underwent aortic valve reconstructive surgery (AVRS), consisting of replacement of the diseased BAV with 2 or 3 pericardial leaflets plus fixation of the sinotubular junction for accurate and constant leaflet...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Song MG,Yang HS,Choi JB,Shin JK,Chee HK,Kim JS

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired long QT syndrome is typically caused by medications, electrolyte disturbances, bradycardia, or catastrophic central nervous system events. We report a case of myocardial infarction-related acquired long QT syndrome in a 58-year-old woman that had no clear cause and progressed to torsades de pointes requiring ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Gordon SS,Hollowed J,Hayase J,Macias C,Wang J,Middlekauff HR

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：:There is renewed interest in the use of the radial artery as a conduit for coronary artery bypass surgery. The radial artery is, however, a very muscular artery, prone to vasospasm. Milrinone, a potent vasodilator, has demonstrated vasodilatory properties superior to those of papaverine. In this report, we describe ou...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： García-Rinaldi R,Soltero ER,Carballido J,Mojica J

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 36-year-old, otherwise-healthy woman with a 6-year history of progressive dysphagia underwent an esophagogram that revealed an oblique extrinsic defect with an inferior-to-superior (left-to-right) course consistent with an aberrant right subclavian artery. An aortogram confirmed the diagnosis of aberrant right subcl...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Carrizo GJ,Marjani MA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital pericardial diverticula and cysts are extremely uncommon lesions within the anterior mediastinum. Both lesions derive from the pericardial celom and represent different stages of a common embryogenesis. Initial reports date from the 19th century. Surgical pioneers were Otto Pickhardt, who removed a pericard...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Schweigert M,Dubecz A,Beron M,Ofner D,Stein HJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:A 28-year-old man, who presented with pleural and pericardial chylous effusion secondary to superior vena cava syndrome, was diagnosed with Behcet's syndrome. A pericardial window was created by video-assisted thoracic surgery to relieve cardiac tamponade, and this technique also enabled lung biopsy, pleural abrasion,...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Oz N,Sarper A,Erdoğan A,Demircan A,Işin E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the following review, we outline the cellular ontogeny and time course of coronary artery development within the vertebrate heart. Our eventual focus will be the potential role of arteriogenesis in the differentiation of a subset of specialized conduction cells in the chick heart. We begin by briefly outlining earl...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Harris BS,O'Brien TX,Gourdie RG

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension associated with pediatric congenital heart defects is a major cause of postoperative morbidity and death. Sildenafil has been combined with inhaled nitric oxide to treat pulmonary hypertension. We retrospectively studied the pre- and postoperative effects of oral sildenafil as monotherapy in chi...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Palma G,Giordano R,Russolillo V,Cioffi S,Palumbo S,Mucerino M,Poli V,Vosa C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the case of a 61-year-old woman who presented with dyspnea, aortic stenosis, and coronary artery disease-typical side effects of radiation therapy for Hodgkin lymphoma. A poor candidate for surgery, she underwent successful high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention and subsequent transcatheter...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Nieto DC

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes an early diagnosis and successful correction of a disrupted "improved" Björk-Shiley prosthetic valve in the mitral position. The role of 2-Dimensional echocardiography in the diagnosis is emphasized. ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Patel RR,Senan P,Nair M,Ramesh ML,Ticzon AR

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The central question that faces coronary laser investigators is whether interaction between laser energy and target tissues can be controlled in a dynamic in vivo environment. In considering this question, the author reviews the in vitro and in vivo experiments that his center carried out before it began using laser a...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Nordstrom LA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00