abstract：:Over a 3-year period, we performed 232 consecutive percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) procedures in 171 patients, 132 (77%) of whom were men and 39 (23%) of whom were women. The patients' ages ranged from 26 to 85 years (average, 56.5 years). All of the patients had symptoms of coronary insufficienc...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Lopez-Velarde P,Treistman B

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection and correction of ventricular fibrillation at the earliest time after its onset is essential to ensure long-term survival. During successive cardiac arrests the rhythms occurring were sensed by using disposable pre-gelled ECG defibrillator pads placed in the anterior-anterior position. Simultaneously wit...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Jack CM,Hunter EK,Pringle TH,Wilson JT,Anderson J,Adgey AA

更新日期：1986-12-01 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：:The echocardiographic aspects of the coronary sinus have not received much attention in the literature. In the few published articles about anomalous venous connection to the coronary sinus, the parasternal long axis view has been suggested as ideal for its visualization. More recently, it has been suggested that the ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Andrade JL,Somerville J,Carvalho AC,Campos O Jr,Mitre N,Martinez EE Jr,Atik E,Pieretti F F

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple technique of controlling a bleeding aortic cannulation site employing autogenous tissue is described in which 3-0 Prolene suture is placed through the lateral pericardial tissue on both sides of the aortotomy closure in a horizontal mattress fashion. This technique is advantageous because of the availability ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Pezzella AT

更新日期：1986-06-01 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：: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：:Both conventional Argon- and NdYAG-lasers in continuous wave or pulsed application and far ultraviolet laser radiation are able to cause a loss of substance of biologic tissue. The thermic and ablative effects of NdYAG-lasers and UV-Excimer lasers at the wavelengths of 193 nm (ArF) and 248 mm (KrF) on inconspicuous an...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Wollenek G,Laufer G,Miholic J,Deutsch M,Wolner E

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient who sustained a myocardial infarction after inhaling cocaine. He developed a persistent wall motion defect that was present 18 months after the acute event despite resolution of electrocardiographic evidence of infarction. ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Wilkins CE,Mathur VS,Ty RC,Hall RJ

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, 24 patients with partial anomalous pulmonary venous return were reviewed. Six of the eight patients with left-sided drainage were repaired without extracorporeal circulation by anastomosing the left-sided vein to the left atrium. Symptoms resolved in five of the six. Two of the eight were surgically re...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Weiman DS,Lee K,Levett JM,Replogle RL

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One-stage surgery was successfully performed in a 44-year-old hypertensive man with uncontrolled angina, multiple coarctations of the thoracic and abdominal aorta, and a previous subtotal gastrectomy. There was a gradient of 120 mm Hg between the thoracic and abdominal aorta. A graft was placed retroperitoneally from ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Hoover EL,Hsu HK,Diaz C,Khan R,Reddy CV,Gross AM,Webb H,El-Sherif N,Griepp RB

更新日期：1985-06-01 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：: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：: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：:Amiodarone therapy for the treatment of arrhythmias has been found to have severe side effects. Although the drug has been prescribed in Europe for more than 20 years, it has only recently been used in the United States as an investigational drug, and has been found to cause pulmonary toxicity, as well as other major ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Liss G,Leachman RD

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically encouraging results can be obtained with an intravenous high dosage, short-term infusion of streptokinase in patients with evolving myocardial infarction. The feasibility and efficacy of the systemic approach of streptokinase therapy is discussed in this report and includes topics such as recanalization suc...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Schröder R

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a case of premature atherosclerosis in a patient with short stature, dysmorphic features, mild diabetes mellitus, hypertriglyceridemia, Mönckeberg's sclerosis, and the general appearance of premature aging, compatible with the diagnosis of Werner's Syndrome. The patient was referred to us after suffering ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Soto-Figueroa SF,Nussbaum RL,Garcia E

更新日期：1984-03-01 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：:A woman with intravenous leiomyomatosis experienced syncope 7 years after a total abdominal hysterectomy and oophorectomy for a uterine fibroid. The workup revealed a tumor that extended from the iliac veins to the right ventricle. It was totally removed under cardiopulmonary bypass. One year later, the patient was fo...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Iverson LI,Lee J,Drew D,Sharp J,Ecker RR,Young JN,Ennix CL Jr,May IA

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In situations where severe femoropopliteal disease is present and profundoplasty is deemed unreliable, successful revascularization is not usually possible. A technique is presented that increases the accessibility for repair and may improve the limb salvage rate in those patients considered nonoperable by other techn...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Del Campo C

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternans of the ST segment is sometimes observed in experimental studies but is rarely seen in the clinical setting. Described is a case of exercise-induced ST segment elevation alternans that was successfully treated with transluminal coronary artery angioplasty. Theories regarding the cause and mechanism of this ph...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Mammen G,Krajcer Z,Leachman RD

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1956 through July 1981, 15 patients, ranging in age from 9 days to 20 years, underwent surgical correction of aortopulmonary (AP) window. Surface hypothermia and venous inflow occlusion were used in the first patient. In four patients, the technique for closure of AP window was similar to that for patent ductus a...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Ventemiglia RA,Oglietti J,Izquierdo J,Muasher I,Frazier OH,Cooley DA

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural failure of a Model 2400 Starr-Edwards aortic track valve occurred suddenly, 4 years after implantation. At operation, the valve cage was removed from the descending aorta. Examination of the excised prosthesis disclosed minimal cloth wear and no evidence of infective growth; however, three struts were fract...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Ringel RE,Moulton AL,Burns JE,Brenner JI,Berman MA

更新日期：1983-03-01 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：:A conservative nonoperative method of management was utilized in an atypical case of blunt traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta. In unusual or complicated tears of the aortic arch, as described here, a delayed or expectant method of management may be justified. ...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Pezzella AT,Effler DB,Levy I

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report summarizes results of the first 453 consecutive patients who had 491 low profile bioprostheses implanted at the Italian Hospital in Buenos Aires over a 5-year period. During this time, with the goal of long-term durability, the valve mounting technique was slightly modified, whereas the materials and desig...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Navia JA,Gimenez C,Tamashiro A,Esper R,Haller J,Liotta D

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patient with a patent, infected vascular graft presents a dilemma to the surgeon, who must decide whether revascularization is necessary in addition to removal of the infected graft. When a graft infection points superficially or requires drainage, the graft may be well enough exposed to provide easy access. A tec...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Lawrence PF

更新日期：1982-06-01 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：:Thrombosis of a previously undiagnosed aneurysm of the abdominal aorta in a 64-year-old woman resulted in acute and severe ischemia in both legs. Prompt surgical resection of the aneurysm and restoration of aortic continuity with a fabric graft brought about complete resolution of her symptoms, with excellent function...

journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal

authors： Subram AN,Duncan JM

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00