background: ischemic mitral regurgitation (imr) is a common complication after acute myocardial infarction (ami). we aimed to investigate the frequency of imr following first-time ami and its association with infarct location, in-hospital mortality, and complications. methods: from september 2011 to november 2012, all patients with a diagnosis of first-time acute st-elevation mi were enrolled i...

dissection of the sinus of valsalva is a rare and life-threatening event. it often occurs during percutaneous coronary intervention in the right coronary artery (rca). dissection flap usually involves the rca and the right sinus of valsalva. here we report two extremely rare cases of spontaneous dissection limited to the non-coronary sinus of valsalva, causing severe aortic valve regurgitation:...

infective endocarditis is one of the most severe complications of parenteral drug abuse. the outstanding clinical feature of infective endocarditis in intravenous drug abusers is the high incidence of right-sided valve infection, and the tricuspid valve is involved in 60% to 70% of the cases. we herein report a case of isolated pulmonic valve infective endocarditis with a native pulmonary valve.

AIMS We assessed the feasibility of percutaneous implantation of a valve in the descending aorta and its function in systemic pressures. METHODS AND RESULTS A biological valve harvested from a bovine jugular vein was sutured into a stent. After the creation of aortic insufficiency, the valved stent was percutaneously implanted into eight lambs divided into two groups depending on the severity...

Background Obesity is an increasing epidemic that has not spared children and adults with congenital heart disease. Patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot with trans-annular patch (rTOF-TAP) have significant pulmonary insufficiency and right ventricular (RV) enlargement. Recommendations for pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) include body surface area (BSA)-indexed RV end diastolic volume (RV...

pREVIOUS reports have alluded to the rarity of varicosities of the pulmonary veins. To date, only 18 cases exist in the literature. Six were diagnosed at autopsyl-6 and the rest by radiological methods.7 '5 Little is known about the course and outcome of pulmonary venous varices. The present communication is a report of three cases. In one patient, the lesion enlarged in 7 years with progressio...

We present a rare case of a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm in a patient after inferior wall myocardial infarction. The infarction was complicated with acute mitral insufficiency, pulmonary edema, and cardiogenic shock. Urgent surgical mitral valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting were performed. After several months, the patient was hospitalized again because of deterioration of...

The aims of this study were to reveal the prevalence of complications associated with PBV over a long-term follow-up, and to investigate the factors related to those complications, especially pulmonary restenosis. Forty dogs who underwent PBV were retrospectively reviewed. Long-term follow-up was available in 22 dogs. Exacerbation of PI and TR after PBV was observed in some dogs; however, right...