Results There were clear differences in blood flow patterns between healthy volunteers and TGA patients in both the pulmonary trunk and the aorta. In healthy volunteers, flow was laminar, parabolic in the pulmonary trunk and showed left helical flow pattern in the aorta. In TGA patients we observed opposite flow patterns with predominant parabolic flow in the aorta but helical flow and vortex f...

Between 1974 and 1979 171 patients with d-TGA were treated surgically, 109 had correcting operations. 77 patients with simple TGA had hemodynamic correction by atrial inversion techniques. 30 day survival rate was 96%. There were 3 late deaths. One patient had reoperation for superior vena cava obstruction. The methods of diagnosis, indication of surgery and the surgical procedure are described...

We read with interest the excellent retrospective study of YooSeok Kwon, reporting a high proportion (22.9%) of patients with transient global amnesia (TGA) and epileptiform discharges (mostly with a left dominance) detected within days of the episode of TGA. Authors should be commended for having conducted a study aimed to shed further light on the pathogenesis of such a fascinating disorder. ...

OBJECTIVE Between 1985 and 1989, the surgical management of neonates with complete transposition (TGA) underwent a transition from atrial to arterial repair. We sought to examine the intermediate outcomes and their associated risk factors in neonates repaired during the era of transition. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty-four institutions entered 829 neonates age less than 15 days in a prospective...

BACKGROUND Thromboelastography (TEG) provides comprehensive information on the whole blood clot formation phases, whereas thrombin generation assay (TGA) reveals the endogenous thrombin levels in plasma. We investigated the potential significance of TEG and TGA parameters for prediction of clinical bleeding in hematologic patients on the basis of the patient's platelet levels. METHODS TEG and...

Methods Post-natal brain MRI were performed without sedation in 24 infants with common CHD before and after the cardiac surgery on a Siemens Avanto 1.5T system (Erlangen) after hospital IRB approval. 18 of 24 subjects also had fetal MRI using previously described technique [5] and BV and fetal weight were calculated [3]. The normal brain weights were obtained from published autopsy data [6] and...