were 7 associated procedures: 4 VSD closure, 2 balloon dilatation of aortic recoarctation and one main PA stenting. For PA band dilatation, 17 high pressure balloons were used and 11 low pressure balloons (mean balloon diameter: 12mm). Median RV/Ao pressure ratio dropped from 1 (± 0,3; 0,42-2,2) to 0,6 (± 0,3; 0,31,2) and median RV to PA gradient dropped from 61 mmHg (± 31; 42-160) to 19 mmHg (...

Esophageal perforation after endoscopic forceful pneumatic dilatation for achalasia is a devastating complication and surgical treatment is necessary. A 65-yr-old man and a 54-yr-old woman referred for esophageal perforation two hours after pneumatic dilatation and during the procedure, respectively. Gastroplasties through thoracotomy were performed in both cases and their recoveries were uneve...

Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis (CPL) is a rare, poorly documented disease, characterized by abnormal dilatation of pulmonary lymphatics without lymphatic proliferation. This disease is seen almost exclusively in infancy and early childhood. It can usually be divided into primary (congenital) and secondary forms. The primary form presents in neonates, and the patients mostly die due to th...

Figure Diagrammatic representation ofoperative findings demonstrating a 6 cm inflammatory mass in the pancreatic tail with gastric vein dilatation. laparotomy. Prominent veins around the gastric fundus and splenomegaly were noted. An anterior gastrotomy revealed two large bleeding gastric varices which were oversewn. A total of 30 units of blood had been transfused to this point. On the tenth p...

The responses of baboon cerebral and extracerebral arteries to prostaglandin endoperoxide (PGH2) and prostacyclin (PGI2) were investigated on isolated arteries and in vivo by serial angiography. Both PGH2 and PGI2 could produce dose-dependent contraction or relaxation of isolated arteries. PGH2 induced relaxation was indicative of prostacyclin synthetase activity, the enzyme which converts PGH2...

in an upward and outward direction. Anterior extension involves the bladder base and causes malignant ulceration of the bladder. A severe cystitis leads to vesico-vaginal fistula, ascending infection, pyelo-nephritis and death. Extension in an upward and outward direction in the broad ligament leads to encroachment on the ureter, which may become infiltrated by malignant tissue. Following obstr...

Coronary artery perforations are life-threatening complications with a poor outcome. Historically, if the perforation was not controlled using conservative methods such as prolonged balloon inflation and protamine administration, emergency cardiac surgery has been performed. However, several percutaneous methods including covered stents and embolization materials have emerged as therapeutic...

Saphenous vein graft (SVG) anastomotic lesions can have significant fibromuscular hyperplasia and may be resistant to balloon angioplasty alone. Stents have been used successfully to treat these lesions. There are no reports of immediate stent recoil following such treatment in the literature. We describe immediate and persistent stent recoil in an anastomotic SVG lesion even after initial and ...