Figure 1: Echocardiography showing, a large fistula with a diameter of 7 mm between the right pulmonary artery and the enlarged left atrium (A and B), CT scan showing an epidural hematoma (C). RA: right atrium; LA: left atrium; RPA: right pulmonary artery; AO: aorta; PA: pulmonary artery; RVOT: right ventricular outflow tract. Figure 2: Intraoperative view of the doubly ligated fistula between ...

We report on the surgical treatment of a patient in whom hydatid cysts inside the right pulmonary artery and multiple right lung involvement were detected. Since the right pneumonectomy carried a high risk of cyst rupture, and migration of the cysts to the opposite lung during ligation of the pulmonary artery, a two-stage surgical approach was scheduled. Hydatid cysts located at the proximal pu...

Abnormal flow patterns in the aortas of those with bicuspid aortic valves (BAVs) are increasingly recognized as important in the pathogenesis of aortic dilatation but pulmonary flow patterns in bicuspid pulmonary valves have not been studied. Bicuspid pulmonary valve disease is rare and a small numbers of case reports describe concomitant pulmonary artery dilation similar to the dilation of the...

A case of asymptomatic migration the proximal end ventricular electrode cut off along length lead into pulmonary artery in late postoperative period is described.

To investigate the relationships between local platelet activation in pulmonary vessels and pulmonary artery pressure circulating platelet aggregates and plasma beta-thromboglobulin (beta-TG) levels were evaluated in peripheral venous blood and blood from different sites of pulmonary circulation (right ventricle, pulmonary artery and arteriolo-capillary bed) in 29 patients with COPD. Fifteen ha...