introduction: insome cases, assist devices are required to ensure an adequate cardiac output after cardiac surgery. intra-aortic balloon pump (iabp) is the most commonly used cardiac assist device, which provides first-line support for patients with heart failure. the aim of this study was to determine factors affecting the mortality rate of patients receiving iabp. materials & methods:  in thi...

A seven-year-old girl with clinical diagnosis of aortic insufficiency underwent echocardiographic and hemodynamic evaluation and referred for surgery with the same diagnosis. However, at surgery, aorto-Ieft ventricular tunnel was found and repaired successfully. Review of echocardiogram and catheterization data revealed interesting findings to differentiate this rare entity from congenital...

Introduction: Patients with primary acute aortic dissection are at higher risk of complications, including increasing aortic aneurysm diameter, aortic rupture, aortic pseudo aneurysm, and recurrent aortic dissection. Case presentation We presented the case of a recurrent pseudo aneurysm and rupture of the aorta in the distal a...

Stanford type A acute aortic dissection (AAD) is a very rare complication, with potentially lethal consequences in pregnancy. In fact, pregnancy has been regularly associated with the possibility of aortic. dissection in almost half of young women. Herein, we present the case of a 38-year-old woman in her 37th week of pregnancy. The patient’s medical history was indicative of G4L2Ab1(4 gestaiti...

objective : double aortic arch (daa) is a rare congenital malformation. strategies for diagnosis and treatment are different. thoracoscopic treatment of daa is limited to case reports or little case series. we report a description of our diagnostic and therapeutic approach and evaluate outcomes. methods: we reviewed charts of infants with double aortic arch who were hospitalized in our departme...

brucella endocarditis is a rare, and life threatening complication of human brucellosis. children are usually infected by consumption of contaminated dairy product. clinical presentation is similar to rheumatic fever. aortic valve is most commonly involved. clinical manifestations of fever, arthritis/arthralgia, aortic insufficiency, echocardiographic evidence of vegetation, and negative findin...

Classically, ascending aortic dissection (AD) presents as sudden, severe chest pain that is tearing type and radiates to the back. Herein, we present a rare case of severe aortic regurgitation with silent ascending AD, which had no chest pain symptoms. The aortic valve apparatus probably masked this AD; therefore, it was not detected by echocardiography and during the surgery.

background: discrete subaortic stenosis (dss) is a progressive condition. controversy still rumbles on as to whether the subaortic membrane causes aortic regurgitation (ar) and whether membrane resection reduces ar severity. we investigated the association between the left ventricular outflow tract peak gradient (lvot-pg) and ar severity preoperatively and changes in ar severity and obstruction...

a seven-year-old girl with clinical diagnosis of aortic insufficiency underwent echocardiographic and hemodynamic evaluation and referred for surgery with the same diagnosis. however, at surgery, aorto-ieft ventricular tunnel was found and repaired successfully. review of echocardiogram and catheterization data revealed interesting findings to differentiate this rare entity from congenital aort...