conclusions moderate ppm has no negative effect on echocardiographic trans-aortic pressure gradients or the patients’ nyha functional status after avr with a carbomedics prosthesis in the mid-term follow up. results of the 66 studied patients, 39 were male and 27 were female. the mean age of the patients was 43 ± 17 with a range of 6 - 76 years. implanted sizes of the carbomedics av prosthesis ...

There are variations in the onset of cardiovascular events. As diurnal variation, most studies have shown an increased incidence of acute cardiovascular events such as acute myocardial infarction, sudden cardiac death, and stroke in the morning.1 In addition, weekly and seasonal variations in the cardiovascular events have also been reported.2 These variations may be closely associated with amb...

A rare case of anterior urethral valve in association with posterior urethral valuve is reported. Clinical findings are discussed, and the available literature will be briefly reviewed.

Okada Y, Galbreath MM, Shibata S, Jarvis SS, Bivens TB, Vongpatanasin W, Levine BD, Fu Q. Morning blood pressure surge is associated with arterial stiffness and sympathetic baroreflex sensitivity in hypertensive seniors. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 305: H793–H802, 2013. First published July 5, 2013; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00254.2013.—Morning blood pressure (BP) surge is considered to be an in...

S tatewide, values of average Indiana cropland increased by 14.2% in the year ending in June 1996, nearly double the 7.4% increase a year ago. According to the Purdue land values survey, this is the ninth consecutive year of increasing Indiana land values. Increases of around 35% were registered in both the first and last third of this 9 year period. There was a lull in the upward trend during ...

Bicuspid aortic valve is traditionally considered an innocuous congenital anomaly. Due to a better and widespread availability of non-invasive imaging techniques, it has come to the fore that 30% of these cases develop complications, viz., valve abnormality (aortic regurgitation and stenosis), and aneurysm of aortic root and ascending aorta. Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is an uncommon complicatio...

Recently, there have been more reports of cardiac valve infections due to the increasing number of intravenous (IV) drug abusers and chronic renal failure patients. Among cardiac valves, tricuspid valve is most commonly affected in the course of endocarditis. Appropriate management of these patients is a challenging and controversial issue in the field of cardiac surgery. Treatment options in s...