Congenital defects of the pericardium are considered rare. Until 1979 , the reported cases were only about 200.1 Total absence of the left pericardium is the most common defect2 and less common is a partial defect of the left pericardium. Other types, i.e. isolated right-sided defects, total pericardial absence and diaphragmatic pericardial defects are very rare.3 Before the last decade, t...

Aneurysms of the left atrium or its appendage are uncommon. Some occur with an intact pericardium and others are associated with a pericardial defect. The majority of patients are asymptomatic, but dysrhythmias and systemic embolism may occur. The condition should be suspected after chest radiography but can only be confirmed by angiocardiography. Resection is advised with cardiopulmonary bypas...

Over 15 years have elapsed since the practical method of anglocardiography was published.’ During that time many reports of its use In congenital and acquired heart, pulmonary and mediastinal diseases have appeared from all over the world. Four Important monographs on these subjects have been published.2-5 Anglocardiography has fully lived up to the expectations formulated In 1940.6 In this num...

VENTRICULAR aneurysm has not been reported to our knowledge as a complication of selective angiocardiography. We have observed two cases, both of the right ventricle, confirmed at subsequent surgery. The first patient presented interesting objective signs permitting preoperative diagnosis, but the second case was unsuspected prior to operation. In the first patient there were also unusual diffi...

Six consecutive patients studied by angiocardiography or aortography ranging in age from 12 to 68 years were checked by a direct-writer type of electrocardiograph during the procedure. The clinical entities consisted of pulmonary stenosis, coarctation of the aorta, aneurysm of the ascending aorta, ventricular septal defect (2 cases), and atrial septal defect associated with complete transpositi...

INTRODUCTION Scimitar Syndrome is a relatively rare variety of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection in which the right pulmonary veins form an anomalous confluence which drains into the infra-diaphragmatic inferior vena cava. The X-ray chest in these patients shows the typical Scimitar Sign. CASE REPORT We are presenting a patient who was diagnosed to have Scimitar Syndrome on the ba...