BACKGROUND Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma (CPF) is a primary cardiac neoplasm that is increasingly detected by echocardiography. The clinical manifestations of this entity are not well described. METHODS AND RESULTS In a 16-year period, we identified patients with CPF from our pathology and echocardiography databases. A total of 162 patients had pathologically confirmed CPF. Echocardiography...

BACKGROUND In this study, we sought to analyze our experience in urgent surgical management for embolized cardiac septal and ductal occluder devices resulting from trans-catheter closure of atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus in childhood patient group. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 9 patients (aged 2-15 years) who underwent urgent surgery due to...

An animal model of cardiogenic shock has been developed in the intact unanesthetized dog. Selective embolization of the circumflex coronary artery with 0.2 ml of mercury produces infarction of the posterolateral wall of the left ventricle and a shocklike state in the dog which results in death of the animal in 5 to 48 hr. The syndrome of cardiogenic shock in the animal model simulates closely t...

Our objective was to review the technical success and clinical outcomes of transcatheter embolization of peripheral renal artery with FuAiLe medical glue (FAL). All patients who underwent FAL embolization for peripheral renal artery bleeding were retrospectively analyzed for underlying pathologies, technical success and outcome of embolization procedure. 14 consecutive patients underwent FAL em...

Abstract Background Preoperative embolization of radiographically suspected intracranial meningiomas is performed to reduce intraoperative blood loss and facilitate resection. However, there paucity evidence examining the effect as a sole intervention on tumor volume patient's neurocognitive symptoms. The objective this study was investigates influence therapeutic tumor- necrosis symptoms in ab...

Located under the cerebral hemispheres and draining the anterior and central regions of the brain into the sinus of the posterior cerebral fossa, the vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation is considered to be a rare cause of hydrocephaly. The presence of this condition in the neonatal period typically includes intractable heart failure and a poor prognosis. We report a case of aneurysm of the ve...

Cerebral Embolization: Prospective Clinical Analysis of 42 Cases • The sites, sources, and incidence of cerebral embolization were established in an unselected series of hospitalized patients using recommended epidemiological criteria. Criteria for diagnosis of cerebral embolization as a cause of stroke are defined. Forty-two (15%) from a total of 280 patients with various forms of cerebrovascu...

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has been increasingly used for the evaluation of patients with a suspected cardiac source of embolization (1). Transesophageal echocardiography findings such as spontaneous echocardiographic contrast, atrial septal aneurysm (ASA), patent foramen ovale (PFO), aortic atheroma, left atrial thrombi, and cardiac masses have been related to an increased risk of ...

Myxomas are the most common type of benign cardiac tumor. The most frequent clinical presentations are symptoms resulting from atrioventricular valve obstruction or systemic embolization. Coronary embolization is a rare, although real and potentially fatal, complication of cardiac myxomas. We present a case report and review of the literature on this disease association. A 57-year-old woman was...

Percutaneous device closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) is an alternative treatment to surgery. The main advantages of the percutaneous approach include avoidance of surgery, short procedure time and hospital length, in addition to comparable rates of complications. However, percutaneous device closure is associated with infrequent early and late complications including device embolization, a...