Pulmonary reperfusion injury (PRI) after pulmonary arteries unifocalization is relatively newly described complication of the early postoperative period. This article presents a case PRI in 2 years old patient on 3rd day procedure that was accompanied by respiratory failure increase with need function restoration and mechanical ventilation implementation. Laboratory bacteriological examination,...

This review was undertaken with an eye of providing an evidence-based guide for internists in the utilization of the various techniques in the diagnosis of pulmonary emboli. Pulmonary angiography represents a group of tests that are used alone or in combination to evaluate for the presence of pulmonary emboli (PE)† and encompasses computed tomography (CT) pulmonary angiography (which is noninva...

introduction: pulmonary embolism (pe) is a common lethal disease that its clinical symptoms may be seen in many other diseases. computed tomography pulmonary angiography (ctpa) is a valuable diagnostic modality for detection of pe. in addition, it can accurately detect the other diseases with clinical symptoms similar to pe. the aim of this study is to evaluate the frequency of pe and nonemboli...

Abstract A rare case of a pulmonary arterio-venous malformation not requiring treatment is reported. An incidental peripheral right lower lobe intrapulmonary was identified on computed tomography. On catheter angiography, no artery supply identified. Systemic arteriography systemic arterial from conjoined inferior phrenic with venous drainage to the left atrium. Due this lung abnormality being ...

a 22-year-old woman presented with acute left-sided pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea 6 days after surgery for revision of the stenotic central aortopulmonary shunt. she had a history of tetralogy of fallot (tof), pulmonary valve stenosis, ventricular septal defect and major aortopulmonary collateral artery. her waterston shunt was placed when she was 5 years old and stented and re-dilated after...

Background Vascular ring is less than 1% of congenital heart disease. Double aortic arch (DAA) is the most common form of it.  Its detecting is important because of the effects of pressure on the esophagus and trachea. Case Report In this study, three children suffering from double aortic arch with symptoms of dysphagia and recurrent aspiration, which in two cases had led to cardiac arrest, wer...