Vertebral artery is the first branch of subclavian artery. It merges with the same artery of the opposite side to form basilar artery and becomes one of the important source of blood supply to the brain. Variation in the origin of left vertebral artery was found in 65 year old female during magnetic resonance angiography of the neck vessels. It originated from aortic arch and was longer as ...

Aortic regurgitation (AR) is not a rare complication of Takayasu's disease and is now considered as an important risk factor related to mortality. Aortic-valve replacement surgery is the only curative treatment, but cardiac function and mortality after surgery have not been reported, so a follow-up study in 10 patients with Takayasu's disease complicated by AR was performed. Six patients underw...

AIM While the incidence of rheumatic heart disease has declined dramatically over the last half-century, the number of valve surgeries has not changed. This study was undertaken to define the most common type of valvular heart disease requiring surgery today, and determine in-hospital surgical mortality and length-of-stay (LOS) for isolated aortic or mitral valve surgery in a United States tert...

The impact of anaemia on patients undergoing aortic valve surgery is poorly understood. Anaemia is associated with aortic valve surgery. A recent article by Elmistekawy et al. [1] demonstrated that preoperative anaemia is a common finding in patients undergoing aortic valve surgery and is an important and potentially modifiable risk factor for postoperative morbidity and mortality. This analysi...

Abstract Background Pseudoaneurysm of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa (P-MAIVF) is a rare complication infective endocarditis and aortic valve replacement. Ruptured P-MAIVF angina due to compression coronary arteries are severe complications this condition. Case presentation We report case that was diagnosed accidentally during routine checkup. The patient asymptomatic; however, she had...

BACKGROUND Any form of surgery or tissue damage causes release of tissue factor into the circulation. This may lead to the accelerated consumption of coagulation factors, resulting in severe consumptive coagulopathy. In this study, we compared the molecular markers involved in coagulation activation during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) between patients who underwent aortic replacement surgery an...

Iatrogenic aortic valve injury during non-aortic cardiac surgery is an infrequent complication. regurgitation (AR) has been reported after mitral repair, septal myomectomy, closure of the ventricular defect, and atrial defect repair. Various causes have for AR surgery. Perforation leaflet a common cause AR. Other are tension retraction due to inadvertent suture placement. A few previous case re...

a total of 14 cases of infective endocarditis (ie) in children aged 6 months to 10 years were seen from december 1987 to december 1992 at the pediatric unit of ayatollah taleghani medical center. the majority of patients (12 of 14) were between 5 and 10 years of age. acyanotic congenital heart disease was known to preexist in 78.6% and rheumatic valvular heart disease in 21.4% of cases. organis...

This study was conducted to monitor the rate of inpatient mortality and its associated factors following open reconstruction of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in a tertiary hospital in Tehran, Iran. This retrospective study was a chart review of 112 patients undergoing open in­frarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery in one of the main tertiary hospitals in Tehran, Iran. Baseline data (d...