Morphologic findings in human cardiac allografts from 13 patients are presented. In the acutely rejected cardiac allograft there was a cellular infiltrate consisting of large lymphocytes and varying numbers of polymorphonuclear leukocytes, eosinophils, and histiocytes in the myocardium and arterial intima. The coronary arteries frequently exhibited degeneration, acidophilia, and vacuolation of ...

BACKGROUND #ENTITYSTARTX02014; The Yellow Oleander is an ornamental tree that is common throughout the tropics. Ingestion of its seeds results in a clinical picture similar to digoxin toxicity. OBJECTIVES #ENTITYSTARTX02014; The aim of this study was to evaluate cardiac findings in acute Yellow Oleander poisoning. METHODS AND MATERIALS #ENTITYSTARTX02014; A total of 21 patients with history...

Gated multi-detector CT (MDCT) is now recognised as an excellent and robust application for non-invasive assessment of coronary arteries, and in many centres is routinely used. Some studies have shown that MDCT scanners with 64-detector row have a 99% negative predictive value for the detection of coronary artery stenosis. MDCT images obtained with ECG gating are superior to the standard (non-E...

Cardiac lipomas are exceedingly rare benign tumors of the heart. They are usually asymptomatic. Occasionally, they are found on MRI as an incidental finding. We report a case of a 68-year-old woman who presented with shortness of breath. Transoesophageal echocardiography depicted a cardiac mass lesion. The diagnosis of an intracardiac lipoma was confirmed by characterization of this mass with M...

INTRODUCTION Congenital nephrotic syndrome is a severe debilitating problem associated with extra renal manifestation such as diverse cardiac findings. METHODS During four years, 6 cases diagnosed as congenital nephritic syndrome in base of definitive criteria their documents reviewed and echocardiographic evaluation has been done for all with or without cardiac sign or symptoms, results gath...

Methods Patients who underwent CMR at ICPS who were diagnosed with myocarditis on the basis of cardiac imaging and clinical findings (patients, n = 187) between November 2009 and September 2010 were identified through the use of the cardiology database. All patients underwent a similar protocol to look for: 1. LV and RV function 2. The presence of pleural effusion 2. Tissue edema, as seen by an...

AIMS Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging benefits from a large field of view, but consequently captures incidental extra-cardiac findings (IEFs). There is a relative paucity of data for CMR in this regard. Our objectives were to assess the frequency and significance of IEFs reported from clinically indicated CMR scans, and additionally to ascertain if reporting rates differed between radio...

INTRODUCTION We sought to determine the usefulness of ambulatory 24-hour Holter monitoring in detecting asymptomatic pacemaker (PM) malfunction episodes in patients with dual-chamber pacemakers whose pacing and sensing parameters were proper, as seen in routine post-implantation follow-ups. MATERIAL AND METHODS Ambulatory 24-hour Holter recordings (HM) were performed in 100 patients with DDD ...