Background Late failure of systemic right and single ventricles is difficult to predict. Approximately 1/3 of subjects with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (ccTGA) have congestive heart failure by the fifth decade and 2/3 of subjects with ccTGA and significant associated defects have congestive heart failure by the age of 45 years. Perfusion defects have been identifi...

BACKGROUND A malpositioned heart with apicocaval juxtaposition may complicate the management of patients with functional single ventricles when total cavopulmonary connection is performed. We reviewed our experience with extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection in patients with apicocaval juxtaposition with a special focus on route selection and outcomes. METHODS Of 68 patients who underwe...

a case of the budd chiary syndrome (bcs) in a 43-yr-old man with hydatid cyst (hc) in the liver is reported from imam ali hospital, kermanshah, western iran in 2016. this case was complicated by inferior vena cava (ivc) thrombosis, right atrial clot and pulmonary emboli. compression of ivc was the likely mechanism. abdominal ultrasonography revealed a huge hc located in segments near ivc and ca...

pulmonary arteriovenous malformations are rare clinical entities thai are associated with right to left shunts, and are often clinically presented by the triad of dyspnea, cyanosis, and digital clubbing. currently, transcatheter embolization of fistula is gaining increasing popularity as the superior therapeutic option. in certain situations, however, surgery is preferred. two cases of direct p...

A description is given of simultaneous tape records from four well-shielded crystal detectors placed on the anterior chest in the projections of the right atrium, pulmonary artery, ventricles, and lung vessels alone. Single intravenous injections of I human serum albumin were made. Cardiac outputs calculated from the observed data compare favorably with those obtained by catherization. Use of t...

A 39-year-old man with no significant past medical history and no conventional coronary risk factors presented with a history of gradually progressive exertional dyspnea and a systolic heart murmur. Chest x-ray showed an enlarged cardiac silhouette with pulmonary plethora. Initial assessment by transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated mild mitral regurgitation but also revealed an enlarged c...

A 39-year-old man with no significant past medical history and no conventional coronary risk factors presented with a history of gradually progressive exertional dyspnea and a systolic heart murmur. Chest x-ray showed an enlarged cardiac silhouette with pulmonary plethora. Initial assessment by transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated mild mitral regurgitation but also revealed an enlarged c...

Correspondence to: Dr Michael Hauser, Deutsches Herzzentrum Munich, Klinik für Kinderkardiologie und angeborene Herzfehler, Lazarettstraße 36, 80636 Munich, Germany; hauser@ dhm.mhn.de _________________________ N ormal coronary artery anatomy is characterised by two ostia centrally placed in the right and left sinus of Valsalva. The main left coronary artery (LCA) originates from the left ostiu...

Correspondence to: Dr Michael Hauser, Deutsches Herzzentrum Munich, Klinik für Kinderkardiologie und angeborene Herzfehler, Lazarettstraße 36, 80636 Munich, Germany; hauser@ dhm.mhn.de _________________________ N ormal coronary artery anatomy is characterised by two ostia centrally placed in the right and left sinus of Valsalva. The main left coronary artery (LCA) originates from the left ostiu...