66 research outputs found
MITRAL VALVE LEAFLET ABNORMALITIES CORRELATE WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR REMODELLING AND OBSTRUCTION IN HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY: A QUANTITATIVE 3D TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC STUDY
Percutaneous repair of ascending aorta pseudoaneurysm and aortopulmonary fistula with two Amplatzer septal occluder devices
A2-P3 oblique clipping for the treatment of severe mitral regurgitation in the presence of mitral valve cleft and flail
An unexpected finding: stuck leaflet after transapical mitral valve-in-valve implantation.
Non-culprit coronary vasospasm in a woman affected by Churg-Strauss syndrome presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Right-to-left interatrial shunt secondary to right hemidiaphragmatic paralysis: An unusual scenario for urgent percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale
A 66 year-old female presented with a refractory hypoxaemia in association with an isolated paralysis of the right hemidiaphragm. Transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) with both colour Doppler and bubble test demonstrated a significant patent foramen ovale (PFO)-mediated right-to-left shunt (RTLS) without an increased interatrial pressure gradient. The PFO was urgently closed by deployment of an AMPLATZER(\uae) occluder device, resulting in complete recovery of the arterial oxygen saturation and patient's symptoms. As noted on TEE, the RTLS was due to redirection of blood flow from the inferior vena cava directly through the PFO secondary to distortion of the cardiac anatomy by right hemidiaphragmatic paralysis
The importance of early left atrial functional changes in predicting long term left ventricular remodeling in patients surviving a ST elevation myocardial infarction
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