Coronary age, based on coronary calcium measurement, is increased in patients with morbid obesity [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: Obesity is a well-known of risk factor for atherosclerosis. However, recently an "obesity paradox" has been discussed, which is considered as a protective effect of obesity on the development coronary artery disease (CAD).
Białecki, Marcin +3 more
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The Journal of Pediatric Academy, 2022 Anatomically corrected malposition of the great arteries is a rare cardiac malformation. In this condition the great arteries are abnormally related to each other and to the ventricles, but arise from the anatomically correct ventricles. In patients with
Eyup Aslan, Onur Isık, Muhammed Akyuz
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Congenitally corrected transposition of great arteries [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2017 A 60-year-old woman initially presented 8 years ago with atypical chest pain and palpitations. Her 12-lead ECG demonstrated complete heart block, following which she underwent dual-chamber pacemaker implantation. She also had transthoracic echocardiogram, which was felt to be technically difficult due to body habitus.
Baskar, Sekar +2 more
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“Bendy” stents help negotiate hairpin intracardiac curves [PDF]
, 2015 Simple transposition of the great arteries (TGA) occurs in 0.2 per 1000 live births. The condition is surgically repaired in the neonatal period by the arterial switch procedure (ASO) sometimes preceded by an atrial septostomy.
Bugeja, Justine +2 more
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TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT ARTERIES: NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE PATHOGENESIS
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2013 Transposition of great arteries (TGA) is one of the most common and severe congenital heart diseases (CHD). It is also one of the most mysterious CHD because it has no precedent in phylogenetic and ontogenetic development, it does not represent an ...
Marta eUnolt +9 more
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Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation in humans - Results in 59 consecutive patients [PDF]
, 2005 Background - Right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) reconstruction with valved conduits in infancy and childhood leads to reintervention for pulmonary regurgitation and stenosis in later life.Methods and Results - Patients with pulmonary regurgitation ...
Bonhoeffer, P +12 more
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Automatic segmentation of the great arteries for computational hemodynamic assessment
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 2022 Background Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is increasingly used for the assessment of blood flow conditions in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD).
Javier Montalt-Tordera +9 more
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Transposition of the great arteries, atrial septal defect and ventricular septal defect [PDF]
, 2013 Three-day-old baby girl, transferred to NPICU because of low saturations and a development of a murmur. Following a number of rigourous test and the appropriate investigations, she was diagnosed with Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA), a large ...
Camilleri, Ramona
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Doppler sonography of the uterine and the cubital arteries in normal pregnancies, preeclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction: evidence for a systemic vessel involvement [PDF]
, 2006 Aims: The decrease in uterine resistance during normal pregnancy is known to be related to invading trophoblast cells which derive from placental tissue. Uterine and peripheral resistance is elevated in preeclampsia.
Friese, Klaus +4 more
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Coronary artery grafting in infants [PDF]
, 2009 Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with cardiac vale repair is an uncommon surgery in infants. CABG is technically demanding in infants due to the small size not only of the coronary arteries but also the potential graft arteries.
Maskari, Salim +3 more
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