Atrial Rupture of the Heart

Atrial Rupture of the Heart

ATRIAL rupture of the heart is a dramatic event which leads inevitably to death. This paper reports the only case of atrial rupture among 5,900 autopsies at the Albany Hospital and summarizes the pertinent literature on atrial rupture as to etiology, diagnosis, pathologic physiology, sex, age, and treatment. A total of 79 cases of atrial rupture has been collected from the literature, classifie...

Rupture of the Heart

By S. R. INGLE Medical Officer, Mirajgaon (District Alimednagar) The rarity of such an injury and its medicolegal importance have prompted the publication of the following case :? History of the accident.?A driver of a motor-lorry with about a dozen passengers, while driving over a causeway about eight feet high, lost control of the car, with the result that it fell into the water (kneedeep) be...

Rupture of the Heart

SINCE the first description of rupture of the heart by William Harvey in 1647, this dramatic termination of life has attracted the attention of clinicians and pathologists alike. The anatomist Morgagni,' whose own life ended at the age of 79 with this disease, collected 10 cases in 1765. By 1928, 734 cases had been culled from the world literature by Davenport2 and subsequently many more review...

Segmentation of the Left Atrial Appendage in the Echocardiographic Images of the Heart Using a Deep Neural Network

Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases are one of the leading causes of mortality in today’s industrial world. Occlusion of left atrial appendage (LAA) using the manufactured devices is a growing trend. The objective of this study was to develop a computer-aided diagnosis system for the identification of LAA in echocardiographic images. Method: The data used in this descriptive analytical study ...

Spontaneous Rupture of the Heart