Congenital mitral valve stenosis is a rare pathology. In this study, we aimed to present our surgical approach and successful valve repair to a case with congenital mitral valve stenosis combined with left persistent superior vena cava. Conservative surgery of the congenital mitral valve stenosis can be performed with acceptable early and midterm outcome in terms of mortality and reoperation ra...

Congenital coronary artery anomalies are sporadically discovered in patients undergoing coronary angiography and in autopsy series. Although most anomalies are clinically insignificant, some may become causes of cardiovascular morbidities and mortality. Diagnosis is commonly made with conventional coronary artery angiography. The current development of modern cardiac computed tomography allows ...

chondroectodermal dysplasia (ellis-van creveld syndrome) is a rare autosomal recessive congenital abnormality. this syndrome is characterized by a spectrum of clinical findings, among which chondrodystrophy, polydactyly, ectodermal dysplasia, and congenital cardiac anomalies are the most common. it is imperative to not overlook the cardiac complications in patients with this syndrome during den...

Background: Extracardiac malformations can be seen in 20-45% of infants with congenital heart disease (CHD). Chromosomal abnormalities exist in 5-10% of patients with CHD. The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of overt extra cardiac malformations in children with CHD. Methods: This descriptive epidemiologic study was conducted on 720 patients with CHD referred to the pediatric ca...

THE YOUNG INFANT with cyanotic congenital cardiac disease presents an acute and difficult diagnostic problem. The anomalies responsible for eyanosis in some such infants are now curable surgically while, on the other hand, there remains a group of eyanotic newborn infants in whom the congenital cardiac anomalies are so complex that no surgical procedures for their correction have yet been devis...

Background: The fetal ductus venosus (DV) is an important vessel that connects the umbilical vein (UV) to proximal end of inferior vena cava (IVC). DV abnormality often leads poor outcome. Thus, careful prenatal ultrasound for diagnosis major clinical significance. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis 166 cases diagnosed with by ultrasonography. type abnormality, aberrant connection, ...

In spite of the efforts made in the latest years, still there is no comprehensive explanation for the chemical anomalies of globular cluster stars. Among these, the most striking is oxygen depletion, which reaches values down to [O/Fe]∼ −0.4 in most clusters, but in M13 it goes down to less than [O/Fe]∼ −1. In this work we suggest that the anomalies are due to the super position of two differen...

Results During ten years overall, 8 cases with antenatal identification of fetal cataract were reviewed. Diagnosis ranged from 11-34 week’s gestation, with a mean of 15 weeks. Extra ocular anomalies were demonstrated in 6 cases (mainly central nervous system, cardiac and renal system). Additional intra-ocular abnormalities were detected in two cases; one with persistent hyperplastic primary vit...