Cardiac hydatid cysts are uncommon and pericardial involvement is extremely uncommon. We report a rare case of a cardiac hydatid cyst that was surprisingly found during an emergent tamponade surgery in a woman. She was pale, febrile, ill and toxic and 300cc turbid and purulent fluid was drained. In taking history, it was found that the patient had six sheep dogs in her house. Laboratory analys...

primary leiomyosarcoma of the heart is extremely rare and found in about 0.2% of all cardiac tumors. here in a 26-year-old man with progressive dyspnea, which had started since 2 months ago, is presented. echocardiography revealed a left atrial mass, which was suggestive for a atrial myxoma.on the surgery, a tumoral tissue in the left atrium and pulmonary veins with attachment to peripheral sof...

Primary leiomyosarcoma of the heart is extremely rare and found in about 0.2% of all cardiac tumors. Here in a 26-year-old man with progressive dyspnea, which had started since 2 months ago, is presented. Echocardiography revealed a left atrial mass, which was suggestive for a atrial myxoma.On the surgery, a tumoral tissue in the left atrium and pulmonary veins with attachment to peripheral sof...

Introduction: Integration of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and computed tomography (CT) scanners into SPECT/CT hybrid systems permit detection of coronary artery disease in myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). Misregistration between CT and emission data can produce some errors in uptake value of SPECT images. The aim of this study was evaluate the influence...

Women with congenital heart disease have increased risks of complications during pregnancy. Several risk scoring tools been developed to quantify the likelihood adverse cardiac outcomes This article describes how comprehensive pre-pregnancy or early pregnancy counseling needs go well beyond these scores. Non-cardiac factors and obstetric fetal are vital components dialogue between multidiscipli...

introduction: orofacial clefts are among the most common congenital anomalies. patients presenting with orofacial clefts often require surgery or other complex procedures. a cleft lip or palate can be a single anomaly or a part of multiple congenital anomalies. the reported prevalence of cleft disease and associated anomalies varies widely across the literature, and is dependent on the diagnost...

acute renal failure (arf) following cardiac surgery occurs in 1 to 10% of patients. patients who develop arf have higher rates of mortality. this study was undertaken to estimate the role of perioperative variables in predicting of post cardiac surgery arf. we studied a cohort of 398 adult patients who underwent cardiac surgery at our institution from february 2004 to february 2006. adult patie...

introduction a heart tumor in children is rare and the most primary tumor of the heart is rhabdomyoma. we report a case of cardiac mass diagnosed at 32th weeks of pregnancy while the mother had gestational diabetes mellitus. serial echocardiography revealed regression of the tumor; then follow up of the patient confirmed tuberous sclerosis.