2. ained into the right ventricle (Fig. 1A). The underdeveloped ht descending coronary artery presented another coronary tery fistula draining into the right ventricle (Fig. 1C). Both tula paths were occluded by deploying 10 coils via radial cess (Figs. 1B and D). Final results were good with no mplications. During her check-up after 8 weeks, the patient reported a ear improvement in functional...

BACKGROUND data on heart failure (HF) in Brazil are ensued from tertiary centers. This information can not be extended to the rural population, for it reflects distinct social, economic and cultural characteristics. OBJECTIVE To establish the clinical and demographic profile and quality indicators for HF in rural areas. METHODS Transversal cohort study that included 166 patients from the ru...

Isolated congenital ventricular diverticulum or aneurysm is rare and usually arises from the left ventricle. The presentation of this condition is diverse. We report three cases of isolated congenital left ventricular diverticula. The age range was 17-30 years. Chest X-ray provided the earliest clinical suspicion in these three cases of a cardiac anomaly which was diagnosed by echocardiography ...

measurement of the stroke volume and its changes over time can be very helpful for diagnosis of dysfunctions in the blood circulatory system and monitoring their treatments. impedance cardiography (icg) is a simple method of measuring the stroke volume based on changes in the instantaneous mean impedanceof the thorax. this method has received much attention in the last two decades because it is...

Elevated salt intake induces changes in the extracellular matrix collagen, leading to myocardial stiffness and impaired relaxation. Resistance training (RT) has been used as a remarkably successful strategy in the treatment of heart disease. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of RT on preventing pathological adaptation of the left ventricle (LV) induced by salt over...

BACKGROUND Ultrasonic integrated backscatter of myocardial walls is directly related to the morphometrically evaluated collagen content. The integrated backscatter is also increased in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, probably because of fiber disarray. The purpose of this study was to investigate myocardial tissue reflectivity in subjects with physiological hypertrophy caused by intense physical t...

Objectives: We analyzed and summarized the ultrasonic and anatomical features of fetal Ebstein anomaly to improve the ultrasonographic diagnostic rate. Methods: We analyzed the fetal echocardiographs and either the postnatal echocardiographs or anatomical specimens of 13 cases of fetal Ebstein anomaly. The cases were divided into typical and rare types according to the features of the Ebstein a...

BACKGROUND To assess the gender-based differences in the echocardiographic outcomes of patients with mitral stenosis presenting at a tertiary care hospital and the clinical implications of such differences. METHODS A total of 90 echocardiographs of both men and women (aged < or = 15 years) having mitral valve area (MVA) less than 4 cm2 were assessed. In addition to MVA, pressure halftime and ...

One sometimes has to ponder what it takes to make a technique so indispensable to practice that it must, needs be, become the rule rather than the exception. And yet nothing is new under the sun; it seems to me that ambulatory blood pressure measurement (ABPM) is in much the same historic position at the start of the 21st century as conventional measurement with the mercury sphygmomanometer and...

BACKGROUND In patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF), embolic stroke is thought to be associated with left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombi. The WATCHMAN LAA Occlusion Device has been shown to be noninferior to conventional oral anticoagulation with warfarin for stroke prevention in patients with NVAF. This study aimed to evaluate the procedural feasibility, safety and 12-month outc...