We examined the function of the interventricular septum in six open-chest dogs by inserting piezoelectric crystals into the interventricular septum. Continuous ultrasonic recordings showed that the changes in myocardial chord length (MCL) in the septum and free walls of the right and left ventricle were similar during saline infusion and during pericardiotomy. End-diastolic MCL and myocardial s...

facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (fshd)is characterized by weakness of the facial, scapular muscles  and the dorsiflexors of the foot. severity in this disorder is highly variable. approximately 95% of individuals with fshd phenotype have type 1 fshd, with d4z4 allele of between one and ten repeat units and about 5% have type 2 fshd with mutations in the chromatin modifier smchd1gene whic...

metastatic tumors to the heart unlike primary cardiac tumors are not rare. despite its frequency, cardiac metastasis is commonly detected only during autopsy as the symptoms of disseminated metastasis prevail over symptoms caused by cardiac metastasis and hence is overlooked most of the time. tumors more commonly found metastasizing to the heart are malignancies of lung, breast, esophagus, lymp...

background the nasal septal deviation (nsd) is one of the major causes of nasal obstruction. this condition increases upper airway resistance. in this study we evaluated the mean pulmonary artery pressure (mpap) in patients with markedly deviated septum. methods sixty two patients with nsd (age range: 26-45 years, 34 men and 28 women) were included in the study. mean pulmonary artery pressure w...

investigating the frequency of traumatic nasal bone fracture in patients with and without old septal deviation and possible deviation. prospective study of 105 patients with nose trauma conducted and cases were divided into two groups: a study group 35 patients with nasal fracture and a control group of 70 patients without nasal fracture. diagnosis of septal condition was made by anterior rhino...

Features of longitudinal left ventricular (LV) myocardial deformation in female patients reproductive age with undifferentiated connective tissue dysplasia (UCTD) have not been specifically studied before. Aim. To study the features LV using speckle tracking echocardiography UCTD. Material and Methods. A noninvasive assessment systolic direction was performed 20 young adult UCTD (the average 23...