Serial measurements of left ventricular posterior wall movement were made in eight patients with acute myocardial infarction by an ultrasound technique. Maximum posterior wall velocity and excursion were decreased during the first 36-hour period after infarction. In two patients a reduction in posterior wall velocity was associated with an increased pulmonary artery pressure and as the pressure...

Musculoskeletal pseudotumors on MRI are not infrequent due to the increased availability of MR imaging and expanding clinical referral basis. A large variety of MRI pseudotumors exist. A recent review of seventy-seven patients referred to our ambulatory MRI unit for tumor imaging of the shoulder and upper limb region, showed forty-six ( 60%) were due to pseudotumors. Very commonly a forgotten m...

OBJECTIVE Removing the posterior canal wall or canal wall down mastoidectomy (CWDM) for the management of cholesteatoma remains controversial. We advocate partial removal of the posterior canal wall for complete eradication, followed by canal wall defect reconstruction to restore the normal anatomy and avoid the complications of CWDM. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty-four patients with cholesteato...

Objective—To determine preoperatively, by analysing asynchronous left ventricular wall motion, whether to approach through the right ventricle or the left ventricle when carrying out catheter ablation of the accessory pathway in WolVParkinson-White syndrome, especially in patients with the pathway located on the septum. Methods—73 patients with manifest WolV-Parkinson-White syndrome who underwe...

OBJECTIVE To determine preoperatively, by analysing asynchronous left ventricular wall motion, whether to approach through the right ventricle or the left ventricle when carrying out catheter ablation of the accessory pathway in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, especially in patients with the pathway located on the septum. METHODS 73 patients with manifest Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome who un...

Variations of the muscles of humans are important to remember for those who interpret imaging and for those who operate near these anomalies. Herein, we describe a rare two-headed psoas minor muscle found incidentally during dissection of the posterior abdominal wall. This case is presented with a detailed review of all known variations of the minor psoas and is analyzed through a literature re...