introduction: to compare endovenous laser ablation (evla) and radiofrequency ablation (rfa) in different legs in the same individual in patients with venous insufficiency. methods: sixty patients with bilateral saphenous vein insufficiency were included. evla or rfa was applied to one of the patient’s legs and rfa or evla to the other leg. results: evla and rfa complications were hyperemia at 2...

Three noncontrast-enhanced MR venography techniques are presented for assessing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) at 0.5 T in patients with metallic implants. Two cardiac-gated 3D half-Fourier FSE fresh blood imaging sequences with flow-refocusing pulses (FR-FBI) in the read-out (RO) direction and without FR pulses (non-FR-FBI) were developed for slower-flowing blood. For faster flowing blood, a swap ...

Six infants with anomalous connection of the pulmonary veins to the coronary sinus were studied with single crystal echocardiography. The posterior left atrial wall echo was identified by its continuity with the left ventricular posterior wall echo during a sweep from the left atrium to the left ventricle. In five of the six infants an echo-free space measuring 7 to 9 mm was identified behind t...

The work presents a case of 4-year-old boy diagnosed with large atrial septal defect type ostium secundum (ASD2) and additional abnormal structures in the direction left atrium echocardiogram. patient was qualified for interventional closure, however, transoesophageal echocardiography, addition to very ASD2 (approx. 2 cm), double interatrial septum diagnosed. extra wall layer parallel did not o...

Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation has emerged as a viable therapeutic option for those patients who have failed conventional medical therapy. This treatment strategy has been introduced in the past decade following the discovery of ectopic foci in the pulmonary veins capable of initiating this arrhythmia. The basis of current ablation techniques relies on inducing myocardial necrosis at ...

Primary cardiac malignancies are rare entities. Although sarcomas enclosed the main group of malignant heart neoplasms, primary cardiac leiomyosarcomas are extremely rare and constitutes less than 8% of cardiac tumors. Leiomyosarcoma usually originates from the pulmonary veins and have a worm-like shaped structure. In this article, we present a case of a 40-year-old Hispanic man diagnosed with ...

Fetal cardiac function is increasingly recognized as a marker of disease severity and prognosis in selected fetal conditions. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been used in experimental (animal) fetal cardiology but the lack of a noninvasive fetal electrocardiogram (ECG) to trigger image acquisition remains a major limiting factor precluding its application in humans. Fetal medicine speciali...

BACKGROUND In patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing radiofrequency (RF) electrical disconnection of multiple pulmonary veins (PVs), the incidence of late conduction recurrences has not been systematically determined. METHODS AND RESULTS Using a prospectively designed, multistep approach, we aimed at assessing the correlation between acute achievement and chronic maintenance of ele...

BACKGROUND Our study aims to compare acute myocardial injury biomarker rise after atrial fibrillation ablation performed with different technologies. METHODS AND RESULTS One hundred and ten patients were treated with pulmonary vein isolation with 4 different technologies: open-irrigated tip radiofrequency (RF) catheter in35 patients (Group A), cryoballoon in 35 patients (Group B), visually gu...