Objectives Coronary artery anomalies are uncommon, but important cardiac malformations, representing the second commonest cause of death in young athletes. Methods We utilized computerized tomographic angiography to screen and precisely delineate coronary artery anomalies in patients with minimal cardiac symptoms. Results During 3.5-year period, we performed 2888 computerized tomographic an...

PHACE syndrome refers to the association of large segmental facial hemangiomas with 1 or more of the following anomalies: posterior fossa malformations, arterial anomalies, cardiac anomalies, and eye abnormalities. In this review, we present a newborn with a large segmental facial hemangioma and abnormal genesis of the cerebropetal arteries. Furthermore, we give an overview of the anomalies ass...

The application of cross sectional echocardiography and pulsed Doppler ultrasound to the management of symptomatic neonates with suspected congenital heart disease was studied in 96 consecutive cases. The ability of echocardiography to establish a complete and accurate diagnosis and a correct management plan was evaluated. Sequential segmental analysis of data from cardiac catheterisation and n...

The recent B-meson anomalies are coherently explained at the TeV scale by 4321 gauge models with hierarchical couplings reminiscent of Standard Model Yukawas. We show that such arise as low-energy limit a complete theory flavor, based on warped fifth dimension where each family is quasi-localized in different brane. Higgs identified pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone boson emerging from same dynamics respo...

Caudal regression syndrome (CRS) is characterized by a group of heterogeneous anomalies involving the distal spinal cord and vertebral column, genitourinary system, hind gut and limbs. The malformation may range from minor anomalies of spine and spinal cord to the extreme, the sirenomelia. Various authors pointed out an overlap of spectrum of anomalies in CRS and VACTERL (vertebral, anorectal, ...

Introduction: Since 1954, after the first surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), several innovations have occurred in cardiac surgery, especially in children. One stage complete repair of TOF is currently possible even in infancy; however, complications such as hypoxemia, arrhythmia, cardiac dysfunction, sudden death, and valvular disorders may happen. In this study, we evaluated the res...

In the era of Multislice Computed Tomography (MSCT), few studies have been dedicated to the evaluation of coronary anomalies and variants. We aim to present, describe and assess the prevalence of congenital coronary variants and anomalies (CVA) in the MSCT coronary angiographic studies performed in our department. All the MSCT coronary angiographies performed in our department, between April 1,...

BACKGROUND Computed tomography angiography enables non-invasive evaluation of the coronary arteries. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the accuracy of 16-slice multi-detector CT angiography in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease, and assess coronary bypass grafts and coronary anomalies. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of 223 patients who were examined at our medical center over a perio...

BACKGROUND 18F-FDG PET has been used in sarcoidosis for diagnosis and determination of the extent of the disease. However, assessing inflammatory lesions in cardiac sarcoidosis using 18F-FDG can be challenging because it accumulates physiologically in normal myocardium. Another radiotracer, 3'-deoxy-3'-18F-fluorothymidine (18F-FLT), has been investigated as a promising PET tracer for evaluating...