interventional MRI is warranted. Preoperatively, MRI allowed noninvasive assessment of cardiovascular anatomy and function. During and after implantation, the position of the prosthetic valve was easy to determine. Besides this morphologic information, MRI provided immediate postintervention physiologic parameters of cardiac function and perfusion of the proximal course of the coronary arteries...

INTRODUCTION This study aimed to evaluate whether multimedia counselling (MC) using a touchscreen computer is as effective and time-efficient as conventional counselling (CC) in promoting correct metered-dose inhaler (MDI) technique, with or without the valved holding chamber (VHC). METHODS Participants in the MDI-only and MDI-with-VHC groups were randomly assigned to the MC group or CC group...

BACKGROUND Metered-dose inhalers with valved holding chambers (MDI-VHCs) have been shown to be equivalent to small-volume nebulizers (SVNs) for the delivery of bronchodilators in children. At Seattle Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center we sought to implement the conversion from SVN to MDI-delivered albuterol in nonintubated patients receiving intermittent treatments. METHODS There...

The Cabrol technique is reserved where the conventional 'button' or Bentall techniques fail to maintain a tension-free anastomosis between the coronary arteries and aortic conduit. However, the side-to-side anastomosis of the interposition graft that connects the coronary ostia with the aorta in the Cabrol, may lead to kinking or tension, and subsequent occlusion. We present a case of successfu...