Abstract Introduction Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia worldwide. The role of pulmonary veins (PV) in its' pathogenesis has been well described, as have frequently seen anatomical variants these veins. Prior studies shown conflicting evidence on potential association PV and incidence AF. We sought to reassess this association. Methods conducted a retrospective case-control...

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Background: In many clinical situations, knowledge of central venous pressure (CVP) is important.  Measurement of CVP is not always possible. Objective: To determine if intraocular pressure (IOP) can be used as an estimate for CVP. Methods: IOP and CVP were measured concurrently in 30 candidates of coronary artery bypass graft surgery.  Those with carotid artery or jugular venous diseases as we...

Scimitar syndrome or Felsons veno-lobar is a very rare congenital disease characterized by combination of cardiopulmonary abnormalities, including partial right-sided pulmonary venous drainage to the inferior vena cava, cavo-atrial junction, low on right atrium. We report case 53-year-old female patient who presented with recent gradually worsening dyspnea. The diagnosis was suspected chest x-r...

primary leiomyosarcoma of the heart is extremely rare and found in about 0.2% of all cardiac tumors. here in a 26-year-old man with progressive dyspnea, which had started since 2 months ago, is presented. echocardiography revealed a left atrial mass, which was suggestive for a atrial myxoma.on the surgery, a tumoral tissue in the left atrium and pulmonary veins with attachment to peripheral sof...

this article describes coronary artery bypass grafting by avlliath jay akrishnan et al. one of the most common reason for coronary artery bypass grafting is narrowing coronary arteries because of atherosclerosis. atherosclerosis causes chest pain (angina pectoris), myocardial infarction and sudden death. the aim of coronary artery bypass grafting is to release pain, prevention of myocardial inf...

the umbilical vein (uv) has a non pulsating and even pattern in normal fetuses. pulsation of uv has been described in severely growth restricted fetuses with chronic hypoxia. we wanted to see whether uv pulsations could also be seen in fetuses with heart deceleration during labor, as an adjunctive measure to assess the intra partum hypoxia. in a prospective study doppler examination was perform...

Circulation times (P32 from the antecubital and femnoral veins to a peripheral artery) and roentgenographic studies of the pattern of venous distribution of a radio-opaque substance (Diodrast introduced through a cardiac catheter into the axillary vein and'the inferior vena cava below the diaphragm) have been performed during the expiratory effort of the Valsalva maneuver. In normal subjects th...

Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) is a congenital anomaly in which one or more, but not all, of the pulmonary veins are connected to a systemic vein or to the right atrium directly. Its incidence is higher in autopsy series than in clinical series. We report 51 cases of PAPVR diagnosed by cardiac catheterization and evaluated from the aspects of age, sex, type and associated ano...