Atresia of ileocecal junction and isolated atresia of ileocecal valve are rare types of intestinal atresia with very few reports in literature. We report two such cases. Radiology showed dilated ileal segment and distal micro colon in both the cases. At laparotomy there was atresia of ileocecal junction in the first case and isolated ileocaecal valve atresia with normal ileocecal junction in th...

OBJECTIVE To determine the morphological and functional changes in the right ventricle in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PAIVS) for assessing the candidates for the different therapeutic procedures currently available. METHODS Thirty-one patients underwent cineangiocardiographic study with axial projections. Their ages ranged from 1 to 50 days (x = 9.6), and 28 of them were...

Mitral atresia and occlusive left atrial thrombus Sir, I have been studying the Case Report on page 649 of the September I969 issue of the British Heart Journal. I would like to suggest a completely different interpretation of the anatomy. I think that the fundamental lesion may be a single atrium with atrioventricular communis, and that the 'left atrium' is actually a common pulmonary vein whi...