We present a case of one-day-old newborn, without prenatal diagnosis, referred to our cardiologic intensive care unit in critical condition presenting sub-cyanosis and peripheral oxygen saturation 80%. Echocardiography diagnosis was tricuspid valve dysplasia with severe regurgitation, functional pulmonary atresia intact ventricular septum reversal flow the large patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). ...

A field outbreak of Pachystigma pygmaeum intoxication in sheep is described. Noteworthy clinical signs were: respiratory distress, apathy and subcutaneous oedema of mainly the head. Gross changes included cardiomegaly, centrilobular hepatic necrosis and effusion of body cavities. Microscopically myocardial fibrosis, affecting predominantly the endocardium of the apex, left free ventricular wall...

Ebstein's anomaly is characterized by a downward displacement of the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle due to anomalous attachment of the tricuspid leaflets. An 8 -yr-old male meerkat (Suricata suricatta) was presented with sudden lethargy. Thoracic radiograph was consistent with congestive heart failure. An echocardiography revealed an Ebstein's anomaly. The animal was treated with imid...

Picture 1. A chest radiography showing cardiomegaly and presence of pleural efusion. Picture 2. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the whole abdomen showing the hepatic vein and inferior vena cava are engorgement (black arrow) with early reflux of contrast medium into inferior vena cava and hepatic vein (white arrow). Delayed contrast enhancement and inhomogeneous patern of the liver pare...

Normal enlargement of the thymus in infancy can often lead to erroneous clinical suspicion of cardiomegaly. Roentgenographic differentiation is not always definitive but echocardiography is generally effective in differentiating cardiac pathology from an enlarged thymus. In this patient, magnetic resonance imaging was necessary to differentiate benign thymic hyperplasia from pericardial or medi...

The accuracy and interobserver variability of roentgenographic analysis for cardiac size in patients dying with chronic bronchitis and pulmonary emphysema were correlated with pathologic data derived from special studies. Three trained observers were able to accurately and consistently diagnose chronic bronchitis and pulmonary emphysema and to detect cardiomegaly on the chest xray film. The bes...

A case of progressive muscular dystrophy with cardiac involvement in a young Negro man is reported. The presenting problem was cardiomegaly and congestive heart failure. It was not until compensation was achieved that the underlying myopathy became apparent. Death was unexpected and presumably sudden. An unusual finding at the postmortem examination was the marked thickening of the endocardium....

We compared the survival of medically and surgically treated coronary artery disease patients in subgroups of patients to determine those most or least likely to benefit from surgery after an average of 5.5 years of follow-up. Cox's regression model for survival analysis was used in conjunction with data from all patients to estimate and test for the significance of the effects of surgery on su...