AIMS An abnormal large leftward septal motion prior to ejection is frequently observed in left bundle branch block (LBBB) patients. This motion has been proposed as a predictor of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Our goal was to investigate factors that influence its magnitude. METHODS AND RESULTS Left (LVP) and right ventricular (RVP) pressures and left ventricular (LV) v...

OBJECTIVES Cross-hatching incisions have been considered mandatory for correcting cartilaginous septal deviation. We evaluated the clinical outcome of septoplasty without cross-hatching incisions to determine the necessity for making septal cartilage incisions. METHODS THE RECONSTRUCTED SEPTAL COMPONENTS DURING SEPTOPLASTY WERE CATEGORIZED INTO FOUR ANATOMICAL AREAS: vomer, maxillary crest, p...

In patients who are refractory to medical treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, surgical myomectomy or percutaneous transluminal alcohol septal myocardial ablation (PTSMA) is appropriate, with both the procedures having comparable results. In PTSMA ethanol is selectively injected into septal arteries supplying the hypertrophied septal myocardium. The authors describe a case of apical myocar...

Surgical closure of ventricular septal defect is safe, however, the inherent risks associated with cardiopulmonary bypass and the potential early and late postsurgical complications including complete heart block, arrhythmias, postpericardiotomy syndrome, and rare deaths have led physicians to prefer transcatheter occlusion technique for closure of such defects. The use of Amplatzer muscular ve...

BACKGROUND We aimed to present our experience with and algorithm for septal perforation repair using advancement and rotation flaps. METHODS A retrospective chart review was performed on 14 patients who underwent septal perforation repair. Etiology, perforation size, presenting symptoms, reconstruction methods, combined operation, surgical results, and complications were evaluated. RESULTS ...

In this study we sought to determine whether characteristics of ventricular-induced atrial preexcitation during reciprocating tachycardia could help differentiate atrioventricular (AV) nodal reentry from orthodromic AV reentry using an accessory pathway and to identify the site of accessory pathways in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Fifty-five patients with orthodromic AV recipro...