Atresia of the aortic arch is a rare congenital heart defect with a high mortality when associated with other intracardiac defects. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) provides the exact anatomy of the aortic arch and collateral circulation and is useful to diagnose-associated aortic arch anomalies. This report describes the case of a 4-year-old child with atresia of the aortic arch, referred to o...

BACKGROUND Providing unobstructed systemic blood flow is one goal of stage I palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Although clinically significant obstruction is defined when the arch gradient exceeds 15 mm Hg, any positive gradient constitutes obstruction, which may impair ventricular function. We sought to identify risk factors before stage I palliation that result in a positive neo...

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The purpose of this study was to provide information about arch shape variations among South Pacific populations. The application of Fourier transforms, Y(phi i) = ao/2 + sigma (aicos phi i + bisin phi i) was used to separate two components of variation; size and shape. Dental arch size can be described by one coefficient (ao), while the shape can be summarized by the first three harmonics (amp...

The purpose of this study was to elucidate the relation between distribution of occlusal contacts in unilateral shortened arch and prosthodontic treatment, those occlusal loads, coordinates of the points and amounts, in relation to masticatory musculature activities by EMG and Prescale. Occlusal contacts and loads were measured by extra-thin-layer of pressure indicator (Prescale Fuji Film Co.),...

OBJECTIVE To analyze our experience in the surgical correction of transposition of the great arteries associated with aortic arch obstruction. METHOD From January 1998 to December 2005 we performed 223 arterial switch operations for transposition of the great arteries; 21 (9.4%) patients had associated aortic arch obstruction. Aortic arch anatomy showed: localized aortic coarctation (n=10) an...

BACKGROUND The medial longitudinal arch of the foot is important because it helps protect the foot from injury. Researchers have developed many measures to quantify the characteristics of the arch, and there is ongoing debate about the suitability of these different metrics. This article compares the various measures related to the foot arch, including a new metric, the midfoot dorsal angle, an...