INTRODUCTION Dextro-transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA) is a life-threatening congenital health defect that requires rapid surgery. The most widely used approach is the arterial switch operation (ASO) developed by Jatene in the 1970s. The first set of children who received this intervention are now adults. The objective of this scoping review of the literature was to document the short-...

Visceral arteries aneurysms (VAA) are an increasingly interesting clinical entity due to their challenging diagnosis and treatment options. The more prevalent use and accuracy of enhanced imaging techniques such as ultrasonography and computed tomography have increased the frequency of diagnosis of aneurysmal degeneration of the visceral arteries. Despite there is no statistically significant d...

Right ventricular (RV) geometry is altered by septal shift after pulmonary artery banding. This may reduce tricuspid regurgitation (TR) and improve ventricular function in patients with corrected transposition of great arteries and systemic right ventricle. However, banding is risky in sick patients with severe RV failure. There are no predictive models in clinical practice to test this septal ...

Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV) genotype IVb has been responsible for large-scale fish mortality events in the Great Lakes of North America. Anticipating the areas of potential VHSV occurrence is key to designing epidemiological surveillance and disease prevention strategies in the Great Lakes basin. We explored the environmental features that could shape the distribution of VHSV, b...

BACKGROUND The ventilatory anaerobic threshold (VAT) is an important method to assess the aerobic fitness in patients with cardiopulmonary disease. Several methods exist to determine the VAT; however, there is no consensus which of these methods is the most accurate. OBJECTIVE To compare four different non-invasive methods for the determination of the VAT via respiratory gas exchange analysis...

In March 1962, using data obtained from official sources overseas, I published (Seale, 1962) the estimate that 600 graduates of the medical schools of Great Britain and Ireland had emigrated annually during the five years 1956-60. There was some criticism of the accuracy of this estimate at the time which, according to the British Medical 7ournal (1964), amounted to " a remarkable explosion of ...

Transposition of great arteries is the consequence of abnormal aorticopulmonary septation. Animal embryonic data indicate that septation and elastogenesis are related events, but human and clinical data are not available. We tested the hypothesis that large artery elastic function was impaired in patients with transposition of great arteries. We studied 34 patients aged 9 to 19 years, 12+/-3 ye...

Purulent mediastinitis is a possible serious complication after mediastinal surgery. We report the case of a localized sternal plasmocytoma treated by sternectomy and prosthetic repair, who needed a second surgery for a fistulizing mediastinitis. Five months earlier, in another Hospital, the patient underwent sternal resection and reconstruction with a "sandwich" prosthesis (Methyl-methacrylate...