OBJECTIVES Systemic hypertension is the main late complication after arch reconstruction in patients with arch obstruction. Gothic arch geometry is suspected to be one of its possible causes. Accordingly, we evaluated here if a modified arch repair technique using an autologous pulmonary patch is effective in preventing gothic arch development. METHODS Fifty infants who underwent arch repair ...


 Xavier Aldana Reyes is Reader/Associate Professor in English Literature and Film at Manchester Metropolitan University a founder member of the Centre for Gothic Studies. He author Cinema (2020), Spanish (2017), Horror Affect (2016) Body (2014), editor Twenty-First-Century Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion (with Maisha Wester, 2019), Horror: A Literary History Digital Linnie Blake, 2015). ch...

AIMS To investigate the role of the geometry of the aortic arch in resting hypertension after successful repair of coarctation (CoA). METHODS AND RESULTS 105 patients (15.3+/-6 years) with successful repair of aortic CoA underwent blood pressure (BP) measurements at rest and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the aortic arch and left ventricle. Three categories of aortic arch shape were defi...

Background Abnormal aortic arch geometry, in particular the ‘gothic arch’, has been associated with reduced exercise performance in patients with repaired aortic coarctation. Following the arterial switch operation (ASO) for transposition of the great arteries (TGA), the morphology of the aorta is also known to be abnormal, presenting with dilated aortic root and ‘gothic’ deformity of the aorti...

Once the Gothic crossed the Spanish border, a number of writers were influenced by this genre. This is the case of José de Espronceda in his El estudiante de Salamanca (1840). Influenced by Matthew Lewis’sThe Monk, Espronceda not only uses Gothic conventions when he creates a protagonist haunted by a ghost but also subverts them by reversing the villain-victim relationship for the sake of poeti...

BACKGROUND/AIM Complex etiology and symptomatology of craniomandibular dysfunction make the diagnosing and therapy of this disorder more difficult. The aim of this work was to assess the value of clinical and instrumental functional analyses in diagnosing of this type of disorders. METHODS In this study 200 subjects were examined, 15 with temporomandibular joint disorder. They were subjected ...

Telč is a Moravian medieval town, founded in the 13 Century as a fortified place with two castle-fortresses, town wall and lakes around, Fig.1. The lower castle, first Gothic, was rebuilt in the 16 century into a Renaissance chateau with rich well preserved interiors. In the 17 and 18 centuries the city was enriched with Baroque churches and sculptures, mostly built by Jesuits. The Gothic perio...