The aim of this study was to investigate the characteristics and outcomes of treating pulmonary stenosis with percutaneous valvuloplasty, and to compare them among three childhood age groups. All children under 15 years of age who had undergone pulmonary valve balloon valvuloplasty in Madani Heart Center from 2005-2009 were enrolled in this study. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS software (SPS...

Introduction: Development of pulmonary insufficiency in patients with surgically corrected tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) may lead to severe right heart failure with serious consequences. We herein present our experience with pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) in these patients. Methods: From 2005-2013, 99 consecutive patients (71 males/28 females, mean age 38±8 years), underwent PVR after 7 to 40 (m...

aly characterized by the absence of the pulmonary valve. The absence of the pulmonary valve, along with the hypoplasia of the pulmonary annulus, leads to aneurysmal dilatation of the pulmonary artery and its branches. Other consequences include pulmonary stenosis and pulmonary insufficiency (1). The 3-day-old baby presented with cyanosis and tachypnea. He had to and fro murmurs at the upper lef...

Clinical, haemodynamic, angiocardiographic, and necropsy findings are reported in a newborn infant who presented with typical findings of the severe form of the syndrome of absent pulmonary valve. In addition to the usual findings of aneurysmal dilatation of the pulmonary arteries, pulmonary insufficiency, and stenosis, this patient had an intact ventricular septum and large ductus arteriosus. ...

INTRODUCTION Surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot is associated with low early morbidity and mortality. However, there may be late morbidity and mortality due to right ventricular dysfunction. The transatrial/transpulmonary technique may ameliorate these long-term complications. Here we present the results from our use of this approach. METHODS A hundred sixty-three consecutive patients (ag...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate whether rats dosed with serotonin develop changes similar to those seen in human carcinoid heart disease. METHODS AND RESULTS Ten Sprague-Dawley rats were given serotonin injections subcutaneously once daily for 3 months; controls were given saline. A long-lasting hyperserotoninemia with a >10-fold increase in both platelet-poor plasma a...

We describe a case of a 78-year-old female with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, obesity, impaired renal function and severe aortic valve stenosis with associated insufficiency (Video 1). The patient was symptomatic for dyspnea (class NYHA III). Her medical history included breast cancer treated with mastectomy two years prior. The logistic Euroscore was 19.17%. After ech...

Left atrial and left ventricular volumes, regurgitant flows and systolic efficiencies have been calculated for dogs with and without mitral valve insufficiency, using a technic of electric analog simulation of radioisotope dilution data. Amounts of blood between the valve of the pulmonary artery and the left atrium were calculated by use of mean transit time and flow, and compared to those of t...

BACKGROUND Two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography are standard methods to assess the severity of pulmonic insufficiency (PI). However, methods to define severity of PI - including the current published guidelines - remain qualitative and unvalidated. METHODS We reviewed all the electronic reports of echocardiographic studies performed at our institution since the publication of the 2003...