BACKGROUND Currently computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) has become a widely accepted clinical tool in the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism (PE). OBJECTIVES To report split-bolus single-pass 64-multidetector-row CT (MDCT) protocol for diagnosis of PE. PATIENTS AND METHODS MDCT split-bolus results in 40 patients suspicious of PE were analyzed in terms of image quality of ta...

Two patients with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect underwent implantation of the diminutive pulmonary arteries on the ascending aorta by interposition of short segment of azygos and innominate veins. The very thin structure of the systemic veins' wall matched perfectly the fragile pulmonary arterial wall. The anastomosis were perfectly patent and no aneurism dilatation was eviden...

Anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, expressed in the simplest of terms, means that pulmonary veins fail to enter the left auricle. If one or two pulmonary veins fail to enter the left side of the heart there may be no outward signs of cardiac disability and the patient leads a relatively normal life. Even if one half of the oxygenated blood enters directly or by venous channels into the right ...

INTRODUCTION The treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients without structural heart disease using radiofrequency ablation of pulmonary veins is a recently developed procedure with a good clinical success rate, although there have only been a few published series. We analyzed our results with this technique. METHOD The procedure was performed in 33 highly symptomatic patients wit...

Methods Outcome data for all patients undergoing inter-stage pre-TCPC CMR between 2007-2014 was analysed. Predetermined outcome measures included survival, duration of peri-TCPC hospitalisation and TCPC fenestration. MRI was performed under general anaesthetic with simultaneous transduction of jugular venous pressure (JVP), as per our Unit protocol. CMR-derived data included volumes and functio...

OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the feasibility and safety of simultaneous catheterization and mapping of the 4 pulmonary veins for ablation of atrial fibrillation. METHODS Ten patients, 8 with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and 2 with persistent atrial fibrillation, refractory to at least 2 antiarrhythmic drugs and without structural cardiopathy, were consecutively studied. Through the transseptal ...