Introduction/Background Intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL) is defined by the presence of smooth muscle nodules beyond vessels an uterine leiomyoma and into extrauterine venous system. Its extension right-sided cardiac chambers can be fatal. Most cases lack marked nuclear atypia or elevated mitotic activity. Transition from a non-invasive to invasive IVL not clearly understood. The object...

doppler-derived myocardial performance index (mpi), defined as the sum of isovolumetric contraction and relaxation durations divided by ejection time, is an easily measured and reproducible index that shows both systolic and diastolic myocardial function. the goal of this study was to define normal values of right ventricular (rv) mpi in neonates in the first 48 to 72 hours of life. fifty-one q...

background: the right ventricular (rv) dyssynchrony has not been studied extensively and the existing literature has established the effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy (crt) on the left ventricular (lv) dyssynchrony, but there is a dearth of data on the effect of crt on the forgotten ventricle . we sought to evaluate the presence of mechanical right ventricular dyssynchrony in patients...

BACKGROUND Management of pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PAIVS) is challenging and depends on the individual patient's morphologic characteristics. We evaluated outcomes of 25 years of experience in morphologically driven management of PAIVS. METHODS Between January 1985 and December 2011, 60 patients were treated for PAIVS. Patients were retrospectively categorized into mil...

Abstract Background: Early diagnosis of right ventricle (RV) involvement in inferior myocardial infarction (Inf MI) is very critical. This study was performed to evaluate the clinical findings of Inf MI with or without RV infarction. Methods: From September 2010 to September 2012, 195 patients with definite diagnosis of Inf MI were evaluated in the Department of Cardiology, in Babol, north of...

OBJECTIVE One and one half ventricle repair is a surgical option for congenital cardiac anomalies characterised by right ventricle (RV) hypoplasia and/or dysplasia. METHODS From March 1994 to March 2001, eight patients (mean age 9.1 years, range 7 months to 35 years) with hypoplastic and/or dysplastic RV underwent correction of their intracardiac anomaly in association with a BCPS (one and on...

BACKGROUND The persistence of significant tricuspid regurgitation (TR) after percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty (PMV) is known to be an independent predictor of adverse outcome in mitral stenosis (MS). However, it remains unclear whether mitral valve (MV) surgery combined with surgical correction of TR is the better treatment option than PMV in patients with severe MS and severe functional TR. ...