Publications by authors named "Abebe Bezabih"
Ventricular rupture with pseudoaneurysm is a rare phenomenon that usually occurs after myocardial infarction, previous cardiac surgery and infectious or inflammatory conditions. To prevent rupture of the pseudoaneurysm, urgent repair is recommended. We report successful open surgical repair of a 46-year-old man, who presented with pseudoaneurysm communicating with left ventricle.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntra-cardiac retained bullets rare entities in clinical practice owing to the high mortality associated with it. We present a case of a 26-year-old male patient presented 24 days after sustaining a bullet injury to the left side of the chest. Intra-operatively totally myocardial bullet was found within the right ventricle and extracted successfully.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Surgery can correct congenital heart defects, but disease management in low- and middle-income countries can be challenging and complex due to a lack of referral system, financial resources, human resources, and infrastructure for surgical and post-operative care. This study investigates the experiences of caregivers of children with CHD accessing the health care system and pediatric cardiac surgery.
Methods: A qualitative study was conducted at a teaching hospital in Ethiopia.
Background: Patients with tetralogy of Fallot are now surviving to adulthood with timely surgical intervention. However, many patients in low-income countries have no access to surgical intervention. This paper reports the surgical access and perioperative mortality in a sub-Saharan center that was mainly dependent on visiting teams.
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- Acquired tracheoesophageal fistulae may show mild symptoms like coughing when swallowing, making clinical diagnosis challenging.
- The case involves a 2.5-year-old boy with a persistent cough, which was incorrectly diagnosed and treated.
- The specific cause of his condition was identified as a foreign body that led to the tracheoesophageal fistula.
Background: The optimal surgical procedure for treatment of fibromembranous subaortic stenosis has been a subject of debate. We report our experience with patients treated for membranous subaortic stenosis using membrane resection alone and membrane resection plus aggressive septal myectomy.
Methods: Patients followed in the pediatric cardiology clinic of a university hospital, who had undergone surgery for subaortic stenosis between 2002 and 2013 were reviewed.