Publications by authors named "Anil Acharya"
Unlabelled: Delayed reaction following mass hornet envenomation is associated with various clinical manifestations.
Case Presentation: The authors present a case of a 24-year-old male from eastern Nepal, who presented following mass envenomation by hornet stings. He had progressive yellowish discoloration of skin and sclera, myalgia, fever, and dizziness.
We report the case of a 12-year-old girl with balanced double aortic arch with coarctation of the aorta presenting with symptoms of respiratory and swallowing difficulty. On investigation, the patient had a double aortic arch with coarctation and clinically nonsignificant disease in the infrarenal aorta. Division of the nondominant aortic arch was done through a left thoracotomy, along with resection of the coarctation segment and placement of an interposition Dacron tube graft.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrimary cardiac tumors are rare and when they occur, 75% are benign. Atrial myxomas having a good prognosis compromise 50% of all primary cardiac tumors. Only 25% of the primary cardiac tumors are malignant and 75% of these malignant tumors are sarcomas.
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- Posttubercular constrictive pericarditis is common in developing countries, where pericardiectomy is the preferred treatment despite high risks.
- Over 130 patients had the surgery over a decade, mostly young males with severe symptoms, and most were linked to tuberculosis.
- Post-surgery outcomes showed an improvement in heart function for many patients, but identified low ejection fraction and atrial fibrillation as significant factors affecting surgery success.