[Permanent cardiac stimulation: evaluation of a 10-year experience].

This 10-year prospective follow-up study (1978-1988) covers 430 patients who received 463 permanent pacemakers in a regional hospital. One cardiologist established the indication for implantation and a general surgeons' team performed the operation. Mortality was very low (0.

[Arrhythmogenic ventricular dysplasia or Uhl's disease?].

Uhl's anomaly and arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia are characterized by an analogous morphologic lesion which can be attributed to a major or minor expression of the same genetic disorder. The clinical diagnosis of arrhythmogenic dysplasia is not always easily established. A 23-year-old patient is discussed who showed extrasystolic arrhythmia, electrocardiographic signs of myocardial impairment and syncopes, the latter proving fatal.

Right ventricular outflow obstruction after radiation therapy.

A unique case of radiation-induced heart disease associated with acquired right ventricular outflow obstruction is presented. Surgical management of this case is described.