Percutaneous Closure of Bilateral Pulmonary Artery Aneurysms in Behcet's Disease.

Behcet's disease is a multisystemic vasculitis. It can affect the pulmonary artery in 2% to 5% cases. We discuss a case of a young male diagnosed with Behcet's disease on immunosuppressive therapy who presented with bilateral pulmonary artery aneurysms which were closed with covered stent and other devices.

Quadricuspid aortic valve.

A 56-year-old man presented with typical angina for 1 day and a prior history of exertional dyspnea of 6 months duration. Clinically, he was diagnosed with severe aortic regurgitation (AR). Electrocardiogram showed left ventricular hypertrophy with volume overload.

Indicators and predictors of in-hospital mortality and survival in patients with ventricular septal rupture.

Background: Ventricular septal rupture (VSR), a mechanical complication of myocardial infarction (MI), usually presents with rapid clinical deterioration with acute heart failure or cardiogenic shock. VSR may occur within 24 h to several days after MI and can occur in both anterior and inferior wall MI. Although guidelines recommend emergent surgery, this is associated with a high mortality rate of up to 40%.

Incidence and predictors of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension following acute pulmonary embolism: An echocardiography guided approach.

There is significant variability in the worldwide epidemiology of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). We thereby aim to determine the incidence and predictors of CTEPH, following an episode of acute pulmonary embolism (PE), using non-invasive modalities. Patients with acute PE were prospectively followed-up and after receiving at least 3 months of effective anticoagulation, persistently symptomatic patients with echocardiographic evidence of persistent pulmonary hypertension, were investigated further for CTEPH.

Feasibility and Outcomes of Left Main to Branch Vessel PCI with Novel Tapered Coronary Stent in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Real World Experience.

Objective: To assess the safety and efficacy of Novel tapered (BioMime™ Morph) sirolimus- eluting stent (SES) for left main PCI in a real-world scenario.

Background: Currently, no data is available on clinical usefulness of tapered ultrathin stents in left main PCI.

Methods: This was a prospective, non-randomised, single centre study carried out between February 2018 and May 2020 at a tertiary cardiac care centre in southern India.