The different surgical impact of the superior cavoatrial incision in children and adults.

Introduction: The single- and double-patch repairs are undoubtedly the most commonly used techniques for the surgical management of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection associated with sinus venosus atrial septal defect. The aim of this study was to retrospectively compare early and long-term surgical outcomes in paediatric and adult patients, focusing in particular on the occurrence of ectopic atrial rhythm.

Material And Methods: Seventy patients (male: 38, 54.

Mitral regurgitation severity correlates with symptoms and extent of left atrial dysfunction: Effect of mitral valve repair.

Purpose: We aimed to assess the relationship between mitral regurgitation (MR) severity, symptoms, and left atrial (LA) structure and function, before and after mitral valve repair (MVR).

Methods: Global peak atrial longitudinal strain (PALS) was evaluated in 37 patients with severe symptomatic MR and preserved left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (60.4% ± 4.

[Thrombotic storm in a teenager with previously diagnosed ulcerative colitis: a rare case of left ventricular thrombosis].

Left ventricular thrombi usually occur in the setting of an acute myocardial infarction, left ventricular aneurysm, or dilated cardiomyopathy. In the absence of ventricular wall motion abnormalities, they are rare. We report the case of a patient with ulcerative colitis in whom two-dimensional echocardiography revealed a left intraventricular mass.

Epidemiological and mortality trends in infective endocarditis, a 17-year population-based prospective study.

Background: The population at risk, the clinical and microbiological features of infective endocarditis (IE) have changed. Aim of our study was to evaluate the contemporary epidemiological trends, over a 17-year period in a definite region of Tuscany, Italy, to analyze the clinical outcomes and associated prognostic factors.

Methods: From 1 January 1998 to 31 December 2014, all patients with a definite diagnosis of IE were prospectively entered in a data-base.

Multimodality Imaging of a Silent Cardiac Hemangioma.

A 74-year-old man underwent echocardiographic exam for hypertension screening. A fixed plurilobulated mass originating from the right ventricular lateral wall and occupying half of the cavity was incidentally diagnosed. On cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) it appeared homogeneous, intermediate-to-high signal on T1-weighted, and diffusely hyperintense on T2-weighted images.