Aneurysm formation of pericardial patch in Manouguian procedure.

Pericardial patch has been used to repair cardiac defects; however, its strength as an aortoplasty patch to tolerate systemic pressure is a matter of debate. We report an aneurysmal dilatation of pericardial patch in aortoplasty. Our patient was a 56-year-old female known case of rheumatic heart disease that underwent redoes mitral and aortic valve replacements along with Manouguian aortoplasty at the age of 44 years old.

Isolated double-orifice mitral valve in a young girl.

Background: Double-orifice mitral valve (DOMV) is an extremely rare cardiac malformation. It has been found to be accompanied by congenital anomalies (CAs), however, it can be detected as an isolated anomaly. The clinical findings of a DOMV are variable and depend predominantly on the associated cardiac abnormalities, particularly atrioventricular septal defects or mitral valve (MV) regurgitation and/or stenosis.

Subclinical systolic and diastolic dysfunctions in patients with metabolic syndrome and angiographically normal coronary arteries: An echocardiographic study.

Background: The metabolic syndrome (MetS), as a combination of cardiovascular risk factors, is associated with subclinical cardiovascular diseases. We sought to evaluate the subclinical myocardial dysfunctions using echocardiography in patients with normal coronary arteries.

Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we assessed 50 consecutive patients with angiographically-proven normal coronary arteries and a left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) ≥55%.

Isolation of total RNA from dermatophytes.

We report a method for the preparation of total RNA from the anthropophilic dermatophyte Trichophyton rubrum. To generate large quantities of mycelia, the fungus was grown in liquid culture medium. The harvested mycelial mass was ground to a fine powder in liquid nitrogen and homogenized in guanidine isothiocyanate buffer followed by ultracentrifugation of the obtained suspension through a caesium chloride gradient.

Mispriming and PCR amplification of hsp27.

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