Use of rapid cardiac magnetic resonance imaging to guide chelation therapy in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassaemia in India: UMIMI study.

Aims: To explore the impact of incorporating a faster cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging protocol in a low-middle-income country (LMIC) and using the result to guide chelation in transfusion-dependent patients.

Methods And Results: A prospective UK-India collaborative cohort study was conducted in two cities in India. Two visits 13 months apart included clinical assessment and chelation therapy recommendations based on rapid CMR results.

Thoracoscopic excision of double-pulmonary sequestration in left haemithorax, without anomalous blood supply (supply from pulmonary artery) in a neonate: First case.

Pulmonary sequestration (PS) is a rare anomaly. PS is a mass of abnormal pulmonary tissue that does not communicate with the tracheobronchial tree and is supplied by an anomalous systemic artery. Although aberrant systemic arterial supply is considered the key element to diagnose PS, rarely it can have arterial supply from the pulmonary artery as a spectrum of sequestration.

Infantile spasms: Etiology, lead time and treatment response in a resource limited setting.

This study explores the etiology and lead time to treatment for infantile spasm (IS) patients and their effect on treatment responsiveness, in a limited resource setting. Patients with IS onset age ≤12 months', seen over 3 years were recruited retrospectively. Clinical information, neuroimaging and genetic results retrieved.