Type 1 Revision Tympanoplasty Using Tragal Cartilage in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Prospective Observational Study.

To evaluate graft success rate and hearing outcome in type 1 revision tympanoplasty using tragal cartilage graft. It is a prospective observational study conducted at Department of ENT, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute from July 2017 to June 2019. Forty four patients between the age group 18-60 years undergoing type 1 revision tympanoplasty, with conductive hearing loss were enrolled.

Screening of Newborn Hearing at a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India.

Hearing loss can have a devastating impact on the cognitive development and psychological well-being of children and their families. Newborn hearing screening should be given special attention especially in a country like ours where the burden of this disability is heavy. Screening all newborns irrespective of risk factors helps in better detection, and hence further management can be initiated at appropriate time.

Acute Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction due to Occlusion of the Wrapped Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery.

Acute occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) generally results in ST segment elevations in precordial leads and reciprocal ST segment depression in inferior leads. The occurrence of isolated inferior myocardial infarction due to occlusion of LAD is very rare. We describe an isolated acute inferior myocardial infarction due to occlusion of a wrapped LAD at the apex which continues as the large posterior descending coronary artery (PDA) beyond the occlusion.

Radiofrequency ablation of haemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction.

Objective: To determine whether radiofrequency (RF) ablation might have a role in haemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia.

Methods: 10 patients with a history of ventricular tachycardia producing haemodynamic collapse in whom drug treatment had failed and device therapy was rejected underwent RF ablation of ventricular tachycardia in sinus rhythm. The arrhythmogenic zone was defined on the basis of abnormal systolic movement, the presence of fragmentation (low amplitude, prolonged multiphasic electrograms), and pace mapping.