Case report of isolated congenital absence of right pulmonary artery with collaterals from coronary circulation.

Isolated unilateral absence of a proximal pulmonary main artery is a rare congenital lesion which is often associated with other cardiovascular abnormalities and a diverse clinical presentation. It is usually diagnosed in childhood. Patients who survive into adulthood is uncommon.

A cost effective endovascular approach for management of post-catheterization profunda femoris artery pseudoaneurysm using thrombin.

Post-catheterization PSA is one of the most commonly encountered vascular complications of cardiac and peripheral angiographic procedures. We report the case of patient who developed deep-seated profunda femoris artery pseudoaneurysm (PSA) following cardiac catheterization. Despite, repeated ultrasound guided compressions the PSA failed to close and instead produced local site pressure ulcers.

Clinical and echocardiographic diagnosis, follow up and management of right-sided cardiac thrombi.

Background: Right-sided cardiac masses are infrequent and have varied clinical presentation. The present study describes the clinical features, echocardiographic findings and management of 19 patients presenting with right-sided cardiac thrombi in a tertiary care center in north India.

Methods: This is a retrospective, single center observational study of consecutive patients over the period January 2003-2008 admitted in our emergency intensive care unit (EICU).

Pacemaker lead endocarditis.

A case of permanent pacemaker lead endocarditis staphylococcal aureus related is described and management is discussed.

Prevalence of sustained hypertension and obesity in urban and rural school going children in Ludhiana.

Background: Increasing trend of hypertension is a worldwide phenomenon. The data on sustained hypertension in school going children is scanty in India. The present study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of sustained hypertension and obesity in apparently healthy school children in rural and urban areas of Ludhiana using standard criteria.