Ectopic thyroid tissue as a tumour of the heart--case report and review of the literature.

Here we report a case of a 48-year-old woman with ectopic thyroid tissue in the right ventricle. The tumour involved 1/3 of the ventricle and adhered to the myocardium. The lesion was removed completely and a bioprosthesis was placed due to tricuspid insufficiency, and then a pacemaker was implanted.

[An influence of cardiovascular risk factors and pharmacotherapy on the long-term results in women undergoing coronary artery bypass].

This study aimed at analysing an effect of the coronary risk factors and pharmacotherapy on the long-term outcome in women following the coronary artery by-pass. In 1004-1997, 253 female patients, aged between 33 and 82 years (mean [+/- SD] 57.0 +/- 8 years) were treated surgically.

Preoperative and early postoperative assessment of the internal thoracic artery by transcutaneous duplex ultrasound in coronary artery bypass grafting.

We examined internal thoracic artery by transcutaneous duplex ultrasound in 26 patients on four occasions: 4 (+/-2) days before the operation, and 61 (+/-8) minutes, 5 days and 53 (+/-3) days postoperatively. There was dominant systolic flow in preoperative scans. After the operation a characteristic biphasic flow with increased peak diastolic velocity and a decrease in peak systolic/peak diastolic velocity ratio was detected in all patients.