Adjuvant Role of CT in the Diagnosis of Post-Infarction Left Ventricular Free-Wall Rupture.

Left ventricular free wall rupture is usually a catastrophic mechanical complication of myocardial infarction. Risk factors include advanced age, female gender and absence of prior infarction. The vast majority of patients succumb rapidly due to cardiac tamponade and electromechanical dissociation.

Experience with latrogenic pediatric vascular injuries. Incidence, etiology, management, and results.

During a 32-month period, 79 extremities in 76 children (age 1 day-13 years, mean = 31 months) were evaluated with regard to iatrogenic vascular injuries. Prospectively, 42 children were studied pre- and post-cardiac catheterization. Ten of these children sustained vascular injuries (incidence = 24%).

The effect of carotid siphon stenosis on stroke rate, death, and relief of symptoms following elective carotid endarterectomy.

It has been suggested that carotid endarterectomy for carotid bifurcation disease may be contraindicated in the presence of carotid siphon lesions. This study was undertaken to assess any difference in stroke rate, mortality, or relief of symptoms in patients with and without such "tandem" lesions following elective carotid endarterectomy. Ninety-one bifurcation endarterectomies were performed in 79 patients.