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Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
January 2025
Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India.
Unlabelled: Appearance of a thrombus in the graft intraoperatively during Fontan surgery is not reported and warrants careful evaluation. Our patient was an 18-year-old lady who underwent fenestrated extracardiac Fontan surgery. Intraoperatively, transesophageal echocardiography revealed an echogenic structure inside the conduit.
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November 2024
Clinical Department of Cardiology, Interventional Electrocardiology and Hypertension, University Hospital, Cracow, Poland.
BACKGROUND Echogenic masses in the mitral annulus are often incidental findings during routine echocardiography examinations. Most represent the wide spectrum of underlying mitral annular calcifications and usually do not require further diagnostic workup. However, a rare variant called "caseous calcification of the mitral annulus" (CCMA) can be challenging to diagnose and often requires an extensive workup with the use of multiple imaging studies in order to accurately confirm the pathology.
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May 2024
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, and NHC Key Laboratory of Assisted Circulation and Vascular Diseases (Sun Yat-sen University), Guangzhou, China.
Background: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by degeneration of lower motor neurons, resulting in progressive muscle weakness and atrophy. However, little is known regarding the cardiac function of children with SMA.
Methods: We recruited SMA patients younger than 18 years of age from January 1, 2022, to April 1, 2022, in the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University.
J Vet Cardiol
June 2024
Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy.
Introduction: In dogs, myocardial injury (MI) is a poorly characterized clinical entity; therefore, this study aimed to provide a detailed description of dogs affected by this condition.
Animals, Materials, And Methods: Dogs diagnosed with MI according to the concentration of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) were retrospectively searched. Signalment, diagnostic, therapeutic, and outcome data were retrieved.
Eur Heart J Case Rep
April 2024
Cardiology Department, Meir Medical Center, Tchernichovsky St 59, Kfar Saba 4418001, Israel.
Background: A retained coronary guidewire following coronary angiography is an extremely rare complication. We present a case of a retained coronary guidewire from a percutaneous coronary intervention done 2 years ago.
Case Summary: An 80-year-old asymptomatic man with a history of ischemic heart disease and moderate aortic stenosis presented to the echocardiography lab for routine follow-up.
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