Aesthetic Outcome of a Case of Orbital Floor Fracture Treated Using a Retroseptal Transconjunctival Approach.

The orbital floor is a bone structure frequently involved in orbital fractures. Various methods have been documented to approach the orbital floor and infraorbital rim. Traditionally, transcutaneous approaches like infraorbital, subciliary, and subtarsal have been employed to access the orbital floor and infraorbital rim.

Microbiology, clinical spectrum and outcome of peritonitis in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis in India: Results from a multicentric, observational study.

Background: Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-related peritonitis is a major risk factor for drop out of patients on continuous ambulatory PD (CAPD) and automated PD (APD). Factors affecting PD-related peritonitis and centre-specific microbiological data are lacking in India. A multicentric prospective observational study was designed to overcome the gaps in the existing data regarding causative organism and outcome.

Stenosis of the main stem of the left coronary artery in a teenager with Takayasu's arteritis.

Coronary arterial involvement is rare in Takayasu's arteritis. We describe successful coronary arterial bypass grafting in a 15 year teenager with Takayasu's arteritis and unstable angina because of stenosis of the main stem of the left coronary artery.

Relationship of left atrial appendage function to left ventricular function.

Background: The study was conducted to evaluate the relationship of left atrial appendage function to left ventricular function and to analyze, if left ventricular dysfunction predisposed to left atrial appendage thrombus formation even in the presence of sinus rhythm.

Methods And Results: The study was conducted in 78 patients with a mean age of 53+/-8.5 years, all of whom were in sinus rhythm.

Congenital Long QT Syndrome presenting as epilepsy.

Epilepsy can sometimes be mimicked in children by other organic conditions. We present a 11 year old boy with the congenital long QT syndrome who had recurrent "seizures" for five years which had been treated as epilepsy.

Single coronary artery from the left sinus with atherosclerosis.

We report a rare case of a single coronary artery originating from the left sinus of Valsalva with extensive atherosclerosis in a patient presenting with unstable angina. The distal circumflex artery continued the course of the right coronary artery.

Familial cardiac myxoma: Carney's complex.

We report a case of Carney's complex in a 12-year-old boy who had the characteristic features of multiple cutaneous tumors, pigmentation, and biatrial myxoma. His large right atrial myxoma almost occluded the tricuspid valve and presented a life-threatening emergency. Surgery saved his life, but recurrence of myxoma was noted on follow-up.

Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm caused by coronary spasm, myocardial infarction, and myocardial rupture.

We report a very rare case of a 47-year-old man who had coronary spasm that resulted in a silent myocardial infarction, a ruptured myocardial wall, and a nonruptured left ventricular pseudoaneurysm. The patient presented with a 6-month history of dyspnea on exertion, without evidence of fixed coronary artery stenosis. Coronary angiography showed severe coronary spasm of the left anterior descending and left circumflex arteries; the spasm was relieved promptly by nitroglycerin.

Aortic valve disease and left dominant coronary system a significant association.

Objectives: To study the dominance of coronary artery distribution in patients with aortic valve disease.

Material And Methods: The prevalence of left dominant coronary artery system in patients with aortic valve disease was compared with patients without aortic valve disease undergoing coronary angiography. Group 1 consisted of 237 patients with symptomatic aortic valve disease and Group 2 consisted of 241 consecutive patients without aortic valve disease undergoing cardiac catheterisation.

Subvalvular aneurysm. Two-dimensional echocardiographic features.

A rare case of subvalvular aneurysm diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography and confirmed at cardiac catheterization is presented.