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Mar 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-5518.jcci-19-2692
Sergiu VijialaCorresponding author
Percutaneous device closure of atrial septal defects (ASD) has proven to be safe and it is nowadays the standard treatment for ASDs. Immediate or late device embolization is a rare but potential complication of every attempted ASD device closure. We report a case of asymptomatic Amplatzer Septal Occ…
Jun 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2372-6601.jhor-18-2139
Jane S. Afriyie-MensahCorresponding author
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) has become an increasingly recognized complication in sickle cell anaemia (SCA) and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Though the burden of SCA in sub-Saharan Africa is high, there is paucity of data on SCA-associated PH with little or no attention given to it i…
Nov 2013 DOI 10.14302/issn.2329-9487.jhc-12-155
Marco Matteo CicconeCorresponding author
We report the case of a 22 year-old-male patient affected by Sotos syndrome was preoperatively and urgently evaluated for tracheal stent implantation due to respiratory insufficiency caused by idiopathic tracheal stenosis. Rest electrocardiogram detected a ventricular pre excitation; a transthoracic…
Nov 2013 DOI 10.14302/issn.2329-9487.jhc-13-272
Raghvendra ChoudharyCorresponding author
Background: Conventional transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) are usually unable to reveal very early subtle abnormalities in left ventricular (LV) systolic function caused by hypertension, prior to manifestation of hypertrophy (LVH). This study was undertaken to ass…
Mar 2013 DOI 10.14302/issn.2329-9487.jhc-12-153
Marco Matteo CicconeCorresponding author
We describe a rare case of multiple coronary artery-left ventricular fistulas associated with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a 62 year asymptomatic old male admitted to our department for a perioperative evaluation of non cardiac surgery, already diagnosed for multiple coronary artery-left fi…