The mitral valve cystic abscess ruptured and caused a fistulous connection between the left ventricular outflow tract and the left atrium. The patient underwent surgical replacement of the aortic ...

The right atrium is one of the heart's upper chambers that plays a role in blood circulation. It collects deoxygenated blood and directs it on a pathway to get oxygen from the lungs. Problems with the ...

Dr. Davidov performed combined esophageal resection with circular resection and tracheal plastic surgery for esophageal cancer complicated by esophageal-tracheal fistula. He was the first in oncology ...

Correspondence to: Dr J Pepke-Zaba, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge CB3 8RE, UK; joanna.pepkezaba{at}papworth.nhs.uk Background: Atrial septostomy (AS) ...

IT TURNED OUT THAT JAY HAD A COARCTATION OF HIS AORTA, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT YOUR AORTA IS SORT OF CRIMPED LIKE A ... I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SOMETHING CALLED ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT, WHICH IS A HOLE ...

At 16 weeks of training, exercise rats developed eccentric hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction as well as atrial dilation with collagen deposition at the atria and the right ventricle. An increase ...