Primary left ventricular rehabilitation is effective in maintaining two-ventricle physiology in the borderline left heart
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 10/19/2009
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Emani SM et al. – In patients with borderline left hearts, primary left ventricular rehabilitation with endocardial fibroelastosis resection and mitral and aortic ... performance and decreased right ventricular pressures. This approach may provide an alternative to single–ventricle management in this difficult patient group.
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Left Ventricle to Right Ventricle Size Discrepancy in the Fetus: The Presence of Critical Congenital Heart Disease Can Be Reliably Predicted
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 10/14/2009
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Quartermain MD et al. – Ratios expressing the magnitude of L–R/VD, direction of flow at the atrial septum, and measurements of the aortic arch
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Using diffusion MRI for measuring the temperature of cerebrospinal fluid within the lateral ventricles
Acta Pediatrica, 11/02/2009
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Kozak LR et al. – Although further improvements are needed, measuring the temperature within the lateral ventricles using diffusion MRI is a viable method that may be useful for clinical applications. The
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Usefulness of Various Plasma Biomarkers for Diagnosis of Heart Failure in Children With Single Ventricle Physiology
The American Journal of Cardiology, 10/27/2009
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Shah A et al. – Plasma B–type natriuretic peptide is a sensitive biomarker for clinical heart failure in young children with single–ventricle heart disease. The use of this plasma biomarker might
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Slitlike Ventricle Syndrome: A Life-Threatening Presentation
Pediatric Emergency Care, 10/28/2009
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Da Silva PSL et al. – This report highlights a life–threatening condition involving chronically shunted children who present severe intracranial hypertension without ventriculomegaly and may often be neglected or unrecognized ... emergency physicians or general neurosurgeons.
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Anomalous Origin of the Right Coronary Artery From the Left Ventricle
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 10/14/2009
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Ippisch HM et al. – Electrocardiography demonstrated possible left ventricular hypertrophy, with no evidence of ST–segment abnormalities. Echocardiography and cardiac catheterization showed an anomalous origin of the patient's right coronary artery from his left ventricle
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Lung Mass Appearing as a Dilated Left Ventricle on Tc-99m Tetrofosmin Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy
Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 10/07/2009
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Gnanasegaran G et al. – The myocardial perfusion scan revealed a large cavitated lesion mimicking a dilated left ventricle and the CT scan revealed a large mass in the left lung with
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Ring-Enforced Right Ventricle-to-Pulmonary Artery Conduit in Norwood Stage I Reduces Proximal Conduit Stenosis
Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 11/06/2009
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Schreiber C et al. – The use of a ring–enforced polytetrafluoroethylene conduit between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery in Norwood stage I palliation effectively
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Two-Layer Appearance on Brain Perfusion SPECT in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: A Qualitative Analysis by Using Easy Z-Score Imaging System, eZIS
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 10/26/2009
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images caused by an abnormally enlarged ventricle. Increased blood perfusion in the external layer adjacent to the hypoperfused area might be caused by increased radioisotope count per volume resulting from exclusion of cerebral cortex by a dilated ventricle. These results demonstrate that a two
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Regression of a Coronary Arterial Fistula in an Infant with Pulmonary Atresia and an Intact Ventricular Septum
Pediatric Cardiology, 11/06/2009
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pulmonary atresia and an intact ventricular septum who presented with a significant fistula between the right ventricle and the left anterior descending coronary artery. The right ventricle was not decompressed to prevent myocardial damage. After 2 months, the fistula had closed spontaneously. The
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