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Accuracy of echocardiography and chest tomography for pulmonary hypertension screening in patients awaiting lung transplantation

ABSTRACT Objective To examine the accuracy of a pulmonary hypertension screening strategy based on a combination of echocardiographic data and tomographic measurements (pulmonary artery diameter and pulmonary artery diameter to ascending aorta diameter ratio) in patients with chronic lung disease refer...

Tratamiento percutáneo de la hemoptisis. Anatomía, fisiopatología y metodología

Medicina (B.Aires); 80 (6), 2020
Resumen Se presentan los resultados de 105 pacientes con hemoptisis amenazante tratados mediante embolización arterial por cateterismo percutáneo por vía arterial sistémica y/o arterial pulmonar. Se describe la técnica del procedimiento y los hallazgos angiográficos. Se muestra la utilidad de la fi...

Volume Vascular Pulmonar Estimado por Software Automatizado é um Preditor de Mortalidade após Embolia Pulmonar Aguda

Arq. bras. cardiol; 115 (5), 2020
Resumo Fundamento: A embolia pulmonar aguda (EPA) tem desfecho clínico variável. A angiotomografia computadorizada (angio-CT) é considerada o padrão-ouro para o diagnóstico. Objetivo: Avaliar se o volume vascular pulmonar (VVP) quantificado por software automatizado é um preditor de mortalidade a...

Compresión del tronco de la arteria coronaria izquierda por la dilatación de la arteria pulmonar principal en pacientes con hipertensión pulmonar: tratamiento y seguimiento a largo plazo

Arch. cardiol. Méx; 90 (3), 2020

Ecografía doppler de la arteria pulmonar como indicador de madurez pulmonar fetal, Cuenca – Ecuador

Introducción: la flujometría de la arteria pulmonar en fetos sanos puede ser un estudio predictor de la madurez pulmonar, lo que conlleva a un impacto en la disminución de la mortalidad perinatal.Objetivo: establecer el índice de tiempo de aceleración/tiempo de eyección d...

Surgical strategies and results for repair of pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and major aortopulmonary collaterals: experience of a single tertiary center

Abstract Objective: To evaluate surgical management and results of patients with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect with major aortopulmonary collateral arteries (PA/VSD/MAPCAs). Methods: We reviewed a consecutive series of patients with PA/VSD/MAPCAs between January 2012 and October 2018....

Infecção pelo SARS-Cov-2 e Tromboembolismo Pulmonar - Comportamento Pró - Trombótico da COVID-19

Arq. bras. cardiol; 115 (1), 2020

Type ii aortopulmonary window with isolated left subclavian artery from left pulmonary artery

Abstract Type II Aortopulmonary window (APW) accounts for only 10% of total cases of APW, which by itself is a rare congenital anomaly. Various cardiac malformations have been reported to be associated with this rare anomaly. We report one such association of origin of left subclavian artery (LSCA) from ...

Case report: surgical treatment of high-flow coronary fistulas for the pulmonary artery

Abstract Coronary fistulas are rare anomalies that can affect approximately 1% of the population, presenting few specific symptoms, and are often found occasionally in coronary angiography. Here we describe the case of a 61-year-old patient with complaints of precordialgia and dyspnea since adolescence, ...