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Compromiso cardiaco en pacientes con Mucopolisacaridosis tipo II (Enfermedad De Hunter)

Prensa méd. argent; 105 (6), 2019
This report describes the cardiac involvement of patients with mucopolysaccharidoses Type II (Hunter disease). Mucopolysaccharidoses Type II are an uncommon group of about 50 rare inherited metabolic disorders, that result from defects in lysosomal dysfunction, usually as a consequence of deficiency of a...

Sindrome de corazón izquierdo hipoplásico: análisis de las características de una población en un hospital público

Prensa méd. argent; 105 (6), 2019
The authors present a study on prenatal diagnosis of hipoplastic left heart syndrome, and an analysis of the characteristics of a population in a public hospital. The hypoplastic left heart syndrome, and an analysis of the characteristics of a population in a public hospital. The hypoplastic left heart s...

Coartación de aorta y su asociación con la patología mitral

Prensa méd. argent; 105 (6), 2019
Coartaction of the aorta is characterized by a localized deformity narrowing the aortic lumen. The zone of coartaction is characteristically located beyond the origin of the left subclavian artery. Most of them are located in the zone of the posterior wall of the oposit aorta of the invertion of the duct...

Infarto miocárdico en un paciente con trombocitopenia autoinmunitaria

Metro cienc; 29 (1), 2019
Paciente de sexo femenino, 33 años de edad, con antecedente de trombocitopenia autoinmunitaria, tratada previamente con corticoide. Acude porque siente dolor torácico. Se encuentra elevación de los marcadores cardíacos. ECG: bradicardia sin alteraciones del segmento ST. Ecocardiograma: hiper-refringe...

The predictive effects of clinical hematological changes on saphenous graft patency after coronary artery surgery

Abstract Objectives: To investigate the association between clinical hematologic parameters and saphenous vein graft failure after on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. Methods: A total of 1950 consecutive patients underwent isolated on-pump coronary artery surgery between November 2010 and February ...

A comparative study of perventricular and percutaneous device closure treatments for isolated ventricular septal defect: a chinese single-institution experience

Abstract Objectives: To compare the advantages and disadvantages of perventricular and percutaneous procedures for treating isolated ventricular septal defect (VSD). Methods: A total of 572 patients with isolated VSD were selected in our hospital between January 2015 and December 2016. The patients' me...

Rapidly progressive malignant fibrous histiocytoma of right atrium: a rare case report

Abstract We are going to present a case of malignant fibrous histiocytoma in the right atrium, which is a very rare entity. The patient had a right atrial mass, which prolapsed through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle, causing functional tricuspid valve stenosis. The tumor was completely rese...

Robotic mitral valve surgey combined with left atrial reduction and ablation procedures

Abstract Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of robotically assisted, minimally invasive mitral valve surgery combined with left atrial reduction for mitral valve surgery and elimination of atrial fibrillation (AF). Methods: Eleven patients with severe mitral regurgi...

Comparative analysis of myocardial protection with htk solution and hypothermic hyperkalemic blood solution in the correction of acyanogenic congenital cardiopathies - a randomized study

Abstract Objective: The goal of the present study was to compare the myocardial protection obtained with histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate (HTK) cardioplegic solution (Custodiol®) and with intermittent hypothermic blood solution. Methods: Two homogenous groups of 25 children with acyanotic congenital...