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F B Kennedy

Publications and source records attributed to F B Kennedy.

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PubMed1978

Cardiac paraganglioma (chemodectoma): a case report and review of the literature.

A rare case of paraganglioma (chemodectoma) of the heart is reported. This is the fifth case reported in the world literature and only the second case discovered in a living person. A review of the historical background, embryology, anatomy, and pathology of the paraganglia is provided. The previously reported four cases are also discussed.

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PubMed1977

Disappearance of electrocardiographic pattern of inferior wall myocardial infarction after aorta-coronary bypass surgery.

Three cases are presented showing the disappearance of electrocardiographic (ECG) evidence of old inferior wall myocardial infarction (MI) after aorta-coronary bypass surgery. Evidence is presented to suggest that the loss of Q waves may be the result of reperfusion of the ischemic myocardium (two cases) and the "cancelling effect" of a new perioperative myocardial damage upon the ECG evidence of an old myocardial infarction (one case). Q waves do not always indicate permanent myocardial scar formation; they are sometimes transient and reversible. Review of the literature provides further experimental and clinical evidences to suggest that surgical reperfusion of peri-infarction ischemic myocardium is an explanation for the ECG change. Pre- and postoperative angiographic and ventriculographic correlations are needed to further clarify the mechanism and clinical significance of such cases.

Coronary Artery Bypass↗