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G Héraud

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[Cor triatriatum of adults. Apropos of 2 new surgically treated cases in adults].

The authors report two cases of cor triatriatum in a 54 year old woman undergoing open heart surgery with a preoperative diagnosis of mitral stenosis, and a 24 year old woman in whom the diagnosis had been made before surgery. Resection of the abnormal intra-left atrial fibrous membrane successfully restored normal haemodynamics in both cases. The main clinical and diagnostic features of the condition are described.

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[Associated septal and intrapericardial rupture of the heart in the acute phase of myocardial infarction. Apropos of a case surgically treated with success].

The authors report the case of a double rupture of the heart (septal and parietal intrapericardial) on the 5th day of primary transmural anterior myocardial infarction in a 73 year old women. The diagnosis of septal rupture was made after cardiac arrest and the findings of a systolic murmur, and by echocardiography. Intrapericardial free wall rupture was diagnosed at surgery. The incidence, predisposing factors, gravity, prognostic factors and different medico-surgical therapeutic approaches to septoparietal complications of acute myocardial infarction are reviewed.

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