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Robert Sabiniewicz

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PubMed2006

[Ventricular septal rupture complicating surgically treated left ventricular free wall rupture in a patient with acute myocardial infarction. A case report].

There is a group of rare but serious complications of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), including free wall rupture (FWR) and, less frequent, ventricular septal rupture (VSR). Urgent surgery combined with simultaneous CABG is usually a treatment of choice. We present a case of a 65-year-old male with AMI, who developed cardiogenic shock due to cardiac tamponade as a result of FWR. The patient was successfully resuscitated and operated. During postoperative treatment parasternal systolic murmur was audible and VSR diagnosis was confirmed. Three months after AMI the AMPLAZER Muscular VSD Occluder was successfully implanted. The follow-up period was uneventful.

Aged↗
PubMed2005

[Left ventricular hypertrophy in paediatric predialysis children and treatment--induced regression of left ventricular mass].

UNLABELLED: Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the chronic renal failure adult population. Recently it has been shown that also paediatric CRF patients are at high risk of cardiovascular complications. Recent research programs are looking into the initial stages of chronic renal insufficiency to assess the early predictors of cardiac or cardiovascular disease. In the present study we analyzed the prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in predialysis paediatric population and the potential value of efficient antihypertensive treatment on regression of left ventricular mass. Forty-nine chronic renal failure patients, aged 2-19 years, had two echocardiographic evaluations: at the time of establishing CRF diagnosis and after 30 months of antihypertensive treatment. In this study LVH was defined as left ventricular mass index (LVMI) greater than 51 g/m2.7. At the baseline assessment LVH was found in 18 out of 49 children (63.2%). In the second echocardiographic study LVH was present in 7 (14.2%) children. CONCLUSIONS: 1. Left ventricular hypertrophy is common in young CRF patients. 2. The reduction of left ventricular mass is possible, and may be determined by the effectiveness of antihypertensive treatment.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2004

[Aortic coarctation treated with bypass graft in adolescence and implantation of intravascular stent 12 years later--a case report].

A case of a 26-year-old female with aortic coarctation and Recklinghausen disease is presented. At the age of 14 years the patient underwent thoracic aortic bypass grafting. Twelve years later she developed arterial hypertension. Spiral computerised tomography revealed patent graft and invasive hemodynamical measurements showed a gradient of 30 mmHg. The patient underwent successful intravascular stent implantation.

Adult↗
PubMed2002

Lung perfusion scintigraphy in the diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary stenosis in patients after repair of Fallot tetralogy.

BACKGROUND: The frequency of peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis in patients after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) ranges from 20 to 40%. This can be either primary or secondary to the surgical intervention. The influence of resulting lung perfusion alterations on the life quality of patients is difficult to predict. The aim of this study was to compare the utility of the diagnostic procedures in this group of patients, with particular focus on lung perfusion scintigraphy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This study comprised 104 patients who underwent repair of TOF at ages from 5 months to 25 years. The patients have been followed up for from 4.2 to 25 years. On the basis of chest x-ray peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis was suspected in 11 patients, in 12 on the basis of echocardiography examination. RESULTS: Lung perfusion scintigraphy has been performed on 87 patients. The disturbances in lung perfusion (mostly in the left lung) were show by means of lung perfusion scintigraphy in 43 (49%) of patients. In 27 of them heart catheterisation has been performed. Angiography revealed stenosis of the lung artery branch in 15/43 (34.9%) patients with abnormal perfusion lung scan and in 4/44 (9%) in patients with normal perfusion lung scan. Intervention procedures were carried out on 10 patients. CONCLUSIONS: Lung perfusion scintigraphy may prove a valuable, non-invasive screening tool in the assessment of patients after TOF repair, although both false-negative and false-positive results may happen. Therefore, it should play an auxiliary role together with other diagnostic modalities.

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