Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography
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J Am Soc Echocardiogr · Sep 2004
Case ReportsLeft ventricular hydatid cyst presenting with acute ischemic stroke: case report.
Cardiac hydatid cysts are rarely seen. The presentation of an acute stroke secondary to embolization from a cardiac hydatid cyst is also rare. We report a young boy with left ventricular hydatid cyst who presented with acute ischemic stroke.
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J Am Soc Echocardiogr · Sep 2004
In vivo short-term Doppler hemodynamic profiles of 189 Carpentier-Edwards Perimount pericardial bioprosthetic valves in the mitral position.
We sought to determine the hemodynamic performance of the Carpentier-Edwards Perimount pericardial valve in the mitral position. We reviewed the Doppler echocardiographic data on 189 patients (110 women; 68 +/- 12 years of age) who were implanted with this valve (7.6 days +/- 13 postoperatively) at our institution between September 2000 and May 2002. The average ejection fraction was 47%. ⋯ The average effective orifice area by continuity equation (83 valves) was 1.5 +/- 0.5 cm2. The mitral regurgitation was graded mild or less in 97.5% of all valves. This is the largest series establishing the favorable hemodynamic behavior of the different sizes of a new Perimount mitral valve, and the reported data could serve as a reference.
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J Am Soc Echocardiogr · Sep 2004
Case ReportsEffect of a kink in unilateral pulmonary artery anastomosis on velocities of blood flow through bilateral pulmonary vein anastomoses in living-donor lobar lung transplantation.
Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography is generally performed to detect vascular complications during lung transplantation. We report a case with a kink in pulmonary artery (PA) anastomosis suggested by an abnormal flow profile of pulmonary vein (PV) anastomoses during living-donor lobar lung transplantation. ⋯ Then, the patient's PA pressure elevated abnormally and a kink in the left PA anastomosis was found. Careful monitoring of PV anastomoses may enable detection of not only an abnormality of PV anastomoses but also that of PA anastomoses, especially in living-donor lobar lung transplantation.
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J Am Soc Echocardiogr · Sep 2004
Identifying patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation for mitral valve repair and replacement: a transesophageal echocardiographic study.
We sought to preoperatively identify the suitability of patients with degenerative mitral valve (MV) regurgitation for MV repair (MVR) and MV replacement. ⋯ Patients suitable for MVR can be identified preoperatively using a combination of clinical and echocardiographic parameters.