British heart journal
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British heart journal · Dec 1991
Comparative StudyAssessment of anomalous systemic and pulmonary venous connections by transoesophageal echocardiography in infants and children.
To assess the value of transoesophageal echocardiography in the preoperative definition of systemic and pulmonary venous connections. ⋯ Transoesophageal echocardiography is a highly sensitive tool for the preoperative definition of systemic and pulmonary venous connections. In this series it was better than transthoracic ultrasound and complemented cardiac catheterisation and angiocardiography.
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British heart journal · Dec 1991
Left ventricular dysfunction in the fetus: relation to aortic valve anomalies and endocardial fibroelastosis.
To examine the relation between a characteristic form of left ventricular dysfunction in the fetus and abnormalities of the aortic valve and endocardial fibroelastosis of the left ventricle. ⋯ This type of left ventricular dysfunction in the fetus is the result of an overlap of diseases, including primary left ventricular endocardial fibroelastosis, critical aortic stenosis, and the hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
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British heart journal · Dec 1991
Case ReportsSurgical treatment of pulmonary hypertension in protein C deficiency.
Two patients with protein C deficiency developed symptomatic pulmonary hypertension secondary to chronic pulmonary embolism. They were successfully treated by thromboendarterectomy.