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HEMIAZYGOS CONTINUATION TO CORONARY SINUS WITH NORMAL LEFT INNOMINATE VEIN - Benrey, Jaime; Williams, Robert L.; Reul, George J.
A case is described of absent hepatic segment of the inferior vena cava with hemiazygos continuation and drainage into the coronary sinus with associated atrial septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus. In all previously reported cases of inferior vena caval anomalies with persistent hemiazygos, the hemiazygos joined the homolateral superior vena cava. To our knowledge this is the first case to be reported of a patient who had hemiazygos continuation to the coronary sinus with a normal left innominate vein and a single right superior vena cava.
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A SECOND CASE OF LATE EMBOLIZATION OF PROSTHETIC MITRAL VALVE OCCLUDER WITH SURVIVAL FOLLOWING REOPERATION - Sabbagh, Adib H.; O'Hare, James E.; Schocket, Lee I.; Pinckley, James N.
A 51-year-old male with acute fulminating pulmonary edema and cardiogenic shock secondary to severe mitral insufficiency from dislodgment of the disc occluder in a Wada-Cutter valve was treated by immediate open heart procedure with a Bjork-Shiley mitral valve replacement. The patient survived and remains well.
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USE OF THE SUTURE LOCK PLATE FOR STERNAL APPROXIMATION IN CHILDREN - Laks, Hillel; Lamberti, John J.; Castaneda, Aldo
Sternal closure after median sternotomy in the pediatric age group may be accomplished with non-resorbable sutures or stainless steel wire. The former has the disadvantages of chronic sinus formation and the latter may either break or cause pressure on the skin. The Pill-Wolvek Suture Lock Plate was used as an alternative method in 26 patients aged from seven days to six years. It has the advantage of greater strength and avoids the problem of prominent twisted wire ends. Healing has been excellent and there have been no complications attributed to the wires.
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TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN CANNULATING THE ASCENDING AORTA - Tector, Alfred J.; Gabriel, Roger P.
A successfully used technique of aortic arch cannulation is reported. This cannula is inexpensive and can be made easily in the hospital. The position and advantages of the cannula are discussed.
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PRESERVATION OF VISCERAL PERFUSION DURING RESECTION OF THORACOABDOMINAL ANEURYSM - Korompai, F. L.; Hayward, Ronald H.
When renal failure complicates postoperative recovery in any operative procedure, the mortality is expected to double. To avoid this complication, a technique was devised to preserve renal perfusion during resection of a thoracoabdominal aneurysm. With systemic heparinization, an extravascular shunt is placed between the descending aorta and the visceral branches; any blood loss is recovered by autotransfusion. After completion of the operation and reversal of heparinization, the normal clotting mechanism is restored by terminal reinfusion of 2 units of autogenous blood that had been collected and stored before heparinization.
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LONG-TERM RESULTS OF CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS - Hall, Robert J.; Garcia, Efrain; Wukasch, Don C.; Reul, George J.; Sandiford, Frank M.; Norman, John C.; Hallman, Grady L.; Cooley, Denton A.
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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TOTAL PROXIMAL ANTERIOR DESCENDING VESSEL OCCLUSION - Swaye, Paul S.; Gosselin, Arthur J.
A series of 100 consecutive patients demonstrating total occlusion of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery by cineangiography were analyzed. Forty-five showed occlusion proximal to the first septal branch. Collaterals to the anterior descending vessel were present in 83 cases. Left ventriculography revealed normal contractility in 16 cases and localized aneurysms in twenty-two. In 18 instances the left anterior descending lesion was the only occlusion demonstrated. Double and triple vessel involvement was present in 35 and 45 respectively. Normal EKGs were seen in 22 cases and signs of transmural anterior infarction in forty-two. Neither the development of ventricular aneurysm...
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