January 2011
Atrial Septal Defect Closure In A 70 Year Old Woman: Case Report And Literature Review
Time was when it was thought that Atrial Septal Defects (ASDs) diagnosed in adulthood, especially in the elderly should only be managed conservatively. The trend is gradually changing and most “elderly ASDs” are getting closed, especially percutaneously if they are the ostium secumdum type. The Ostium primum, sinus venosus and coronary sinus ASDs still need open-heart surgery. We present the case of a woman...
January 2011
Le Drainage Chirurgical pour Pericardites Liquidiennes Dakar
Notre étude a pour but de déterminer la morbi-mortalité et les étiologies des péricardites liquidiennes à Dakar. Patients et méthodes: Il s’agissait d’une étude rétrospective de 1994 à 2008 colligeant 55 dossiers de patients opérés dans le service de chirurgie cardiovasculaire du CHU de Dakar. La triade...
January 2011
Angioplastie Pulmonaire Per-Operatoire Des Cardiopathies Congenitales
L’angioplastie percutanée des branches de l'artère pulmonaire (AP) peut être indiquée dans la sténose étendue à la chambre de chasse ventriculaire droite, mais limitée en cas de la complexité anatomique des branches de l’AP accompagnant les cardiopathies congénitales. Une approche hybride, associant une angioplastie de l’AP...
January 2011
Les Decortications Pulmonaires Au Centre Hospitalier Et Universitaire (Chu) Yalgado Ouedraogo
The aim of study is to report the indications and results of lung decortication at CHU Yalgado Ouedraogo. It is a retrospective study including all the patients who underwent lung decorticaion at CHU Yalgado Ouedraogo from May 2005 to March 2008. Lung decortication accounted for 50% of thoracotomies carried out for this period. 10 women and 6 men...
January 2011
Migrating Aspirated Foreign Body With Associated Intra-Atrial :Clot A Case Report
The authors report a case of 10-year-old girl who presented with cough and breathlessness of 7 weeks and orthopnoea of 4 weeks. An earlier consultation at a private hospital revealed echocardiographic findings of right intra-atrial clot, confirmed at our institution. Plain chest radiographs showed right lower lobe consolidation and atelectasis. Cough worsened and she desaturated (SaO2 67%) on the 5th week of antibiotic...
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