African Annals of
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF THORACIC AND CARDIO-VASCULAR SURGEONS
  • Abbreviation: Afr. Ann. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1994-7461
  • DOI: 10.5897/AATCVS
  • Start Year: 2005
  • Published Articles: 71

Table of Content: January 2011; 6(1)

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...

Author(s): MN. Tamatey, A. Sereboe, MM. Tettey, F. Edwin, K. Entsua-Mensah, B. Gyan, Z. Delia, I. Okyere, S. Bello, A. Aniteye, A. Kotei, K. Frimpong-boateng

  • Article Number: 79E54A868169

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...

Author(s): P.A. DIENG, A.G. CISS, S. DIATTA, O. DIARRA, P.S. BA, A. NDIAYE, M. GAYE, M. LEYE, O. KANE, M.

  • Article Number: 6F8E59A68171

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...

Author(s): KG. AYEGNON, E. BERGOEND, T. BOURGUIGNON, R. BONNEFOY, A CHANTEPIE, P. NEVILLE

  • Article Number: 65684EA68173

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...

Author(s): P.G. BONKOUNGOU, G. BADOUM, G. OUEDRAOGO, Z. BONKOUNGOU, M. BAMBARA, Z. ADAMA, M. OUEDRAOGO

  • Article Number: 6B95AEC68174

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...

Author(s): A.KIGBU, O. OLADEJO, S.O. AJAYI, P.O. ADEOYE, O.O. OGUNKUNLE, S.I. OMOKHODION, A.G. FALADE

  • Article Number: 1A661EA68175