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A Shigeta

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Embolism of massive hepatic tissue in inferior vena cava and right atrium after closed liver injury.

Embolism from liver tissue in a major vessel in coincidence with a severe injury to the liver is a rare phenomenon. We report a case of a 4-year-old boy who was involved in a traffic accident and died shortly after the accident. An autopsy revealed that an intrahepatic inferior vena caval injury was accompanied by a severe closed injury to the liver; the crushed liver fragment was driven through the lacerated wall into the inferior vena cava and almost completely occluded its lumen. The crushed liver flap further extended over into the right atrial cavity. Careful microscopic examination of the lungs showed no emboli of hepatic tissue.

Accidents, Traffic↗

Long follow-up study in patients with prior myocarditis by radionuclide methods.

Ten patients with previous myocarditis were evaluated to determine cardiac conditions by T1-201 myocardial perfusion imaging and stress radionuclide ventriculography during the follow-up of 18-102 (average 56) months; the results were compared with those from ten sex- and age-matched controls. Exercise capacity by supine bicycle ergometer was reduced in patients with myocarditis. Their resting left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was 57.5% +/- 3.9%, similar to that of controls. LVEF response to stress in myocarditis was abnormal with an increment of end-systolic volume, while in the controls LVEF increased significantly during stress. Seven of the eight patients with an abnormal ejection fraction response had constant T1-201 perfusion defects. This study indicates that latent left ventricular dysfunction is present in patients with prior myocarditis and that nuclear study is useful for long-term follow-up.

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CT findings of atrial myxoma.

The computed tomographic (CT) appearance of six atrial myxomas was analyzed. Five of the myxomas were located in the left atrium and one was in the right atrium. The margin of the myxoma was at least slightly lobulated in five cases and the content was inhomogeneous in all. Calcification was demonstrated in three cases. The site of attachment of the myxoma was demonstrated by CT to be the atrial septum in all cases. The CT findings correlated well with the operative findings. CT revealed prolapse of the myxoma into the ventricle in two cases. This finding was similar to echocardiographic and cineangiographic findings. It is concluded that it is possible with CT to diagnose atrial myxoma by the location and nature of the intracardiac mass and to differentiate it from thrombus.

Adult↗

[Two-dimensional echocardiographic and RI angiographic features of aneurysm of the ascending aorta in patients with annuloaortic ectasia (author's transl)].

The purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic value of two-dimensional echocardiography with that of other methods in the detection and localization of aneurysm involving the ascending aorta in patients with annuloaortic ectasia. Two-dimensional echocardiography, RI angiography, CT scan and aortography were performed in 19 patients (12 patients with Marfan's syndrome, 4 with aortitis syndrome and 3 with postoperative perivalvular aneurysm). Eight of 12 patients with Marfan's syndrome had dissection in the ascending aorta which was confirmed at surgery or autopsy. The following observations were obtained. 1) Dissection of the ascending aorta was clearly demonstrated on the two-dimensional echocardiogram in 7 patients by recording the intimal tear and flap, and in these cases the short axis two-dimensional echocardiogram of the ascending aorta was more useful in identifying the site and extent of dissection. 2) In patients with postoperative perivalvular aneurysms, RI angiography proved to be a more useful and sensitive technique in differentiating a leakage into the aneurysm from clots in the aneurysm. 3) CT scanning proved to be an insensitive technique to detect dissection of the ascending aneurysm and to differentiate a leakage from clots in the perivalvular aneurysm. From these observations, we concluded that two-dimensional echocardiography and RI angiography proved to be sensitive techniques in detecting dissection of the ascending aneurysm and evaluating a postoperative aneurysm in patients with annuloaortic ectasia.

Aortic Dissection↗

[The diagnosis of left atrial thrombi by selective coronary arteriogram and two-dimensional echocardiogram (author's transl)].

In 14 patients with left atrial thrombi, coronary arteriography and real time, two-dimensional echocardiography were performed and compared with the surgical findings. Age of the patients with left atrial thrombi was relatively high, and their hemodynamic findings were severe. By the combined use of coronary arteriography and real time two-dimensional echocardiography, the prediction of left atrial thrombi was possible in 93%. Coronary arteriography provided a useful information as to the location of thrombi, especially in the left atrial appendage, while the size and shape of thrombi were not predictable by this method. On the contrary, two-dimensional echocardiography was useful to determine the size and shape of the thrombi.

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[Angiography].

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