Agenesis of the inferior vena cava is an uncommon congenital vascular malformation. Although theoretically it may favor venous stasis, it is not normally associated with venous thrombosis. The authors found only three ...

Absent conal septum in tetralogy of Fallot (TF) is usually noted intraoperatively when the ventricular septal defect (VSD) is found abutting the pulmonary valve, its superior rim being nearly inaccessible transatrially, ...

A 17 year old female with aortitis syndrome was reported. The blood pres sure of upper extremities was 204/88 mmHg which was higher than that of lower extremities (88/mmHg). Chest X ray showed marked rib notchings at the ...

A sixteen-year-old boy presented with varied symptoms to the hospital. After he had been diagnosed as having Behçet's disease, investigations revealed two carotid aneurysms in the right common carotid artery and one abdominal ...

It is believed that directional coronary atherectomy (DCA) is more suitable than percu taneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for lesions such as severe eccentric lesions, ostial lesions, and branch lesions. However, ...

The author refers to a case described in 1761 by G.B. Morgagni, in which there were all the clinico-pathological features of aspecific aorto-arteritis, as it was pointed out in this century by some Japanese authors. ...