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Presents two medical cases, each involving a child with chronic tricuspid valve insufficiency secondary to blunt chest trauma. Symptoms exhibited by the patients following their recovery from traffic accidents; Diagnosis of the patients; Information on tricuspid valve insufficiency; Surgical technique performed on the patients.

Focuses on the first implantation of Gianturco-Grifka Vascular Occlusion Device in a child as definitive treatment for a patent ductus arteriosus. Method of implantation; Performance of catheterization using intravenous sedation.

Presents information on a retrospective study to compare methods of measuring atrial septal defects and to identify factors affecting echocardiographic measurement of such defects before transcatheter closure with CardioSEAL™ Septal Occluder. Research methods; Results and discussion; Conclusions.

In patients who have cyanosis and dyspnea that are unrelated to a cardiopulmonary cause, 1 rare possible diagnosis is methemoglobinemia. This condition is generally asymptomatic, even when the methemoglobin level is as high as 40% of the total hemoglobin value. In the patient described herein, extensive pulmonologic and cardiologic investigations failed to yield the correct diagnosis, which was finally made on the basis of physical findings and arterial blood-gas analysis. Later, a DNA analysis, reported separately by others, showed that the patient's methemoglobinemia was caused by a novel mutation of the cytochrome b5 reductase gene. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We describe the case of a 3-week-old infant who was diagnosed with pulmonary atresia, a ventricular septal defect, and discontinuous pulmonary arteries. The pulmonary artery anatomy was delineated by angiography: the right pulmonary artery arose from the proximal right coronary artery, and the left pulmonary artery arose from a left ductus arteriosus. This case illustrates the importance of careful delineation of the anatomy in complex pulmonary atresia before surgical intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents a study which described the management decisions and intermediate-term progress of patients after transcatheter coil occlusion of coronary artery fistulae. Information on transcatheter coil occlusion; Discussion on coronary artery fistulae; Conclusion.