January 2013

SUIVI A LONG TERME DE 80 PATIENTS OPERES D’UNE DISSECTION AORTIQUE AIGUË DE TYPE A/LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF 80 PATIENTS OPERATED FOR AN ACUTE AORTIC DISSECTION TYPE A

Identifier et évaluer les facteurs de risque de morbi-mortalité à court et long terme d’une dissection aortique aiguë de type A de Stanford. C’est  une  étude  rétrospective  de  80  patients  (57 hommes  et  23  femmes) consécutifs opérés d’une dissection aortique aiguë de type A de...

Author(s): K. G. AYEGNON, A. MIRZA, K. H. YANGNI-ANGATE, E. BERGOEND, T. H. BOURGUIGNON,  M. AUPART,  M. MARCHAND

January 2013

CALCIFIED PSEUDO-ANEURYSM OF ASCENDING AORTA FROM CANNULATION SITE ERODING INTO THE STERNUM : A CASE REPORT

We report the successful surgical treatment of a nonmycotic pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta in a 15 year old male who underwent surgical closure of an atrial septal defect at the age of 3 years. A Computed  Tomography  (CT)  scan was  performed  to  investigate  the  palpable  mass  on  the  healed sternotomy scar. It revealed a densely calcified...

Author(s): Jalal Jolou, Charumathi Dasarathan, Prashant Vaijyanath, A. Thomas Pezzella, K. M. Cherian  

January 2013

DEVICE OCCLUSION OF ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT THROUGH MINIMALLY INVASIVE RIGHT ANTERIOR CHEST APPROACH

Occlusion of atrial septal defects through a small right chest incision is minimally invasive and safe.

Author(s): L. I. Feng, W. U. Weihua, A. T. Pezzella  

January 2013

TRAITEMENT DES HYPERPLASIES THYMIQUES : A PROPOS DE 5 CAS OPERES

Les  hyperplasies  thymiques  se  caractérisent  par  une  pathogénèse  complexe  et  des tableaux cliniques variés sources d’attitudes thérapeutiques controversées. Insister sur la rareté, les difficultés diagnostiques et rapporter les résultats de la chirurgie dans les hyperplasies...

Author(s): O. Diarra, A. G. Ciss, S. Mbamendame, P. A. Dieng, P. S. Ba, S. Diatta, M. Gaye, A. Ndiaye, O. Kane, M. Ndiaye  

January 2013

Pediatric Thoracic Hydatid Cysts in Peru : Case Report and Review

Hydatid cyst secondary to the parasite Echinococcus granulosus, involving the lung parenchyma, is an endemic disease in Peru, especially in the rural areas involved with animal domestication. Despite aggressive government public health directives for prevention, poor recognition and compliance remain major factors in human infection, especially in children. Medical treatment alone is not effective in the majority ...

Author(s): V.  Eneida, H.  Melgar, B.  Alfredo,  M.  Hernandez  Grau,  R.  Fernando, R.  Chavarri Velarde, A. Thomas Pezzella