2/25/2010
Systemic Veins in the thorax & Thoracic duct
Systemic Veins and Thoracic Duct
Development of systemic veins: (Color-coded according to development)
Azygos and Hemiazygos veins:
Pericardial reflections
Anterior view:
Oblique & Transverse Sinuses of pericardium:
Transverse sinus from Echo: (Parasternal long axis view)Figure from "Surgical Anatomy of the Heart - Wilcox, Cook, Anderson" 3rd ed. 2004.
Transverse sinus (Anatomic specimen):
Figure from "Surgical Anatomy of the Heart - Wilcox, Cook, Anderson" 3rd ed. 2004.
Pulmonary vein stenosis
Surgery: Sutureless repair of Pulmonary vein stenosis:
(Lacour-Gayet F, et al. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 1996;89:633-36)
(Lacour-Gayet F, et al. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 1996;89:633-36)
Modification to Sutureless Repair of Pulmonary vein stenosis (Toronto group):
(Figure from Najm HK, et al. JTCVS 1998;115:468-70
Follow this link for pericardial reflections
Follow this link for pericardial reflections Additional papers:
Seale AN, et al. Heart 2009;95:1944-9. Pulmonary vein stenosis: the UK, Ireland and Sweden collaborative study. Insightful epidemiologic article about this rare disease.
2/19/2010
AHA Scientific Statement - Torsades in Hospital Setting
Feb 2010
Click below to view/get the article from AHA webpage
2/15/2010
Social Issues: Information resources for Families
www.childrenscardiomyopathy.org
(Service by Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation)
(Service provided by California HEARTconnection, an all-volunteer, nonprofit support network)
Will add more such websites in future.
2/05/2010
ICU - Postop. chest pain
16 yr old boy, Postop after CABG for anomalous aortic origin of RCA from left coronary cusp. Complains of chest pain on first postop. day. (Prior EKG - immediately postop. did not show any ST changes).
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