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Calcification of the pulmonary valve is a uncommon condition. Non invasive diagnostic methods such as M-mode and two dimensional echocardiography have facilitated the identification of vegetations and calcifications on the pulmonary valve. Very few cases of isolated calcification on the pulmonary valve have been reported; a previous lesion of the valve almost always exists. The purpose of this communication is to report two cases with calcification of pulmonary valves without underlying pathology and to highlight the great utility of echocardiography in diagnosis and follow-up of such cases.
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Calcinose/diagnóstico , Ecocardiografia , Valva Pulmonar/patologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Feminino , Doenças das Valvas Cardíacas/diagnóstico , HumanosRESUMO
In this report we describe the two-dimensional echocardiographic features of a case of cor triatriatum dexter. In this situation the right atrium is divided by a membrane in two chambers. Considering the anatomic characteristics of this case we added a new type in the classical classification proposed by Doucette et al.
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Coração Triatriado/diagnóstico , Ecocardiografia , Cateterismo Cardíaco , Coração Triatriado/epidemiologia , Coração Triatriado/patologia , Humanos , Lactente , MasculinoRESUMO
We describe 3 young individuals with acute myocardial infarction that developed after extenous stress followed by the intake of cold fluids. The patients had retrosternal chest pain and EKG changes suggestive of posterior-inferior myocardial infarction. Coronartiography demonstrated 40% and 50% narrowing of the right coronary artery. The remaining case had normal coronary arteries.