OBJECTIVE To review the safety and efficacy of the Amplatzer septal occluder for
transcatheter closure of interatrial communications (atrial septal defects (ASD), fenestrated …

Three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography facilitates spatial recognition of intracardiac
structures, potentially enhancing diagnostic confidence of conventional echocardiography …

Plasma levels of lidocaine were measured in 5 normal male volunteers following both
intravenous and oral administration of the drug. Each subject received a constant‐rate …

To evaluate the ability of two dimensional echocardiography to identify and classify
ventricular septal defects, 280 infants and children with clinically significant ventricular …

Of 600 patients with acute myocardial infarction admitted directly to a coronary-care unit 50
(8· 3%) developed ventricular fibrillation (VF). A further 21 patients with this arrhythmia were …

OBJECTIVE: To report initial experience with a new occlusion device for native and residual
patent ductus arteriosus. DESIGN: Descriptive study of consecutive non-randomised …

Bundle-branch block complicated 68 out of 806 cases of acute myocardial infarction
managed in a coronary-care unit and was associated with a mortality of 56 per cent. Twenty …

An unusual case of Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis involving an aortic homograft
valve is presented. Although the patient was young (a 17 year old man) and showed few of …

Transcatheter balloon valvuloplasty had been established as the treatment of choice in
patients with pulmonary valvar stenosis. Non surgical closure of secundum atrial defects by …

Atrial flutter in the newborn resulting from maternal lithium ingestion Page 1 Archives of
Disease in Childhood, 1983, 58, 538-549 Short reports Atrial flutter in the newborn resulting …