the pulmonary-artery wedge pressure could not be determined. The clinical diagnosis was mitral stenosis, with severe pulmonary hypertension and secondary pulmonary valvular insufficiency.

The Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has increased its coverage for open heart surgeries to almost P1 million and launched ...

Only 1 of the latter has manifested clinical or radiologic evidence of persistent pulmonary disease beyond four weeks of age, and this may be secondary to a subglottic stenosis (this is the only ...

Pope Francis's hospitalisation for bronchitis is only the latest in a series of health issues suffered by the 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church. Here are some of the medical problems the pontiff ...

Eighteen cases of stenosis of the branches of the pulmonary artery, seen at the Mayo Clinic, have been reviewed and subdivided into two main types: Type I, stenosis of the main branches of the ...

A subsequent magnetic resonance angiography identified a focal moderate stenosis of ≈66% in the proximal ... unexplained or recurrent pulmonary edema, multivessel coronary artery disease with ...

Pulmonary artery stenosis (PAS) is most encountered in the paediatric population as a congenital anomaly. In adults, PAS from extrinsic compression of the pulmonary artery (PA) results from conditions ...

When Tommy Morrison was born, his parents were informed of the unimaginable. Their baby had a serious issue in his heart.

by the main pulmonary artery (MPA). In C, coronary cineangiography showing severe stenosis in the proximal third of the LMCA (arrow). In D, coronary cineangiography showing the LMCA after stenting ...

The four heart defects of tetralogy of Fallot include: Pulmonary stenosis: A narrowed or stiffened pulmonary valve means the pulmonary artery has trouble sending enough blood from the heart to the ...

Officials said Friday that Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary ...