The objectives of this study were to establish the prevalence of pulmonary artery dilatation in Marfan syndrome using modern radiological methods and to correlate the diameter of the vessel with ...

Direct visualization of an anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk (ALCA) is not always possible by cross-sectional echocardiography (CSE). By contrast, a large right coronary artery ...

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2011;9(12):1527-1538. Russell also observed in the specimens analyzed by his group that pulmonary dominance was found only when the aortic component of the trunk was ...

A66-year-old man consulted his family physician because of progressive dyspnea. He had a history of hypertension and dyslipidemia, but no personal or family history of cardiac or respiratory diseases.

Common arterial trunk is a congenital malformation that is relatively uncommon, representing 0.21–0.34% of congenital heart disease. Natural history, if not treated, leads to early death. Cardiac ...