https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/3633 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:17:40 GMT 2026-04-09T23:17:40Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/4225 Title: The chest x-ray in congenital heart disease 3 Authors: Somerville, Jane; Grech, Victor E. Abstract: This paper is the third of our series focusing on the chest x-ray (CXR) as a useful investigation in congenital heart disease.1 Yet again, we remind the readers that the CXR is a simple, quick and cheap test that yields useful diagnostic information, heart size, lung pathology as well as providing a readily available documentation of these facts for serial comparison. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/4225 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/4223 Title: Pneumopericardium due to long sheath during transcatheter closure of PFO Authors: Pac, Feyza Aysenur; Kibar, Ertugrul; Polat, Tugcin Bora; Topaloglu, Serkan Abstract: Pneumopericardium due to long sheath during transcatheter closure of PFO Pneumopericardium is a rare complication of following cardiovasculer intervention. Untreated, it can lead to cardiac tamponade and thus must be promptly identified to treat the underlying etiology. This article reports a 64 year-old-woman developed pneumopericardium during transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO). While retrieiving the loader through the long sheath which was placed in to the left upper pulmonary vein, radiolucent areas along the anterior wall of the heart was detected, suggesting pneumopericardium. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/4223 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/4219 Title: The caveats in the diagnosis of anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) Authors: Varghese, M.J.; Kothari, Shyam S. Abstract: Anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is an infrequent, well described, but important anomaly of the coronary origin. Early diagnosis and prompt surgical treatment of the disease can be life saving. However, there are several potential sources of error in the seemingly simple stereotype diagnostic pattern. This article reports a case of ALCAPA and allude to some of the caveats in the diagnosis of this entity. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/4219 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/4218 Title: Diagnosis of aortic origin of a pulmonary artery by echocardiography Authors: Taksande, Amar M.; Thomas, E.; Gautami, V.; Murthy, K.S. Abstract: The aortic origin of right or left branch pulmonary artery is a rare cardiac anomaly in which the right pulmonary artery usually arises from the ascending aorta just above the aortic sinuses, whereas the main pulmonary artery and the other pulmonary branch arise in their normal position. This article reports a rare case of isolated origin of right pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/4218 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z