The incidence of duodenal atresia is 1 in 10,000 live births. The characteristic "double-bubble" sign, corresponding to the dilated stomach and the duodenum, can be seen on ultrasound and is often ...

Atresia: A congenital absence or complete occlusion of a normal bodily lumen, particularly within the gastrointestinal tract. Stenosis: A congenital narrowing of a bodily passage, which in the ...

The heart’s four valves – the mitral, aortic, pulmonary, and tricuspid – open and close to move blood around the body. If a valve becomes damaged or stretched, it can also become leaky.

HIFU uses ultrasound waves to kill cancer cells by heating them to high temperatures. In some patients, HIFU can be used to treat prostate cancer without having to use surgery, radiation, or ...

Surgical repair of tricuspid atresia has been carried out in three patients; two of these operations have been successful. A new surgical procedure has been used which transmits the whole vena caval ...

A limited experience with an initial series of nine patients operated upon for tricuspid atresia using a modified superior vena cava to right pulmonary artery anastomosis is presented. The modified ...

To investigate the hypothesis that during the development of biliary atresia, early changes in hepatobiliary transport are mainly related to the inflammatory process and lead to intrahepatic ...

What Should Parents Know About Choroid Plexus Cyst Follow-Up and Testing? Most choroid plexus cysts found during the anatomical ultrasound go away and can’t be seen in later ultrasounds.

The prevalence of tricuspid atresia is 0.3%-3.7% in patients with congenital heart disease. Three types of tricuspid atresia are described, depending on the associated relationship of the great ...

The morphology of the atrioventricular (A-V) conduction system was studied by serial histologic section in two cases of tricuspid atresia type IB (without transposition of the great arteries, with ...

For the estimated 1.6 million Americans diagnosed with symptomatic tricuspid valve regurgitation each year, a significant ...

Five neonates with congenital tricuspid incompetence due to severe tethering of the tricuspid valve to the right ventricle by abnormal chordal and papillary muscle attachments are described. The ...