Aortal regurgitation and atrioventricular block III in Wegener's granulomatosis

The article presents a clinical observation of a female patient suffering from Wegener's granulomatosis with a rare variant of cardiac involvement--a combination of an aortal valvular disease (aortal regurgitation) and total atrioventricular blockade--who later underwent pacemaker implantation. The direct cause of the lethal outcome in this patient was destructive pancreatitis. Data from Russian and foreign literature on cardiac pathology in patients with Wegener's granulomatosis are analyzed.     

Pulmonary lesions in Wegener's granulomatosis

Pulmonary lesions are the commonest and prognostically unfavourable visceral pathology in Wegener's granulomatosis. The author discusses clinically and reongenologically detectable lesions associated with this systemic vasculitis with special reference to its most severe forms (alveolar bleeding and infectious complications frequently caused by active immunosuppressive therapy). Diagnostic (including early) and modem therapeutic modalities of Wegener's granulomatosis are considered.     

Amplatzer堵闭器与外科手术治疗继发孔型房间隔缺损的比较

房间隔缺损(ASD)是一种常见的先天性心脏病,大约占先天性心脏病总数的10%~15%[1]。心脏直视手术治疗ASD一直作为标准的治疗方法,疗效较好。近几年,随着介入医学的发展,ASD的介入治疗逐渐成为主流[2]。本院自2002年开始开展介入方法治疗房间隔缺损。为了探讨该方法的效果,并对其