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550 Xie et al. In this case the transesophageal echocardiogram provided a precise quantification and localization of the blood cysts, which aided in planning the surgical procedure and sparing of the native mitral valve. REFERENCES l. Begg JG. Blood filled cysts in the cardiac valve cusps in foetal life and infancy. Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology 1964;87:177-8. 2. Sakakibara S, Katsuhara K, Iida Y, Nishida H. Pulmonary subvalvular turnor. Diseases of the Chest 1967;51:637-41. 3. Bliddal J, Christensen N, Efsen F. Intracardial blood cyst caus- ing subpulrnonary stenosis in congenitally corrected transpo- sition. European Journal of Cardiology 1977;5:17-27. Correction Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 4. Gallucci V, Stritoni P, Fasoli G, Thiene G. Giant blood cyst of tricuspid valve: successful excision in an infant. Br Heart J 1976;38:990-2. 5. Leatherman L, Leachman RD, Hallman GL, Cooley DA. Cyst of the mitral valve. Am J Cardiol 1968;21:428-30. 6. Hauser AM, Rathod K, McGill J, Rosenberg BF, Gordon S, Timmis GC. Blood cyst of the papillary muscle: clinical, echo- cardiographic and anatomic observations. Am J Cardiol 1983;51 :612-3. 7. Arnold IR, Huhner PJB, Firmin RK. Blood filled cyst of the papillary muscle of the mitral valve producing severe left ven- tricular outflow tract obstruction. Br Heart J 1990;63:132-3. 8. Boyd TAB. Blood cysts on the heart valves of infants. Am J Pathol 1949;25:757-9. 9. Levinson SA, Learner A. Blood cysts on the heart valves of newborn infants. Archives of Pathology 1932;14:810-7. In the article by Gardin et al. entitled "Echocardiographic design of a multicenter investigation of free-living elderly subjects: the cardiovascular health study'' (J AM Soc EECHOCARDIOGR 1992;5:63-72), the formula on page 68 for determining left ventricular wall stress (LVESS) was incorrectly printed. The correct formula is as follows: LVESS = 0.334 P x (LVIDs) PWTs x [1+(PWTs/LVIDs)] where P is the systolic arm-cuff pressure, PWTs is the left ventricular posterior wall thickness in systole, and LVIDs is the left ventricular dimension in systole.
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550 Xie et al.
In this case the transesophageal echocardiogram provided a precise quantification and localization of the blood cysts, which aided in planning the surgical procedure and sparing of the native mitral valve.
REFERENCES
l. Begg JG. Blood filled cysts in the cardiac valve cusps in foetal life and infancy. Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology 1964;87:177-8.
2. Sakakibara S, Katsuhara K, Iida Y, Nishida H. Pulmonary subvalvular turnor. Diseases of the Chest 1967;51:637-41.
3. Bliddal J, Christensen N, Efsen F. Intracardial blood cyst causing subpulrnonary stenosis in congenitally corrected transposition. European Journal of Cardiology 1977;5:17-27.
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4. Gallucci V, Stritoni P, Fasoli G, Thiene G. Giant blood cyst of tricuspid valve: successful excision in an infant. Br Heart J 1976;38:990-2.
5. Leatherman L, Leachman RD, Hallman GL, Cooley DA. Cyst of the mitral valve. Am J Cardiol 1968;21:428-30.
6. Hauser AM, Rathod K, McGill J, Rosenberg BF, Gordon S, Timmis GC. Blood cyst of the papillary muscle: clinical, echocardiographic and anatomic observations. Am J Cardiol 1983;51 :612-3.
7. Arnold IR, Huhner PJB, Firmin RK. Blood filled cyst of the papillary muscle of the mitral valve producing severe left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Br Heart J 1990;63:132-3.
8. Boyd TAB. Blood cysts on the heart valves of infants. Am J Pathol 1949;25:757-9.
9. Levinson SA, Learner A. Blood cysts on the heart valves of newborn infants. Archives of Pathology 1932;14:810-7.
In the article by Gardin et al. entitled "Echocardiographic design of a multicenter investigation of free-living elderly subjects: the cardiovascular health study'' (J AM Soc EECHOCARDIOGR 1992;5:63-72), the formula on page 68 for determining left ventricular wall stress (LVESS) was incorrectly printed. The correct formula is as follows:
LVESS = 0.334 P x (LVIDs) PWTs x [1+(PWTs/LVIDs)]
where P is the systolic arm-cuff pressure, PWTs is the left ventricular posterior wall thickness in systole, and L VIDs is the left ventricular dimension in systole.
