[Value of the study of the arterial pressure values under exercise in normotensive and hypertensive patients]. / Intérêt de l'étude à l'effort chez le normotendu et chez l'hypertendu des chiffres de la pression artérielle

Study of the blood pressure and cardiac rate changes in the course of an exercise test makes it possible to assess the possibilities of cardiovascular adaptation. This "induced arterial hyperrtensive subjects from those who possibly are not, and to assess correctly the blood pressure changes observed in various circumstances. On effort, an approach of the severity of the haemodynamic disturbance of the consequences of this disturbance, of the efficiency of treatment.

[Rupture of the tricuspid cordae simulating a right intraventricular tumor]. / Rupture de cordage tricuspidien simulant une tumeur intra-ventriculaire droite

Ruptured chordae tendinae of the tricuspid valve is exceptional. It results in an intense valvular incompetence through systolic eversion of one leaflet. In fact, this is not always the case, and in patient reported, the clinical picture suggested an obstacle to right ventricular ejection with paroxysmal phenomena of the faintness type, indicating the temporary obstruction of the pulmonary pathway. Right cine-angiocardiography demonstrated a mobile intraventricular neoformationreaching in systole the pulmonary sub-valvar area. No tumour was found on operation. The patient died in the post-operative period. On post-mortem examination there was a rupture of tricuspid chordae tendinae and a raise of the anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve into the pulmonary infundibulum. Rupture could be related to a severe thoracic trauma which had occurred 17 years previously.

[Myxoma of the left ventricle. Apropos of a successfully operated case]. / Les myxomes du ventricule gauche. A propos d'un cas opéré avec succès

Left ventricular myxomata are exceptional (12 published cases). In the case reported, the clinical picture included emboli (cerebral and coronary) and syncope. Auscultation, the electrocardiogram and the phonomechanocardiographic tracings suggested an impaired left ventricular ejection, while the left ventriculography demonstrated the tumour and the coronary arteriography its vascular relationship with the right coronary artery. Cure was obtained by surgical removal. In that respect, an attempt was made to describe the clinical and paraclinical bases for the diagnosis of the myxomata of the left ventricle.

[Chronic pericardial effusion and congenital cardiopathy]. / Epanchement péricardique chronique et cardiopathie congénitale

Report of one case of chronic pericardial effusion combined with pulmonary valve stenosis and atrial septal defect in a man aged 31, hospitalized for congestive heart failure. The relationship between these two diseases were studied, and the diagnostic and therapeutic problems posed were studied.