From 1956 to 1980 85 patients were admitted to the Brompton Hospital, London, with
pulmonary aspergilloma. The mean follow-up period was 8.7 years and 85% of patients …

Between 1964 and 1986 a total of 71 pulmonary embolectomies were performed for acute
massive pulmonary embolism. All patients were severely compromised haemodynamically …

The management and results of treatment in 181 children with coarctation of the aorta are
presented. In this series, 79% of the patients presented in the first year of life and 55 …

The combined use of an artificial pacemaker and the insertion of a myocardial electrode has
been described and demonstrated to be an effective method of controlling the heart rate at …

During 1975, 67 patients underwent attempted repair of mixed mitral valve disease by use of
the new mitral plication suture (MPS) technique. Ninety per cent had succesful repair and 10 …

Between 1970 and 1981, 12% of patients undergoing mitral valve surgery were found to
have chordal rupture. Spontaneous or primary rupture accounted for 74.6% of patients …

Liposarcoma is a rare tumour accounting for only 15-20% of sarcomas. They usually
originate in the interfascial planes of the legs or retroperitoneum. 1 Even rarer is mediastinal …

We present a series of 90 patients who underwent sleeve lobectomy for malignant bronchial
tumors at the Brompton Hospital, London, between 1964 and 1974. The operative mortality …

Between January, 1975, and October, 1978, a total of 243 patients underwent repair of the
mitral valve with a suture plication technique. Mitral valve replacement (MVR) was …

During the year 1978, the decision to perform cardiac catheterization in patients with
valvular heart disease was delayed until clinical and noninvasive assessment had been …