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The effect of dipyridamole (DP) on subendocardial (ENDO) and subepicardial (EPI) blood flow in stenosed and normal regions was determined with radioactive microspheres before and after intravenous infusion of 0.08 mg/kg.min-1 of DP in two g…

A patient with known pelvic endometriosis suffered from recurrent episodes of retrosternal pain in the chest at the time of menstruation. Evaluation during an episode revealed subcutaneous emphysema of the neck and a pneumomediastinum witho…

Despite the preponderance of primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) in young female subjects, documented cases of PPH in association with pregnancy are uncommon. During a 12-month period, 73 female patients with PPH were evaluated as potentia…

Bronchopulmonary endometriosis is a rare cause of hemoptysis. We describe a woman with catamenial hemoptysis which was localized with chest CAT scanning and treated successfully with danazol. The proposed pathogenesis and manifestations of …

Two sisters had documented pelvic endometriosis and catamenial pneumothoraxes. Both were typical of the 54 reported cases of catamenial pneumothorax in that pneumothoraxes were always on the right and occurred only at menses with onset in t…

Five patients with catamenial pneumothorax are reported, four of whom had proven diaphragmatic defects. Two had microscopic diaphragmatic endometrial implants in the area of the defects. No specimen was obtained in two others. A fifth patie…

A case of catamenial pneumothorax is documented. At thoracotomy, there was a small black mass measuring 10 x 6 mm associated with surrounding petechiae on the top of the dome of the right diaphragm. Microscopic examination revealed the pres…