The role of posterior aortopexy in the treatment of left mainstem bronchus compression [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVES: We reviewed the role of posterior aortopexy for left mainstem bronchus compression in infants and children. METHODS: Eighteen children with respiratory symptoms were enrolled between 2005 and 2015 for surgical decompression of the left ...
Arcieri, Luigi +9 more
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Forensic expertise of thoracic aorta, heart and pericardial injuries in car-occupant fatalities [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2009 Introduction. Forensic expertise has not specified with certainty any specific injury among fatally injured frontal car-occupants in frontal car collisions. Objective. To establish if blunt injuries of thoracic aorta, heart, and pericardium could be used
Nikolić Slobodan
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Aortic Coarctation: Recent Developments in Experimental and Computational Methods to Assess Treatments for this Simple Condition [PDF]
, 2010 Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is often considered a relatively simple disease, but long-term outcomes suggest otherwise as life expectancies are decades less than in the average population and substantial morbidity often exists.
Feinstein, Jeffrey A. +2 more
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Reoperative surgery on the thoracic aorta [PDF]
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2013 The objective of our study was to report our hospital and long-term results after reinterventions on the thoracic aorta.Between 1986 and 2011, 224 reoperations on the proximal thoracic aorta after previous aortic surgery were performed in our institution. The number of reinterventions quadrupled during the course of the study period.
DI BARTOLOMEO, ROBERTO +6 more
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Infected aneurysm of the thoracic aorta [PDF]
Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2008 Infected aneurysm of the thoracic aorta is rare and can be fatal without surgical treatment. We review our experience with 32 patients during a 12-year period.Retrospective chart review.Between 1995 and 2007, 32 patients (24 men, 8 women) with infected aneurysms of thoracic aorta were treated at our hospital. Their median age was 74 years (range, 50-88
Hsu, RB, Lin, FY
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Emergency rescue stent grafting for a ruptured degenerated graft that bypassed coarctation of the aorta: a case report [PDF]
Kosin Medical Journal, 2022 A 33-year-old man who had undergone bypass from the distal aortic arch to the proximal descending thoracic aorta with a Dacron graft to treat coarctation of the aorta 20 years prior presented to the emergency department with massive hemoptysis.
Jin Ho Choi, Min Suk Choi, Haeyoung Lee
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From Tear to Fear: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Patients With Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020 Background Acute type A aortic dissection presents with abrupt onset of pain that requires emergency surgery. However, minimal research exists on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in survivors.
Selena R. Pasadyn +7 more
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Esophageal Cancer Initially Thought to be Accompanied by a Solitary Metastasis to an Intrathoracic Paraaortic Lymph Node [PDF]
, 2012 Esophageal cancers usually exhibit lymph-node metastases. Although a solitary lymph-node metastasis is occasionally found, the involvement of an intrathoracic paraaortic node is rare.
Akase, Takayoshi +7 more
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Journal of Endovascular Resuscitation and Trauma Management, 2022 Background: Trans-esophageal aortic blood flow occlusion (TEABO) is an emerging technology undergoing laboratory research that offers a strategy for temporary hemorrhage control.
Samuel G Savidge +7 more
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Automatic Segmentation of Thoracic Aorta Segments in Low-Dose Chest CT
, 2018 Morphological analysis and identification of pathologies in the aorta are important for cardiovascular diagnosis and risk assessment in patients. Manual annotation is time-consuming and cumbersome in CT scans acquired without contrast enhancement and ...
de Vos, Bob D. +3 more
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