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Thoracic aortic aneurysm

Tzu Chi Medical Journal, 2015
Aortic diseases contribute to the high overall cardiovascular mortality rate. The Global Burden Disease 2010 project demonstrated that the overall global death rate from aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection has increased in the past decade. Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of aortic diseases emphasize rapid and efficacious diagnostic ...
Chang, Po-Yu, Li, Yin-Ming
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Traumatic rupture of the aorta : a case report and discussion of clinical features [PDF]

, 2012
A young female patient was involved in a head-on collision and sustained a rupture of the aortic isthmus. She underwent emergency surgical repair of an aortic pseudo-aneurysm with an interposition graft.
Casha, Aaron, Manche, Alexander, Tomic, Vladimir, Zerafa, Mario   +3 more
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Renal Infarct After Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Consider in Back Pain Differential [PDF]

, 2020
As hypertension, obesity, and hyperlipidemia become more widespread, the prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) has also increased.1 Traditionally those with multiple comorbidities – also those with greatest AAA mortality – were considered too ...
Hackett, Anthony, Liu, Sophia Y.
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Aortic Pathology Determines Midterm Outcome After Endovascular Repair of the Thoracic Aorta Report From the Medtronic Thoracic Endovascular Registry (MOTHER) Database [PDF]

, 2013
Background—Endovascular repair of the thoracic aorta has become an increasingly utilized therapy. Although the short-term mortality advantage over open surgery is well documented, late mortality and the impact of presenting pathology on long-term ...
Benjamin Patterson, Brunt ME, Chrisoph Nienaber, Matt Thompson, Peter Holt, Richard Cambria, Ronald Fairman   +6 more
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Identifying and overcoming barriers to referral in advanced heart failure. A scientific statement of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC

European Journal of Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Barriers and solutions to referral and therapy implementation in advanced heart failure. EMR, electronic medical record; HF, heart failure; HT, heart transplantation; ICARe‐HF, integrated care for advanced heart failure; LVAD, left ventricular assist device; MCS, mechanical circulatory support; OMT, optimal medical therapy; RCT, randomized controlled ...
Guillaume Baudry, Maria Generosa Crespo‐Leiro, Clément Delmas, Federica Guidetti, Marta Jimenez‐Blanco Bravo, Federica Valente, Maja Cikes, Nicolas Girerd, Finn Gustafsson, Gianluigi Savarese, Linda W. van Laake, Loreena Hill, Anne Kathrine Skibelund, Andreas Zuckermann, Marco Metra, Kevin Damman   +15 more
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Chronic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Presenting 29 Years following Trauma

Case Reports in Surgery, 2015
Blunt, nonpenetrating injuries of the thoracic aorta are uncommon and associated with a high mortality rate within the first hour. Aortic injury is missed in 1-2% of patients that survive to hospital, and a chronic thoracic aortic aneurysm may ...
Sarah Miller, Prashant Kumar, Rene Van den Bosch, Adib Khanafer   +3 more
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Parallel Graft Technique in a Complex Aortic Aneurysm: The Value of Intra-operative Flexibility from The Original Operative Plan

EJVES Short Reports, 2019
Introduction: The parallel grafting technique (PGT) is a valuable alternative to prefabricated branched or fenestrated endovascular aortic repair. An often overlooked advantage of PGT is its unique adaptability to different anatomical challenges that ...
Ricardo Castro-Ferreira, Paulo G. Dias, Sérgio M. Sampaio, José F. Teixeira, Armando C. Lobato   +4 more
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Spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage due to coarctation of aorta and intraspinal collaterals : a rare presentation [PDF]

, 2012
The occurrence of spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) in association with coarctation of thoracic aorta and absence of intracranial aneurysm is a rare association.
Devara, Anil K.V., Joseph, S., Uppu, S.C.   +2 more
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Diagnostic Value of Computed Tomography Angiography for Detecting Bronchial Artery‐Pulmonary Artery Fistula in Patients With Hemoptysis and Findings Associated With Its Presence

iRADIOLOGY, EarlyView.
The computed tomography angiography (CTA) is a very effective tool for detecting bronchial artery‐pulmonary artery fistula (BPF) in hemoptysis patients, the CTA and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) had high consistency in detecting the BPF in our finding.
Liaoyi Lin, Dandan Mao, Junwei Ni, Zhenzhang Wang, Yonghua Chen, Sini Wang, Xianwu Ni, Qingshan Deng, Na Li, Pingping Fu, Yi Man, Cong Chen, Jinjin Liu, Houzhang Sun   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correlation between coronary artery calcium score and aorta diameter in population with long-standing hypertension using noncontrast CT scan

Arterial Hypertension, 2022
BACKGROUND: Early detection of aortic aneurysms is challenging in hypertensive patients due to the high risk of life-threatening ruptures. Limited studies on the relationship between coronary artery calcium and aortic diameter are present.
Sarab Hilal Abdulhussein, Muna Abdul Ghani Zghair, Qays Ahmed Hassan   +2 more
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