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Hybrid debranching and TEVAR of the aortic arch off-pump, in re-do patients with complicated chronic type-A aortic dissections : a critical report [PDF]
Background: Patients suffering from acute type A aortic dissection undergo replacement of the ascending aorta, the proximal hemiarch or complete aortic arch, depending on the extent of the individual pathology.
Brechtel, Klaus +3 more
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ABSTRACT Background Since 1997 the Building Trades National Medical Screening Program (BTMed) has offered medical exams to construction workers employed in US nuclear weapons facilities. The process consists of two steps: (1) a detailed work history interview; and (2) a medical exam.
Knut Ringen +11 more
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After Endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm, a systemic inflammatory response, named postimplantation syndrome, can develop. This syndrome is characterized by fever, leukocytosis, and elevated CRP plasma levels and its pathogenetic mechanisms ...
Valentina Silvestrin +5 more
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Successful Surgical Abdominal Aortic Debranching Preceding Stent Graft Implantation: A Case Report
Background Acute endovascular aneurysm repair with stent grafts (thoracic endovascular aortic repair [TEVAR]) is safe and feasible. Case Description A 64-year-old female presented with a perforated aortic aneurysm of the thoracic descending ...
Magdalena L. Laux +3 more
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Abstract We report an uncommon case of perforated peritonitis resulting from the migration of a single‐puncture gastric wall fixation device following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. An 83‐year‐old male developed acute peritonitis 6 days post‐procedure, requiring emergency surgery.
Yuu Kodama +8 more
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Summary: We investigate the relationship between glycemic traits—specifically type 2 diabetes mellitus, fasting glucose, fasting insulin, glycated hemoglobin, and 2-hour post-load glucose—and thoracic aortic morphology and diseases.
Tselmen Daria, MD, PhD +19 more
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Surgical treatment of giant cardiac aneurysm with pseudoaneurysm in a colon carcinoma patient [PDF]
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a rare and lethal condition associated with a high risk of rapid enlargement and rupture. It develops after transmural myocardial infarction (MI), cardiac surgery, trauma, or infection.
Alşalaldeh, M. +3 more
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ABSTRACT Aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) is a rare but life‐threatening condition. Initial management typically includes thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) or aortic graft replacement to achieve hemostasis, followed by esophagectomy with aortic graft replacement and greater omentum wrapping to eliminate the source of infection.
Ryosuke Kawagoe +4 more
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A 77-year-old woman presented with symptomatic thoracic aortic aneurysm within a dissected thoracoabdominal aorta distal to a previous Dacron ascending aortic replacement.
Katherine M. Buddemeyer, BS +3 more
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ABSTRACT Chronic disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a rare complication of an aortic aneurysm (AA), and it may go unnoticed because patients are often asymptomatic. The condition is sometimes first recognized when trauma or an invasive procedure triggers a sudden and severe difficulty in achieving hemostasis.
Hiroyuki Endo +5 more
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