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Primary Epiploic Appendagitis [PDF]

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015
A previously healthy 27-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a three-day history of left lower quadrant pain. He denied fever, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. Vital signs were unremarkable, and physical examination revealed tenderness in the left iliac fossa without peritoneal signs.
Yang, Po-Jen, Lee, Yu-Sung, Chuang, Chung-Hsun   +2 more
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Cardiac CT evaluation of left atrial diverticulum and accessory appendage

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2022
Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence, location, size, and morphological features of the left atrial accessory appendage and diverticulum with cardiac computed tomography.
Sadullah Şimşek, Cihan Akgül Özmen, Yasemin Kansu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Left Atrial Appendage Closure: A Current Overview Focused on Technical Aspects and Different Approaches

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
Several studies in literature have shown that 90% of emboli related to non-valvular atrial fibrillation originate from left atrial appendage. Percutaneous closure or surgical exclusion of left atrial appendage in patients with high bleeding and high ...
Fabrizio Guarracini, Marta Martin, Massimiliano Marini, Stefano Branzoli, Giulia Casagranda, Daniele Muser, Giovanni B. Forleo, Alessio Gasperetti, Massimo Di Marco, Stefano Guarracini, Roberto Bonmassari, Patrizio Mazzone, Antonio M Calafiore, Michele Di Mauro   +13 more
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Early evolution of the lungfish pectoral fin endoskeleton: evidence from the Middle Devonian (Givetian) Pentlandia macroptera

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2014
As the closest living relatives of tetrapods, lungfishes are frequently used as extant models for exploring the fin-to-limb transition. These studies have generally given little consideration to fossil taxa.
Emma eJude, Zerina eJohanson, Anton eKearsley, Matt eFriedman   +3 more
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Demonstration of Patient-Specific Simulations to Assess Left Atrial Appendage Thrombogenesis Risk

bioRxiv, 2020
Atrial fibrillation (AF) alters left atrial (LA) hemodynamics, which can lead to thrombosis in the left atrial appendage (LAA), systemic embolism and stroke.
M. García-Villalba, L. Rossini, A. Gonzalo, D. Vigneault, P. Martínez‐Legazpi, O. Flores, J. Bermejo, E. McVeigh, A. Kahn, J. C. del Álamo   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Application of transesophageal echocardiography, left atrial appendage angiography, cardiac computed tomography angiography, and three-dimensional reconstruction model in left atrial appendage occlusion

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2020
Objective: The objective was to evaluate the application of transesophageal echocardiography, left atrial appendage angiography, cardiac computed tomography angiography, and three-dimensional reconstruction model in the left atrial appendage occlusion ...
Huang Hao Lei, Li Hua Kang, Song Zhi Yuan, Wan Chen, Yao Qing   +4 more
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Evaluating Real-World Clinical Outcomes in Atrial Fibrillation Patients Receiving the WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage Closure Technology: Final 2-Year Outcome Data of the EWOLUTION Trial Focusing on History of Stroke and Hemorrhage

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, 2019
Background: Left atrial appendage occlusion with WATCHMAN has emerged as viable alternative to vitamin K antagonists in randomized controlled trials.
L. Boersma, H. Ince, S. Kische, E. Pokushalov, T. Schmitz, B. Schmidt, T. Gori, F. Meincke, A. Protopopov, T. Betts, P. Mazzone, D. Foley, M. Grygier, H. Sievert, T. D. De Potter, E. Vireca, K. Stein, M. Bergmann, A. Al Nooryani, T. Fiedler, G. Senatore, F. Brigadeau, P. Defaye, E. Teiger, J. Bonnet, C. Wald, T. Szili-Torok, W. Tschishow, D. Crossland, A. Vahanian, I. Cruz-González, J. Thambo, Faisal Al Smadi, H. Mudra, Robin Molitoris, R. Folkeringa, Y. Stevenhagen, D. Gras, C. Tamburino, G. Molon, M. Spence, Eduardo Infante Oliveira, E. Merkulov, A. Sukiennik, T. Wong, M. Busch, L. Boldt, G. Nickenig, M. Neef   +48 more
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Device-Related Thrombus After Left Atrial Appendage Closure: Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes

Circulation, 2018
Background: In patients with atrial fibrillation, left atrial appendage closure with the Watchman device prevents thromboembolism from the left atrial appendage; however, thrombus may form on the left atrial face of the device, and then potentially ...
Srinivas R. Dukkipati, S. Kar, D. Holmes, S. Doshi, V. Swarup, D. Gibson, Brijeshwar Maini, N. Gordon, M. Main, V. Reddy   +9 more
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Clinical and Histomorphological Features of Cutaneous Adnexal Neoplasms: A Series of Eighteen Cases [PDF]

National Journal of Laboratory Medicine
Cutaneous Adnexal Neoplasms (CAN) are rare skin tumours with varied morphology that are often misdiagnosed clinically. The definitive diagnosis of these tumours can only be made by Histopathology (HP) based on their appendage differentiation. Though rare
Shaheen Khan, Shital Subhash Gosavi, Bagishri Gogate, Madhulika Hemant Katey, Alefiya Hatim Kanpurwala   +4 more
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Left atrial appendage closure for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: current status and perspectives

European Heart Journal
Graphical Abstract Graphical Abstract Rationale for left atrial appendage closure. Because of changing demographics, the number of atrial fibrillation patients is expected to double in industrialized countries within the next two decades.
U. Landmesser, C. Skurk, A. Tzikas, Volkmar Falk, Vivek Y. Reddy, S. Windecker   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source