Percutaneous Direct Puncture of Occluded Superficial Femoral Artery in Buerger’s Disease
Purpose: The purpose is to to describe the relatively rare involvement of the superficial femoral artery (SFA) in Buerger’s disease and the direct puncture technique used in complete occlusion.
Ali Firat +3 more
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Buerger's disease is associated with ulcers in the extremities with the possibility of amputation. The prevalence of the disease among all patients with peripheral arterial disease ranged 5%–10%.
Santosh Y Mudakappagol +3 more
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Dark nights behind the white clouds [PDF]
Tobacco smoking is the common practice in a large percentage of the population worldwide, and the incidence is continuously increasing. Tobacco smoking is the most preventable cause of lung cancer, and it also impairs oral health.
Zainul, Zarin
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Psychiatric sequelae of thromboangiitis obliterans: a case report and review of the literature
Background Peripheral manifestations secondary to progressive vascular occlusions are characteristic of the rare condition termed thromboangiitis obliternas (TAO) or Buerger’s disease.
Mahmoud A. Awara +2 more
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Following the banking cycle of umbilical cord blood in India: the disparity between prebanking persuasion and post-banking utilization [PDF]
To address critique of the rare uptake of umbilical cord blood (UCB) in private banks, hybrid-banking models would combine the advantages of ‘public UCB banking’ and private UCB banking by responding to both market forces and public needs.
Agarwal M. B. +6 more
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The public health harm of tobacco and its prevention in Hong Kong [PDF]
This paper briefly reviews the health hazards associated with smoking, including passive smoking, with specific reference to local (Hong Kong) evidence. A Medline search of Hong Kong papers from January 1966 to January 1998 was made, and these and other ...
Lam, TH
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A comparison of the reparative and angiogenic properties of mesenchymal stem cells derived from the bone marrow of BALB/c and C57/BL6 mice in a model of limb ischemia [PDF]
Introduction: BALB/c mice and C57/BL6 mice have different abilities to recover from ischemia. C57/BL6 mice display increased vessel collateralization and vascular endothelial growth factor expression with a consequent rapid recovery from ischemia ...
Cunha, Flavia Franco +4 more
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Spontaneous Hemothorax and Hemoptysis in Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis: A Case Report
Histologic lung section illustrating chronic vasculitis characteristic of GPA. ABSTRACT Spontaneous hemothorax is a rare but potentially life‐threatening manifestation of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). This case highlights the importance of considering vasculitis in unexplained hemothorax and underscores the role of early surgical intervention
Paolo Scanagatta +7 more
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Buerger’s Disease in Tehran University of Medical Sciences Hospitals: A Fifteen Years Study [PDF]
Buerger's disease is an occlusive inflammatory disease of the small and medium-sized arteries and accounts for a variable proportion of patients with peripheral vascular disease throughout the world.
Javad Salimi +3 more
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Buerger’s disease, or thromboangiitis obliterans, is a severe disabling systemic disease of vessels. The paper describes a case of thromboangiitis obliterans in a patient with three extremities amputated during vascular therapy.
Ilshat Ravilevich Gaisin +6 more
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