Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 2019 Background Diseases of the descending aorta have emerged as a clinical issue in Marfan syndrome following improvements in proximal aorta surgical treatment and the consequent increase in life expectancy. Although a role for hemodynamic alterations in the
A. Guala +13 more
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Primary Pseudoaneurysm of the Descending Aorta [PDF]
Indian Journal of Surgery, 2013 Aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) is an atypical cause of massive hematemesis proving to be lethal if left untreated. We report a case of a 56-year-old man who presented with chest pain and hematemesis. He was diagnosed with pseudoaneurysm of the descending aorta and underwent open surgery for primary repair.
Fatimi, Saulat H. +3 more
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Site-Specific Effects of PECAM-1 on Atherosclerosis in LDL Receptor-Deficient Mice [PDF]
, 2008 Objective—Atherosclerosis is a vascular disease that involves lesion formation at sites of disturbed flow under the influence of genetic and environmental factors.
Arora, Shikha +9 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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Immune-Mediated Inflammation May Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Cardiovascular Disease in Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundCardiovascular disease, a progressive manifestation of α-L-iduronidase deficiency or mucopolysaccharidosis type I, continues in patients both untreated and treated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or intravenous enzyme replacement ...
Dickson, Patricia I +7 more
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Surgical Case Reports, 2021 Background In adult patients with primary or recurrent coarctation of the aorta (CoA), extra-anatomic bypass grafting (EABG) has been widely used as a surgical treatment option.
Keisuke Shibagaki +6 more
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Anomaly of the Descending Aorta [PDF]
Circulation, 2015 A 52-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department for an ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction. He did not have any past medical history. We decided to perform an emergent percutaneous coronary intervention with the use of a right femoral arterial puncture. Initially, we failed to advance a 0.035-inch metal guidewire past the level of the
Chan-Hee, Lee, Jang-Won, Son
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Artery Research, 2013 Objectives: estimate determinants of thoracic aorta remodelling in healthy subjects. Methods: 139 subjects (63 women, mean age 39.9) were included.
M.Z.B. Bensalah +5 more
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Descending aortic calcification increases renal dysfunction and in-hospital mortality in cardiac surgery patients with intraaortic balloon pump counterpulsation placed perioperatively : a case control study [PDF]
, 2012 Introduction: Acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery increases length of hospital stay and in-hospital mortality. A significant number of patients undergoing cardiac surgical procedures require perioperative intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP ...
Bingold, Tobias Michael +9 more
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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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