Massive Left Ventricular Aneurysm After Inferior Infarction
Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2023 True ventricular aneurysm is a rare complication of myocardial infarction. After a 53-year-old man presented late with an inferior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, he was found to have a massive posterobasal left ventricular aneurysm.
Sachin Aggarwal +6 more
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Surgical Repair of a Giant Right Atrium Aneurysm That was Incidentally Found in a Boy
Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports, 2022 Giant right atrial aneurysms are rare defects with different clinical presentations ranging from lack of symptoms to heart failure. They are diagnosed based on incidental findings.
Behnam Shakerian +1 more
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Inverse modelling of an aneurysm's stiffness using surrogate-based optimization and fluid-structure interaction simulations [PDF]
, 2012 Characterization of the mechanical properties of arterial tissues is highly relevant. In this work, we apply an inverse modelling approach to a model accounting for an aneurysm and the distal part of the circulation which can be modified using two ...
Couckuyt, Ivo +4 more
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Risk stratification by pre-operative cardiopulmonary exercise testing improves outcomes following elective abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery : a cohort study [PDF]
, 2013 Background: In 2009, the NHS evidence adoption center and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published a review of the use of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs).
AR Thompson +39 more
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Posterior mitral leaflet aneurysm – A rare cause of mitral regurgitation
Indian Heart Journal, 2012 Posterior mitral leaflet aneurysm is a very rare complication of infective endocarditis. A 28-year-old athlete got admitted with fever, congestive heart failure and multi-organ dysfunction syndrome.
Vijayakumar Subban +3 more
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Targeting interleukin-1β protects from aortic aneurysms induced by disrupted transforming growth factor β signaling [PDF]
, 2017 Aortic aneurysms are life-threatening conditions with effective treatments mainly limited to emergency surgery or trans-arterial endovascular stent grafts, thus calling for the identification of specific molecular targets.
Bizzotto, Dario +13 more
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Perspectives on the revised Ghent criteria for the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome [PDF]
, 2015 Three international nosologies have been proposed for the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome (MFS): the Berlin nosology in 1988; the Ghent nosology in 1996 (Ghent-1); and the revised Ghent nosology in 2010 (Ghent-2).
Bannas, Peter +13 more
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Coronary artery fistula with or without aneurysm: A large comparative study
Heliyon, 2023 Background: The knowledge of coronary artery fistula (CAF) with coronary aneurysm mostly comes from case reports and is very limited. However, the management of CAF with and without aneurysm is different, more understanding of its clinical and imaging ...
Li-Han Yang +4 more
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Emerging pharmacological treatments to prevent abdominal aortic aneurysm growth and rupture [PDF]
, 2015 Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a local expansion of the abdominal aorta wall caused by a complex multifactorial maladaptive vascular remodeling. Despite recent advances in the management of cardiovascular diseases, there currently is no established ...
Fraga-Silva, Rodrigo +2 more
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A Rare Cause of Dyspnea: Sudden Rupture of Aortic Valsalva Sinus Aneurysm
Case Reports in Medicine, 2013 Aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva is an uncommon cardiac abnormality; however, the most common complication is rupture into the right heart chambers or rarely towards the left chambers.
Erdinç Arıkan +4 more
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