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Haemothorax in a Pregnant Woman Secondary to Rupture of a Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2022
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are abnormal communications between the arteries and veins of the pulmonary vasculature leading to a right-to-left shunt.
Melissa van den Bulck, Claude Berenger Ngah, Hyppolyte Ntula, Yilmaz Gorur, Benoît Cardos, Denis Brisbois, Noel Lorenzo Villalba, Deeba Ali   +7 more
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Traumatic hemothorax due to chance fracture requiring emergency surgical management: A report of two cases

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2018
Traumatic hemothorax is usually caused by thoracic organ damage. Cases of atypical bleeding sources may be difficult to diagnose. Here we present two surgical cases of vertebral fracture that caused hemothorax.
Keigo Okamoto, Masutaro Ichinose, Jun Hanaoka   +2 more
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A rare case of pediatric osteochondroma presenting as hemothorax

Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 2020
Isolated osteochondroma presenting as hemothorax is a rare entity. A 7-year-old boy presented with respiratory distress and diagnosed with hemothorax, and computed tomography showed osteochondroma and removal with resection of the rib was curative.
Pavai Arunachalam, Cenita J Sam, K Jothi Lakshmi, Hari Baskar Shanmugham   +3 more
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CT Utilisation in Emergency Department (ED) Assessment of Patients With Suspected Polytrauma: Impact of a Dedicated Trauma Surgical Team

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction We aimed to assess the impact of introduction of a dedicated trauma surgical unit (TSU) on CT utilisation for polytrauma in the Emergency Department (ED). Methods Single centre retrospective cohort study comparing adult patients undergoing CT for polytrauma following TSU introduction (Intervention group, n = 617) to a historical ...
Rebecca Hong, Salma Qassin, Chris Zhao, Nihal Raju, Zemar Vajuhudeen, Danielle Thom, Casey Paton, Leonid Churilov, Odkhishig Ganbold, Natalie Yang, Gerard Smith, Ruth P. Lim   +11 more
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Acute Type B aortic dissection with right hemothorax

Journal of Medical Sciences, 2019
Normal descending aorta is in the left thorax. Thus, ruptured type B aortic dissection more commonly presents with left hemothorax. However, there is a case of type B dissection complicated with right hemothorax.
Jui-Tsung Chang, Yi-Chang Lin
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Delayed Massive Hemothorax Induced by Tunneled Dialysis Catheter Placement via the Left Internal Jugular Vein: A Case Report

Hemodialysis International, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The tunneled dialysis catheter is among the most commonly used vascular accesses for patients undergoing hemodialysis. Delayed hemothorax resulting from central venous perforation induced by catheterization is a rare but serious complication. However, there are few reports.
Ping Shi, Mengyue Zhu, Yi Zhang, Jun Xu, Hongbin Mou   +4 more
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Delayed hemothorax following blunt thoracic trauma: a case report

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Background Late hemothorax is a rare complication of blunt chest trauma. The longest reported time interval between the traumatic event and the development of hemothorax is 44 days. Case presentation An elderly patient with right-sided rib fractures from
Astrid Carolina Álvarez-Ortega, Alcibíades Aranda-Hoyos, Jose Alejandro Posso-Nuñez, Carlos Alejandro García-González, Juan Carlos Puyana, Álvaro Ignacio Sánchez-Ortiz, Mauricio Velásquez-Galvis   +6 more
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Implantable Defibrillators: Which Is the Best Device for Each Patient?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The first viable alternative to surgical implantation of an epicardial defibrillator system for secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD) was a single chamber transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Thanks to technological advancements over the past 40 years, electrophysiologists now have several options when ...
Graham Peigh, Bradley P. Knight
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New‐Onset Device‐Detected Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Atrial Floating Dipole Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillators: A Propensity Score‐Matched Comparison With Conventional Dual‐Chamber Systems

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Device‐detected subclinical atrial fibrillation (DDAF) is a significant risk factor for major cardiovascular events, especially in implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator (ICD) recipients. The DX ICD, which utilizes a single ventricular lead with a floating atrial dipole, has demonstrated superior performance in diagnosing DDAF ...
Gianfranco Mitacchione, Antonio Curnis, Eduardo Celentano, Giovanni Rovaris, Antonella Battista, Massimiliano Marini, Paolo Della Bella, Vincenzo Ezio Santobuono, Mauro Biffi, Luca Tomasi, Matteo Baroni, Luca Bontempi, Gerardo Nigro, Emilio Di Lorenzo, Donatella Ruggiero, Fabio Franculli, Patrizia Pepi, Miguel Viscusi, Davide Saporito, Matteo Bertini, Gaetano Senatore, Stefano Pedretti, Domenico Pecora, Giovanni Battista Forleo, Francesco Solimene, Valerio Giordano, Riccardo Sacchi, Daniele Giacopelli, Alessio Gargaro, Fabrizio Caravati   +29 more
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Tensioning diaphragmoplasty for treating bilateral phrenic nerve paralysis in a dog

Journal of Small Animal Practice, EarlyView.
A spayed female Miniature dachshund presented with a large mediastinal mass. During thymectomy, the left phrenic nerve, which was encircled by the neoplastic tissue, was resected en bloc with the tumour and the right phrenic nerve was damaged by thermal coagulation from electrosurgery. Postoperatively, the dog exhibited significant respiratory distress
S. Matsumoto, K. Hosoya, S. Kim, M. Okumura   +3 more
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