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Contrast-enhanced US-guided percutaneous biopsy of anterior mediastinal lesions

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, 2017
PURPOSE:We aimed to explore the value of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) in guidance of percutaneous biopsy of anterior mediastinal lesions.METHODS:Ninety patients with solitary anterior mediastinal lesions (55 males, 35 females; mean age, 46±4 ...
Dong Yi, Mao Feng, Wang Wen-Ping, Ji Zheng-Biao, Pei-li Fan   +4 more
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Sclerosis of the mammary arteries in perimenopausal women as an early marker of atherosclerosis

Репродуктивная эндокринология, 2019
Purpose of the study. To assess the sclerosis of mammary arteries (SMA) frequency depending on the age and duration of menopause by conducting mammography in the studied women of perimenopausal age. Materials and methods.
А. В. Гурандо, О. О. Єфіменко, І. М. Ретунська   +2 more
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Impact of Preoperative Quantitative Flow Ratio of the Left Anterior Descending Artery on Internal Mammary Artery Graft Patency and Midterm Patient Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Background In coronary artery bypass grafting, grafting a target vessel with nonsignificant stenosis increases the risk of graft failure. The present study aims to investigate the impact of preoperative quantitative flow ratio (QFR), a novel functional ...
Chunyuan Wang, Zhan Hu, Zhihui Hou, Yang Wang, Lei Song, Bo Xu, Changdong Guan, Yu Ning, Wei Feng, Yan Zhang   +9 more
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EMBOLIZATION OF MAMMARY ARTERY BRANCHES AFTER MAMMARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY

Вестник рентгенологии и радиологии, 2016
Even after performed mammary artery bypass surgery, some patients continued to have clinical manifestations of angina pectoris. This may be associated with the development of coronary stealing syndrome due to the fact that the native intrathoracic artery
A. M. Gerasimov, E. V. Merkulov, A. N. Samko, I. Yu. Koshel’   +3 more
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Comparison of the effect of two left internal mammary artery harvesting techniques (skeletonization and pedicled) on post coronary artery bypass surgery pain and bleeding

Research in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2017
Background: Recent evidence suggests that skeletonization of the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) can improve the flow and length of the flow, reduce deep sternal infections and postoperative pain.
Pooya Derakhshan, Mahmood Hosseinzadeh Maleki, Tooba Kazemi, Amir Rahmanian Sharifabad, Hamid Reza Mashreghimoghadam   +4 more
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Echocardiographically Measured Epicardial Fat Predicts New-onset Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Objective: The current study aims to investigate the role of echocardiographically measured epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness in the prediction of new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery ...
Ertugrul Emre Gunturk, Mustafa Topuz, Faruk Serhatlioğlu, Hasan Akkaya   +3 more
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Internal mammary artery dilatation in a patient with aortic coarctation, aortic stenosis, and coronary disease. Case report

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2011
The ideal surgical approach is unclear in adult patients with coarctation of the aorta that is associated with other cardiovascular pathologies that require intervention. Standard median sternotomy allows simultaneous, coronary revascularization surgery,
Martinez Cereijo Jose M, Martinez-de-Alegria Anxo, Martinez Comendador Jose M, Quiroga Juan, Lopez Laura, Alvarez Jose, Dominguez Cristian   +6 more
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Up-regulation of endothelin type B receptors in the human internal mammary artery in culture is dependent on protein kinase C and mitogen-activated kinase signaling pathways

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2008
Background Up-regulation of vascular endothelin type B (ETB) receptors is implicated in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. Culture of intact arteries has been shown to induce similar receptor alterations and has therefore been suggested as a ...
Edvinsson Lars, Gesslein Bodil, Wackenfors Angelica, Gustafsson Lotta, Nilsson David, Paulsson Per, Ingemansson Richard, Malmsjö Malin   +7 more
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A rare case of successful recanalization of the anterior interventricular artery through a mammary-coronary graft in a patient 15 years after coronary artery bypass grafting

Кардиоваскулярная терапия и профилактика, 2018
Progression of atherosclerosis in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) who underwent surgical treatment, manifests itself in the development of dysfunction of the shunts, and in worsening of the condition of native coronary arteries.
M. A. Alekseeva, P. V. Vartanov, E. U. Asymbekova, V. I. loshina, I. P. Shuvaev, Yu. I. Buziashvili   +5 more
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A Rare Case of Haemoptysis Revealing Aortic Coarctation in an Adult

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2020
Haemoptysis is a frequently occurring but sometimes life-threatening condition. Congenital cardiovascular abnormalities are rare causes of haemoptysis. We report a case of a 33-year-old man without any past medical history complaining of haemoptysis with
Ahmed Ben Saad, Asma Achour, Asma Migaou, Saousen Cheikh Mhamed, Nesrine Fahem, Naceur Rouatbi, Samah Joobeur   +6 more
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