Successful Treatment of Secondary Aortoenteric Fistula with a Special Graft by Ömer Faruk Çiçek, Mustafa Cüneyt Çiçek, Ersin Kadiroğulları, Alper Uzun, Mahmut Ulaş

“…Diagnosis of secondary aortoenteric fistula was made between the left limb of the aortobifemoral graft and the descending colon. We performed excision of the infected graft and in situ silver acetate coating of prosthetic vascular graft replacement (aortoleft femoral) on the patient. …”
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Massive bigravity as a presymplectic BV-AKSZ sigma-model by Maxim Grigoriev, Vyacheslav Gritzaenko

“…The constraints determining the submanifold are the supergeometrical realisation of the known Deser-van Nieuwenhuizen condition and its descendant.…”
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Organs Blood Flow during Elevation of Body Temperature in Sevoflurane Anesthetized Rats by Koichi Shimo, Ko Takakura, Kenji Shigemi

“…We conducted in vivo research on 14 male Wistar rats to monitor pulse rate and arterial blood pressure and measure hepatic, small intestinal, renal, and descending aortic blood flow using a laser Doppler blood flowmeter. …”
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Supportive functions of soil organic carbon for ecosystem services in karst desertification areas by Wang Xingfu, Liu Yi, Xiong Kangning, Huang Xianfei, Zhang Zhenming

“…Meanwhile, the SOC content in the different ecosystems was as follows, in descending order: agroforestry land > forest land > grassland. …”
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The Power of Parody: Went With the Wind (1976), a Film Classic Revisited by The Carol Burnett Show (CBS, 1967-1978) by Taïna Tuhkunen

“…In the 1976 TV parody of Gone With the Wind (1939), Carol Burnett descends the grand staircase of a devastated Southern mansion in a green dress made out of antebellum curtains, complete with a rod that blows her shoulders out of proportion. …”
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Biodiversité et équilibre du régime alimentaire by Hélène Pagezy

“…It concerns both ntomba “castes” : the baOto, farmers and fishermen, who also hunt and harvest to a lesser extent ; and the baTwa pygmies, descending from hunters-gatherers, who sometimes fish in flooded forest. …”
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On the Probabilistic Proof of the Convergence of the Collatz Conjecture by Kamal Barghout

“…Considering Collatz function producing random numbers and over sufficient number of iterations, this probability distribution produces numbers in descending order that lead to the convergence of the Collatz function to 1, assuming that the only cycle of the function is 1-4-2-1.…”
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Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for a Ruptured Mycotic Aortic Pseudoaneurysm Secondary to Esophageal Carcinoma by Sean-Tee J. M. Lim, Stephen Murphy, Said Atyani, Michael Anthony Moloney

“…Contrast CT thoracic aorta diagnosed a ruptured mycotic aortic pseudoaneurysm of the descending aorta, forming a life threating aorto-esophageal fistula secondary to neoplasm. …”
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Organ Preservation in a Case of Retroperitoneal Ganglioneuroma: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Santosh Kumar, Shivanshu Singh, Abhishek Chandna

“…The retroperitoneum is a closed space harbouring vital organs including the great vessels, kidneys and adrenal glands, ureters, and the ascending and descending colon. Surgical management of retroperitoneal pathologies may need multiorgan resection in order to achieve complete surgical resection while preservation of surrounding organs should be attempted, especially in case of benign tumors. …”
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Right Coronary Artery STEMI following Blunt Thoracic Trauma by Saad Sikanderkhel, Jon-Austin Ash, Kimberly O’Dell, Jacob Mok, Harish Manyam, John Golding

“…Initial workup including electrocardiogram (ECG), transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE), and uptrending serial troponins warranted coronary angiography, during which occlusive thrombi were discovered in the proximal right coronary artery (pRCA), the right posterolateral vessel (rPL), and the right posterior descending artery (PDA). Subsequently, the patient underwent percutaneous coronary intervention of the RCA and PDA with aspiration thrombectomy. …”
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ST-elevation in aVR with Diffuse ST-segment Depression: Need for Urgent Catheterization? by Bruce M. Lo, Megyn K. Christensen, Katherine E. Schaffer, Theodore J. Tzavaras

“…Discussion: Previous guidelines have suggested that ST-segment elevation with diffuse ST-segment depression should be treated as a ST-elevation myocardial infarction equivalent involving either the left-main or proximal left anterior descending coronary artery. However, recent data suggests that most of these cases may not involve that region. …”
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Incidental Finding of an Undiagnosed Coarctation of the Aorta Causing Dilated Cardiomyopathy in an Adult by Abdalla Ibrahim, Zahir Satti, Ronan Curtin

“…Two weeks following admission he complained of left arm pain and CT upper limb confirmed embolic occlusion of the left brachial artery and incidental severe coarctation of the proximal descending aorta after the origin of the left subclavian artery. …”
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Burkholderia Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Sreelakshmi Panginikkod, Aishwarya Ramachandran, Pratyusha Bollimunta, Roshanak Habibi, Roshan Kumar Arjal, Venu Gopalakrishnan

“…A diagnosis of nondissecting mycotic aneurysm in the descending thoracic aorta was made with the help of CT angiogram and positive blood cultures. …”
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The tragic route of Baron Tiesenhausen by S. A. Papkov

“…O. Tiesenhausen, a descendant of an old Russian noble family. Describes the main stages of the career and life of the baron as vice-governor of the Orenburg and Vyatka provinces and Yakutsk region. …”
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A case-matched series comparing functional outcomes for robotic-assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty versus functionally aligned robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty by Jonathan R. Manara, Macdaniel Nixon, Beth Tippett, Wil Pretty, Dermot Collopy, Gavin W. Clark

“…The UKA group had superior outcomes at three months in the OKS and at one year in ROM (5°), ability to kneel (0.5 points on OKS question), and ascend (1.3 points on OKS question) and descend stairs (0.8 points on OKS question), but these were not greater than the minimal clinically important difference. …”
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Treatment of Iatrogenic Aortocoronary Arteriovenous Fistula with Coronary Covered Stent by Ender Ornek, Harun Kundi, Emrullah Kiziltunc, Mustafa Cetin

“…An 83-year-old man, who underwent coronary artery bypass operation of left internal mammary artery (LIMA) to left anterior descending (LAD) artery, with sequential saphenous vein to the first and second obtuse marginal (OM) branches of circumflex artery 5 years ago and coronary artery stent implantation to right coronary artery 2 months ago, was admitted to the hospital with syncope and chest pain. …”
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Developing a Model for Foot Anthropometric Descriptors for the Design of Prosthesis and Footwear in Nigeria by I.S. Monye, S.A. Omotehinse

“…Thirteen judges ranked the 36 foot anthropometric descriptors in descending order of importance. The data revealed footwear safety (0.811), technology enhancement (0.811), footwear fitness (0.810), Joint girth (0.794) and change in lifestyle (0.768) as dominant descriptors based on their factor loadings. …”
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A Look at Commonly Utilized Serotonin Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs) in Chronic Pain by Christopher Robinson, Suhani Dalal, Ahish Chitneni, Anand Patil, Amnon A. Berger, Syed Mahmood, Vwaire Orhurhu, Alan D. Kaye, Jamal Hasoon

“… # Summary The article describes the function, role, and use of SNRIs to treat chronic and neuropathic pain by altering the noradrenergic descending inhibitory pathways.…”
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St. Thomas Aquinas’ Doctrine of Christ’s Descent into Hades and its implications for African Ancestor Christological discourse by I. Boaheng

“… The statement “he [Christ] descended into Hades” in the Apostles’ Creed has generated theological debate concerning the nature and purpose of the descent and the relationship of Christ to ancestors. …”
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The Origin of Individual Differences in the Course and Severity of Diseases by Sergey N. Rumyantsev

“…The diversity is formed by the mating of genetically different parents that determines the differences in susceptibility of genetically various parts of the descendant organism.…”
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