Infected Pseudoaneurysm of the Superficial Femoral Artery in a Patient with Salmonella enteritidis Bacteremia by MA Hussain, G Roche-Nagle

“…Mycotic aneurysms, defined as irreversible dilation of an artery due to destruction of the vessel wall by infection, are rare but are associated with a high risk of rupture if not treated promptly. …”
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Parachute-Like Mitral Valve Tuberculoma: A Rare Presentation by Arslan Masood, Gul Zaman Khan, Irfan Bashir, Zubair Akram

“…The unique morphology of this mass posed an imaging challenge that required 4-dimensional (4D) echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) detail to differentiate the mass from an anterior mitral leaflet (AML) aneurysm. Histological examination after surgical resection confirmed its tuberculous etiology.…”
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Aortic Arch Replacement without Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest by Zviad Bakhutashvili, Lia Janelidze, Kakhaber Beria, Simon Matikashvili, Eduard Limonjiani

“…A 60-year-old man presented with a thoracic aortic aneurysm without rupture accompanied by severe nonrheumatic aortic valve insufficiency and unstable angina. …”
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Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Early Identification of Acute Aortic Root Dissection by Kristina Thomas, Omar Amr

“…Patient was emergently taken for a computed tomography (CT) scan, which was only remarkable for an ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm but failed to show an aortic dissection flap. …”
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Contained Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture following Myocardial Infarction by Arthur Shiyovich, Lior Nesher

“…Left ventricular pseudoaneurysms generally occur as a consequence of left ventricular free wall rupture covered by a portion of pericardium, in contrast to a true aneurysm, which is formed of myocardial tissue. Here, we report a case of contained left ventricular free wall rupture following myocardial infarction.…”
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Segmental Arterial Mediolysis of Omental Arteries with Haemoperitoneum: Case Report with Embolization of the Left Omental Artery and Brief Review of Literature by Gernot Rott, Frieder Boecker

“…Angiographic examination revealed alterations of omental branches of the right gastroepiploic artery and an aneurysm of the left omental artery, both characteristic of segmental arterial mediolysis. …”
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Terson’s syndrome: An interesting case report by Rajwinder Kaur, Mehak Mangla, Balbir Khan, Harleen Kaur

“…This report presents a case of a 34-year-old male who was diagnosed with a ruptured aneurysm of the left middle cerebral artery, which led to intracranial hemorrhage followed by raised ICP. …”
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Aortic Graft Infection as a Cause of Multiple Brain Infarcts by Vassiliki Tsirka, Jelena Maletic, Panagiotis Ioannidis, Dimitrios Karacostas

“…She was presented with fever and acute onset neurological deficit, and she had a previous history of replacement of ascending aorta with a prosthetic graft, because of aortic aneurysm 2 years before her admission. The patient had positive blood cultures and echocardiographic evidence of vegetation in the graft aortic joint, nearby the aortic valves. …”
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Peroneal Arteriovenous Fistula and Pseudoaneurysm: An Unusual Presentation by Kevin C. Ching, Kevin M. McCluskey, Abhay Srinivasan

“…Pathology revealed papillary endothelial hyperplasia consistent with an aneurysm and later genetic testing was consistent with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Type IV. …”
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Different endovascular solutions for short, wide and conic shaped neck by Sinan Ozcelik, Murat Gevrek, Mehmet Ali Unal, Baran Karadeniz, Altay Alili, Naim Boran Tumer, Hakki Zafer Iscan

“…Here we present two frail, comorbid, symptomatic infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (iAAA) cases with reverse tapered wide necks treated with different endovascular techniques. …”
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Late Type 3b Endoleak with an Endurant Endograft by Mehmet Barburoglu, Bulent Acunas, Yilmaz Onal, Murat Ugurlucan, Omer Ali Sayin, Ufuk Alpagut

“…Endovascular stent grafting with different commercially available stent graft systems is widely applied for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms with high success rates in the current era. …”
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Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Presenting with MPO-ANCA Associated Vasculitis and Aortic Dissection by Bram M. Voorzaat, Jan van Schaik, Stijn L. P. Crobach, Catharina S. P. van Rijswijk, Joris I. Rotmans

“…The combination of alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency, ANCA-vasculitis, and aortic aneurysm has been rarely described in literature. We report an eventually fatal case in a 70-year-old patient who initially presented with giant cell arteritis and ANCA associated glomerulonephritis. …”
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Extraintracranial Bypass as a Rescue Therapy for Symptomatic Flow Diverter Thrombosis by Luigi A. Lanterna, Alessandro Lunghi, Carlo Brembilla, Paolo Gritti, Claudio Bernucci

“…A 56-year-old female with a giant partially thrombosed unruptured carotid-ophthalmic aneurysm was treated with a Pipeline flow diverter. …”
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Infectious Endocarditis Presenting as Intracranial Hemorrhage in a Patient Admitted for Lumbar Radiculopathy by David Ethan Kahn, Kristine O'Phelan, Ross Bullock

“…Further evaluation revealed a mycotic aneurysm.…”
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Clinical Application of Partial Splenic Embolization by Yong-Song Guan, Ying Hu

“…It is also performed to exclude splenic artery aneurysms from the parent vessel lumen and prevent aneurysm rupture, to treat splenic artery steal syndrome and improve liver perfusion in liver transplant recipients, and to administer targeted treatment to areas of neoplastic disease in the splenic parenchyma. …”
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High risk for life-threatening adverse events of fluoroquinolones in young adults: a large German population-based cohort study by Julia Wicherski, Jonas Peltner, Cornelia Becker, Katrin Schüssel, Gabriela Brückner, Andreas Schlotmann, Helmut Schröder, Winfried V. Kern, Britta Haenisch

“…Endpoints were defined by incident diagnoses of aortic aneurysm/dissection, cardiac arrhythmia, hepatotoxicity, and all-cause mortality. …”
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An Unusual Case of an Acquired Aortopulmonary Fistula after Surgical Replacement of a Bicuspid Aortic Valve by Y. Khalid, N. Dasu, M. Daneshvar, P. Jang, A. Patel, K. Dasu, A. Shah

“…Aortopulmonary fistulas are extremely rare and often occur as a result of long-standing aortic aneurysms. They are most frequently due to the erosion of a false aneurysm of the ascending or descending thoracic aorta into the pulmonary artery. …”
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Genetic Insights into Bicuspid Aortic Valve Formation by Brigitte Laforest, Mona Nemer

“…BAV patients have an increased risk of developing serious complications, including stenosis, regurgitation, endocarditis, dilation of the aorta, aortic dissection, and aneurysm. BAV is a heritable trait, but the genetic basis underlying this cardiac malformation remains poorly understood. …”
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Polycythemia with Renal Cell Carcinoma and Normal Erythropoietin Level by Jonathan Kopel, Pranav Sharma, Irfan Warriach, Sriman Swarup

“…An incidental abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) measuring was also appreciated on imaging. …”
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Embryologic Association of Tornwaldt's Cyst with Cerebral Artery Abnormalities and Infarction: A Case Report by Michael F. Osborn, Benjamin K. Buchanan, Nassim Akle, Ahmed Badr, Jun Zhang

“…We reported a twelve-year-old female stroke patient with Tornwaldt's cysts, whose father also suffered a stroke at age fifty two with the presence of an abdominal aortic aneurysm, suggesting a genetic influence in this case. …”
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