An Off-Label Use of a Unibody Aortic Stent-Graft System for the Treatment of Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Dissections by Joseph Faraj, Rebekah L. W. Tan, Bibombe P. Mwipatayi

“…Thus, we present a novel use of the Endologix Anatomical Fixation 2 (AFX2) Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) endograft system for the treatment of four patients with IAAD. …”
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An Unusual Presentation of Kawasaki Disease: Gallbladder Hydrops and Acute Cholestatic Hepatitis by B. O. Kılıç, Ş. Baysun, T. C. Gökşen, İ. Akınbingöl, Z. Arslan

“…In such patients who have not been diagnosed and whose treatment has been delayed, coronary artery aneurysm, myocardial depression, arrhythmia, and vascular complications may increase morbidity and mortality. …”
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Aneurysmectomy with Partial Nephrectomy on a Living Donor Renal Allograft: A Case Report by Siegfredo Paloyo, Junichiro Sageshima, Linda Chen, George W. Burke, Gaetano Ciancio

“…We report a rare case of a kidney allograft with a saccular aneurysm and renal cortical cysts for which an excision with primary repair and partial nephrectomy were done, respectively. …”
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Early and Late Endograft Limb Proximal Migration with Resulting Type 1b Endoleak following an EVAR for Ruptured AAA by Patrick T. Jasinski, Demetri Adrahtas, Spyridon Monastiriotis, Apostolos K. Tassiopoulos

“…We report the case of a 65-year-old female who underwent emergent endovascular repair for a ruptured infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm and developed bilateral type 1b endoleaks following proximal migration of both endograft limbs. …”
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Postoperative “Chimney” for Unintentional Renal Artery Occlusion after EVAR by Marco Franchin, Federico Fontana, Filippo Piacentino, Matteo Tozzi, Gabriele Piffaretti

“…Renal artery obstruction during endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm using standard device is a rare but life-threatening complication and should be recognized and repaired rapidly in order to maintain renal function. …”
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Left Main Coronary Stenosis as a Consequence of Bentall Operation: Percutaneous Treatment by Manrico Balbi, Flavio Scarano, Gian Paolo Bezante

“…A 65-year-old man suffering from ascending aorta aneurysm and atherosclerotic three vessel disease without left main involvement underwent aortic root replacement with coronary ostia reimplantation according to the modified Bentall technique and multiple coronary artery bypass grafts. …”
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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Iatrogenic Right Coronary Artery Dissection Post Bentall Procedure: A Case Report and Minireview by Sameer Saleem, Mubbasher A. Syed, Khalid Changal, Abdulelah Nuqali, Mujeeb Sheikh

“…We present the first reported case of right coronary artery dissection after Bentall procedure performed for ascending aortic aneurysm. Urgent percutaneous intervention using adjunctive coronary imaging was performed with excellent clinical recovery. …”
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Poststernotomy Osteomyelitis Presenting with Severe Sepsis and Rhabdomyolysis by Eugene M. Tan, Melissa Lyle, Kelly Cawcutt, Zelalem Temesgen

“…A 39-year-old male, who recently underwent a composite valve graft of the aortic root and ascending aorta for bicuspid aortic valve and aortic root aneurysm, was hospitalized for severe sepsis, rhabdomyolysis (creatine kinase 29000 U/L), and severe liver dysfunction (AST > 7000 U/L, ALT 4228 U/L, and INR > 10). …”
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Open Tracheostomy after Aborted Percutaneous Approach due to Tracheoscopy Revealing Occult Tracheal Wall Ulcer by John Schweiger, Collin Sprenker, Devanand Mangar, Rachel Karlnoski, Naga Pullakhandam, Enrico M. Camporesi

“…In this case report, we describe a 78-year-old female patient admitted for an aneurysm of the cerebral anterior communicating artery. …”
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Atypical Aortoesophageal Fistula with Atypical and Delayed Presentation and Negative Imaging Studies by Seifeldin Hakim, Mihajlo Gjeorgjievski, Lohit Garg, Molly Orosey, Tusar Desai

“…A 59-year-old man with past medical history of thoracic aortic aneurysm treated with thoracic endovascular aortic repair presented with melena for 2 weeks. …”
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Initial Clinical Trial of Robot of Endovascular Treatment with Force Feedback and Cooperating of Catheter and Guidewire by Yuhua Jiang, Keyun Liu, Youxiang Li

“…We evaluated the performance of application of the robot system to clinical practice through using this robotic system to perform the digital subtraction angiography for a patient who was suspected of suffering intracranial aneurysm. At the same time, through comparing the postoperative head nuclear magnetic and blood routine with the preoperative examination, we evaluated the safety of application of the robot system to clinical practice. …”
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Spinal Cord Stroke: Acute Imaging and Intervention by Karen Lynch, Joel Oster, Diana Apetauerova, Kinan Hreib

“…With often devastating outcomes, we highlight the need for early detection and that interventions, commonly used in preventing neurological injury after high-risk aneurysm repairs, may be beneficial in treating and reducing the severity of disability in acute spinal cord stroke.…”
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Pirfenidone: An Encouraging Therapeutic Approach For Enhancing Lateral Spinothalamic Tract Function After Spinal Cord Compression Injury by Noman Ullah Wazir, Ambereen Humayun, Irum Javaid, Asma Amir, Nayyab Khattak, Ayesha Iftikhar

“…Method: Injury induction at the T7 spinal cord level was achieved using a 70-gram force aneurysm clip in rats. The study involved three groups: Group A received a daily placebo, Group B received a daily dose of 200 mg/kg pirfenidone, and Group C received a daily dose of 500 mg/kg pirfenidone. …”
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Clinical Arterial Peripheral Vascular Pathology Does Not Impact Short- or Long-Term Survival after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement by Brent Klinkhammer

“…However, little postprocedural data exists on the outcomes in patients with clinical arterial peripheral vascular pathology [abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), carotid artery stenosis (CAS), and peripheral artery disease (PAD)] undergoing TAVR for severe aortic stenosis. …”
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Successful pericardiotomy with drainage of the pericardial cavity in case of multimorbid patient by N.M. Seredyuk, A.V. Sudus, I.M. Budzan, S.M. Hrychynyuk, V.В. Tomyn, N.V. Rohiv, M.V. Bielinskyi, A.Ya. Vasylyshyn

“…Multimorbidity of the patient included combination of causal diseases (atherosclerosis, coronary artery atherotrombosis), a number of complicated conditions (two myocardial infarctions, left ventricular aneurysm, cardiac tamponade, acute and chronic heart failure), competitive diseases (peptic ulcer, pancreatitis, obesity, umbilical hernia). …”
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Hemodynamic Effect of Unequal Anterior Cerebral Artery Flow Rates on the Anterior Communicating Artery Bifurcation: A Computational... by Thomas Rau, Xing He, Prem Venugopal, Fernando Viñuela, Gary Duckwiler, Daniel J. Valentino

“…These results suggest that asymmetry in ACA flow rates result in increased hemodynamic stresses at the ACA-ACOM bifurcation regions and suggest a possible factor for vessel weakening and aneurysm formation.…”
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A Case of an Abdominal Aortic Dissection in a Hemodynamically Stable Marfan Syndrome Patient Presenting without Pain by Hussein Al-Mohamad, Kara Stout, Taryn Bolling, Ronald Walsh

“…Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a rare connective tissue disorder attributed to a defect in the fibrillin-1 gene. Aortic aneurysms and dissection are common causes of morbidity and mortality in Marfan syndrome. …”
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Trigonelline exerts its neuroprotective effects in experimental spinal cord injury through modulation of inflammation, apoptosis, and neurotrophic factors by Zhi-Lan Ye, Yuan Cao

“…SCI was induced by using a temporary aneurysm clip. Behavioral, biochemical, and histological analyses were performed to investigate the neuroprotective effect of trigonelline. …”
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A Japanese Patient with Genitopatellar Syndrome Transiently Presenting with Cardiac Intramural Cavity during the Neonatal Period by Kiichi Takahashi, Hiroyuki Adachi, Manatomo Toyono, Masato Ito, Akie Kato, Atsuko Noguchi, Tsutomu Takahashi

“…The features of the cavity were not consistent with those of congenital ventricular diverticulum or aneurysm, and its identity and prognosis are still unclear. …”
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Pregnancy-related chronic type A aortic dissection highlights the importance of thorough prenatal maternal examination by Cristina M. Șulea, Anna B. Kiss, Bence Ágg, Kálmán Benke, Elektra Bartha, Bálint Szilveszter, Roland Stengl, Máté Csonka, Zoltán Szabolcs, Miklós Pólos

“…The symptoms continued to worsen following the delivery when a chest computed tomography investigation revealed signs of chronic type A aortic dissection and an 80 mm post-dissection aneurysm of the ascending aorta. Aortic repair via composite aortic root replacement surgery (Bentall procedure) and partial aortic arch replacement was performed. …”
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