Fatal Disruption of a Left Atrial Myxoma Associated with Trauma by Anthony Iacco, Nazneen Billimoria, Greg Howells

“…Their intracardiac location makes embolization a constant threat. We report a patient who had diffuse systemic embolization of a left atrial myxoma coincident with a low-velocity frontal motor vehicle crash.…”
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Asymptomatic Delayed Coil Migration from an Intracranial Aneurysm: A Case Report by Anirban Deep Banerjee, Leopoldo Guimaraens, Hugo Cuellar

“…To describe asymptomatic delayed migration of a coil loop in a patient following successful coil embolization of an anterior communicating artery saccular aneurysm. …”
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Controlled hypotension under rapid ventricular pacing technique in patients with cerebral arteriovenous malformation -a case report- by Zijian Zhao, Hang Wang, Xinxu Min, Zheng Li, Feng Feng

“…Case A 55-year-old male patient was found to have an aneurysm complicated with a cerebral AVM (length: 2.0 cm, width: 1.6 cm, height: 1.2 cm). Aneurysm embolization was considered for the first-stage surgery and transvenous AVM embolization for the second-stage surgery. …”
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Endovascular Management of a Refractory Pseudoaneurysm of the Sternocleidomastoid Artery Caused by Attempted Internal Jugular Central Line Placement with Long-Term Follow-Up: A Cas... by Yassmeen Abdel-Aty, Michael P. Bellew

“…Management and Outcome. SBSTA was embolized using glue. Repeat angiogram showed embolization and no contrast blush. …”
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Repair of symptomatic superior mesenteric artery pseudoaneurysm with arteriovenous fistula using physician-modified endograft by Olivia Fuson, MD, Claire Janssen, MD, Andrew Barleben, MD, Ann Gaffey, MD, MS

“…Known interventions for the treatment of SMA pseudoaneurysm with SMAVF include open repair or endovascular repair with coil embolization or covered stenting. To the best of our knowledge, this report is the first of physician-modified endograft for the treatment of SMA pseudoaneurysm with SMAVF after prior thrombosis, ligation, and coil embolization of the SMA. …”
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Redefining Onyx HD 500 in the Flow Diversion Era by Richard Tyler Dalyai, Ciro Randazzo, George Ghobrial, L. Fernando Gonzalez, Stavropoula I. Tjoumakaris, Aaron S. Dumont, Robert H. Rosenwasser, Pascal Jabbour

“…Four patients experienced transient neurologic deficits in the immediate postoperative period and one in a delayed fashion. Embolization with the liquid embolic agent Onyx appears to be a safe and effective endovascular modality of treatment for wide-neck aneurysms or recurrent aneurysms that had previously failed treatment with detachable coils.…”
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Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Stroke Prevention in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia by Sebastiaan Velthuis, Martin J. Swaans, Johannes J. Mager, Benno J. W. M. Rensing, Lucas V. A. Boersma, Martijn C. Post

“…We report a case of percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage, which might be a good alternative strategy instead of chronic oral anticoagulation to protect patients with high-risk AF and HHT from cerebral embolic strokes.…”
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Extended Distal Pancreatectomy with En Bloc Resection of the Celiac Axis for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Patrick H. Alizai, Andreas H. Mahnken, Christian D. Klink, Ulf P. Neumann, Karsten Junge

“…Fifteen days after embolization, the extended distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy and en bloc resection of the celiac axis was carried out. …”
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Pulmonary Artery Pseudoaneurysm: A Rare Cause of Fatal Massive Hemoptysis by Himaja Koneru, Sreeja Biswas Roy, Monirul Islam, Hesham Abdelrazek, Debabrata Bandyopadhyay, Nikhil Madan, Pradnya D. Patil, Tanmay S. Panchabhai

“…In mycotic PAPAs, multiple synchronous lesions are often seen in segmental and subsegmental PAs due to ongoing embolic phenomena. The recommended approach for a mycotic PAPA is prolonged antimicrobial therapy; for massive hemoptysis, endovascular treatment (e.g., coil embolization, stenting, or embolization of the feeding vessel) is preferred. …”
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Brachial thromboembolectomy and retrograde innominate artery stenting in acute limb ischemia by Rachel Bernardo, BS, Hamda Almaazmi, MD, Shawn Sarin, MD, MBA, Salim Lala, MD, MBA, FACS, FRCSI

“…Acute limb ischemia is a critical vascular emergency often resulting from embolic sources, requiring prompt intervention to prevent significant morbidity and mortality. …”
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Endovascular Embolisation of Visceral Artery Pseudoaneurysms by Yasir Jamil Khattak, Tariq Alam, Rana Hamid Shoaib, Raza Sayani, Tanveer-ul Haq, Muhammad Awais

“…To evaluate the technical success, safety, and outcome of endovascular embolization procedure in management of visceral artery pseudoaneurysms. …”
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Unveiling Wunderlich syndrome: Diagnosis and management of a rare spontaneous renal hematoma by Rebecca Merrill, Pete Jordanides, Jessica Krizo, Erin L. Simon

“…The patient was treated emergently with transcatheter arterial embolization of the lower polar branch of her left renal artery. …”
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Surgical Treatment of Primary Intracardiac Myxoma: 20-Year Experience in “Shahid Modarres Hospital”—A Tertiary University Hospital—Tehran, Iran by Zahra Ansari Aval, Hamid Ghaderi, Hassan Tatari, Mahnoosh Foroughi, Seyedeh Adeleh Mirjafari, Mohammad Forozeshfard, Kamal Fani, Isa Khaheshi

“…As recommendation we suggested that in all patients with vague chest pain or remote embolic events cardiac myxomas should be ruled out.…”
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Severe Mitral Regurgitation–Induced Acute Heart Failure due to Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis in a Patient With Urothelial Carcinoma Recurrence by Catarina Santos Reis, Francisco Dias, Bárbara Granja, Maria Inês Matos, Ana Ribeiro, Fernando Friões

“…It is related with systemic embolic phenomena occurring predominantly in advanced cancer stages, particularly adenocarcinomas. …”
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Suspected “T-Cell-Mediated” Hypereosinophilic Syndrome Presenting with Cerebral Watershed Infarcts by S. Dujardin, R. Schots, S. De Raedt

“…An extensive search for potential embolic sources was negative, supporting the hypothesis that cerebrovascular endothelial dysfunction could have caused the infarcts.…”
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Management of Hemorrhagic Pseudoaneurysmal Arteriovenous Fistula of the Sphenopalatine Artery by Ajeet Gordhan

“…n-Butyl cyanoacrylate (n-BCA) embolization of a hemorrhagic pseudoaneurysmal arteriovenous fistula of the sphenopalatine artery in a patient with paranasal sinus squamous cell carcinoma treated with regional surgery and radiation has, to our knowledge, not been previously reported.…”
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Angiomatous Meningioma in the Craniocervical Junction by Shunsuke Ito, Yoichi Iizuka, Masanori Aihara, Hiromi Koshi, Tokue Mieda, Eiji Takasawa, Sho Ishiwata, Yusuke Tomomatsu, Akira Honda, Kazuhiro Inomata, Hirotaka Chikuda

“…A preoperative evaluation and embolization of the feeding arteries may help prevent massive intraoperative bleeding.…”
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Move contrast X-ray imaging reveals wall infiltration along maize leaf vessels before water refilling by Ke Li, Feixiang Wang, Yanling Xue, Shiquan Huang, Zhixuan Liu, Tiqiao Xiao

“…Research on the recovery mechanism of embolized vessels requires dynamic and sensitive observations of water refilling. …”
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Nonsurgical Management of a Papillary Fibroelastoma of the Aortic Valve by Antonino M. Grande, Nicoletta Castiglione, Adelaide Iervolino, Francesco Nappi, Antonio Fiore

“…The patient was informed about the embolic risk due to the pedunculated mass located on the aortic valve but she refused the proposed surgical removal. …”
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Hemobilia following Percutaneous Liver Biopsy in the Setting of Malignancy (with Video): Diagnosis and Management of a Rare Cause of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding by B. Pabla, M. Porayko

“…The avoidance of unnecessary surgery and the use of embolization are key principles in management.…”
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