A Case of Cardiac Calcified Amorphous Tumor Presenting with Concomitant ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Occipital Stroke and a Brief Review of the Literature by Kyaw Kyaw, Htun Latt, Sammy San Myint Aung, Chanwit Roongsritong

“…It may mimic other cardiac tumors and can present with signs or symptoms of systemic embolization. There are limited data regarding CAT in the literature. …”
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Endovascular Treatment and Outcomes for Femoropopliteal In-Stent Restenosis: Insights from the XLPAD Registry by Michael H. Vu, Glaiza-Mae Sande-Docor, Yulun Liu, Shirling Tsai, Mitul Patel, Chris Metzger, Mehdi H. Shishehbor, Emmanouil S. Brilakis, Nicolas W. Shammas, Peter Monteleone, Subhash Banerjee

“…Patients with FP ISR have more intraprocedural distal embolization, higher repeat revascularization procedures, and lower freedom from MALE at 1 year.…”
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Remaining of contrast dye ice cap during PVI by cryoballoon ablation; a case report by Ahmad Yamini Sharif, Entezar Mehrabi Nasab

“…If automatic balloon deflate occurs before the ice cap dissolves, embolization to the systemic circulation is possible. …”
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Management of Hepatic Rupture Diagnosed after an Emergency Cesarean Section by Gianluca Raffaello Damiani, Viviana Merola, Mario Barnaba, Stefano Landi, Gennaro Cormio, Antonio Pellegrino

“…The patient was discharged after 53 days and 4 laparotomies and an unsuccessful attempt of superselective artery embolization. Ultrasound after 40 days from the last surgery showed uniform hepatic parenchyma free of focal lesions. …”
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Biliothoracic Fistula after Microwave Ablation of Liver Metastasis : Literature Review by Valentina Tassi, Claudia Mosillo, Massimiliano Mutignani, Roberto Cirocchi, Mark Ragusa, Sergio Bracarda, Giovanni Passalacqua, Gabriele Marinozzi, Massimiliano Allegritti

“…Our case supports a conservative approach based on percutaneous biliary system decompression and synthetic glue embolization for the treatment of combined biliopleural and biliobronchial fistula.…”
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Endovascular Treatment of Ruptured Renal Artery Aneurysm: A Case-Based Literature Review by Yub Raj Sedhai, Soney Basnyat, Tawseef Dar, Deepak Acharya

“…He was endovascularly treated with coil embolization. We have also reviewed the inherent literature.…”
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MANAGEMENT OF SYNCHRONIC LARGE LIVER METASTASIS IN A NON-OCCLUSIVE COLON TUMOR by Eduardo José Brommelstroet Ramos, Hugo Pinto Marques, Martin Palavecino, Timothy Pawlik, Rene Adam, Olivier Soubrane, Paulo Herman, Ricardo Lemos Cotta-Pereira

“…Similarly, various strategies such as portal vein embolization, liver deprivation, two-staged hepatectomy, and associating liver partition and portal vein ligation are available for patients who do not have a sufficient future liver remnant (generally 30-40% of the total). …”
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Comparison of Sexual Dysfunction Using the Female Sexual Function Index following Surgical Treatments for Uterine Fibroids by Allison Ryann Louie, Jennifer Alice Armstrong, Laura Katherine Findeiss, Scott Craig Goodwin

“…In this paper three case reports are evaluated by the FSFI and compared between the following treatment groups: hysterectomy, myomectomy, and uterine embolization. Our goal is to illustrate how each of these treatment outcomes can result in sexual dysfunction and therefore decreased quality of life. …”
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Atypical Aggressive Hemangioma of Thoracic Vertebrae Associated With Thoracic Myelopathy—A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Krishna Timilsina, Sandesh Shrestha, Om Prakash Bhatta, Sushil Paudel, Rajesh Bahadur Lakhey, Rohit Kumar Pokharel

“…The patient underwent preoperative embolization and sclerotherapy, followed by decompression, posterior instrumentation, and stabilization. …”
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Fibrous dysplasia coexisting with aneurysmal bone cyst in the skull base: A case report by Andrés Felipe Herrera Ortiz, Nury Tatiana Rincón Cuenca, Valeria del Castillo Herazo, Diana Marcela Oliveros Jiménez, Laura García Maestre, Mary Eugenia Posada, Luz Angela Moreno

“…This case underscores the essential role of imaging in accurate diagnosis and highlights the bleeding risks associated with surgical treatment of fibrous dysplasia with aneurysmal bone cyst. Preoperative embolization is suggested as a strategy to mitigate bleeding risk during surgery.…”
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Local Thrombolysis for Successful Treatment of Acute Stroke in an Adolescent with Cardiac Myxoma by Natig Gassanov, Amir M. Nia, Kristina M. Dahlem, Stefan Ederer, Inga Wedemeyer, Evren Caglayan, Erland Erdmann, Fikret Er

“…They are a rare source of cardiogenic embolisms and sudden death, especially in young patients. …”
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Methamphetamine-Induced Bowel Ischemia in a 50-Year-Old Male by Brian Kurtz, Abdalhai Alshoubi, Katrina Nguyen, Eric Gehres

“…The patient underwent exploratory laparotomy with resection of the ascending colon as well as a necrotic section of the jejunum. Further embolic workup was negative with a subjective history of amphetamine use prior to presentation. …”
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Multiple Culprit Coronary Artery Thrombosis in a Patient with Coronary Ectasia by Bruno da Silva Matte, Gustavo Neves de Araujo, Felipe Homem Valle, Ana Maria Rocha Krepsky

“…In addition, concomitant embolic sources were not identified. Although routine aspiration thrombectomy in STEMI was not proven to be beneficial in randomized clinical trials, it was of great value in this case. …”
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Angiographic Evidence of a Purely Pial Bihemispheric Intracranial Hemangiopericytoma by Nathaniel Stetson, Sudhakar Vadivelu, Jiang Y. Li, Avi Setton, David J. Chalif

“…Angiographic evidence here is atypical of the natural history of hemangiopericytomas with dual vascular supply and was critical in the decision-making towards surgical resection without tumor embolization. Conclusion. Data presented suggests the lack of dural vascular supply alone does not rule out the diagnosis of hemangiopericytoma.…”
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Endovascular Treatment of Isolated Iliac Artery Aneurysms with Anaconda Stent Graft Limb by Christos Karathanos, Elias Kaperonis, Dimitrios Xanthopoulos, Theophanis Konstantopoulos, Maria Exarchou, Caterini Loupou, Vassilios Papavassiliou

“…In one case the internal iliac artery was embolized. No type I or II endoleak was observed immediately after the procedure. …”
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Spontaneous Regression of Uterine Arteriovenous Malformations with Conservative Management by Keiko Mekaru, Sugiko Oishi, Kozue Akamine, Chiaki Heshiki, Yoichi Aoki

“…Uterine arteriovenous malformation (AVM) can cause massive hemorrhage and is often treated with uterine artery embolization (UAE), which may lead to ovarian insufficiency. …”
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Ischemic stroke as a manifestation of atrial myxoma. A case presentation by María Gabriela Balarezo García, Diego Armando Suárez, Olivia Elizabeth Altamirano Guerrero

“…Imaging studies were performed (skull tomography, transthoracic echocardiogram and angiotomography of neck vessels) suggestive of systemic embolization in the left carotid territory, secondary to the fragmentation of a cardiac tumor. …”
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Dissecting Pseudoaneurysm of the Proper Hepatic Artery Repaired by Primary Anastomosis: A Case Report by Roshan Razik, Aria Fallah, Charbel Sandroussi, Alice C. Wei, Ian D. McGilvray

“…Although stenting, coil embolization, and thrombin injection are all plausible options for management, we propose that surgical reconstruction be considered seriously as a treatment for such spontaneous pseudoaneurysms.…”
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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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Emergency Pneumonectomy: A Life-Saving Measure for Severe Recurrent Hemoptysis in Tuberculosis Cavitary Lesion by Ravisagar Patel, Abhinav Singh, Rajendra Mohan Mathur, Anula Sisodiya

“…Some patients can be treated successfully with endobronchial interventions. Bronchial artery embolization can be rewarding in some patients but the recurrence rate is higher in tuberculosis than other etiologies of hemoptysis. …”
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