Transcatheter thrombin embolization of a giant visceral artery aneurysm.

A 9.5-cm visceral artery aneurysm was found during a computed tomography (CT) scan performed for abdominal pain. Subsequent selective angiography showed the aneurysm arising from the second branch of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA).

A new approach for proximal anastomosis in type "A" acute aortic dissection: prosthesis eversion.

One of the crucial aspects of surgical repair of type A aortic dissection is to achieve hemostasis of the anastomosis. Furthermore, the possibility of improving the suture with additional stitches is often technically demanding. We, therefore, describe a new surgical technique for the proximal anastomosis, positioning the prosthesis within the left ventricle.

[Type "A" aortic dissection. Surgical technique, caseload, and follow-up].

Background: The authors analyse the indications for the various surgical strategies through a retrospective study of the morbility and mortality rates in their own series of cases and during follow-up.

Methods: 107 patients were operated for type A aortic dissection between 1978 and 1998: 69 using a technique performed under moderate hypothermia (Group A) and 38 in deep hypothermia (Group B). All patients who survived from 1978 to 1994 underwent an accurate follow-up.

[Vascular pathology. A study of some blood parameters indicative of leukocyte activation and platelet dysfunction].

Background: In vascular pathology the endothelial lesions easily reflect on blood cells, inducing a reactive state. In the present study the eventual presence of activation signals in leukocytes and platelets was tested.

Methods: Fifty-eight subjects with major vascular pathology and 14 with lower limbs venous insufficiency were studied, together with a control group of 25 normal subjects.

Ruptured aneurysms of the thoracoabdominal aorta: a case series.

Fifteen cases of ruptured thoracoabdominal aneurysm (-TAA) were encountered in 1987-July 1994. These patients included 13 males (86.6%), 2 females (13.