Pulmonary Artery Pseudoaneurysm Due to Pulmonary Artery Catheter Placement: A New Minimally Invasive Approach to Solve a Life-threatening Complication.

This article discusses a pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm (PAP) formation following pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) placement for cardiac surgery. The patient, an 82-year-old female with a history of hypertension and chronic heart failure, underwent elective mitral and tricuspid valve surgery. After surgery, bleeding was observed in the endotracheal tube, indicating a potential complication.

"A case of ocular ischemic syndrome in spontaneous acute internal carotid dissection: The importance of multidisciplinary management".

Aims: To emphasize that ocular ischemic syndrome (OIS) is a rare but threatening condition. It is a consequence of occlusion or dissection of internal carotid artery (ICA).

Methods: A 66-year-old caucasian male presented in the emergency room with painful vision loss in his right eye and mild neurological symptoms.

Endovascular Treatment of Acute Posttransplant Portal Vein Thrombosis Due to Portal Steal From Mesocaval And Coronary Portosystemic Shunts.

The management of portosystemic shunts in liver transplant recipients relies on appropriate perioperative study. There are several strategies for shunt handling, ranging from preoperative interventional procedures to intraoperative surgical interruption or embolization. Appropriate management often results in a successful outcome, although wrong decisions could lead to serious consequences.

Prostatic Artery Embolization as an Alternative to Indwelling Bladder Catheterization to Manage Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in Poor Surgical Candidates.

Purpose: To prospectively assess discontinuation of indwelling bladder catheterization (IBC) and relief of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) following prostate artery embolization (PAE) in poor surgical candidates.

Methods: Patients ineligible for surgical intervention were offered PAE after at least 1 month of IBC for management of urinary retention secondary to BPH; exclusion criteria for PAE included eligibility for surgery, active bladder cancer or known prostate cancer. Embolization technical and clinical success were defined as bilateral prostate embolization and removal of IBC, respectively.

Severe hemobilia from hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm.

Background. Hemobilia is a rare, jeopardizing complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy coming upon usually within 4 weeks after surgery. The first-line management is angiographic coil embolization of hepatic arteries, which is successful in the majority of bleedings: in a minority of cases, a second embolization or even laparotomy is needed.