The role of peritoneal ultrafiltration in the treatment of refractory congestive heart failure.

This case offers a starting point for a literature review on peritoneal ultrafiltration in refractory heart failure.

Ruptured aneurysm of replaced left hepatic artery.

Hepatic artery aneurysm is an uncommon and potentially fatal form of vascular disease. We report the case of a 53-year-old man with an isolated, nontraumatic rupture of an aneurysm of a replaced left hepatic artery originating from the left gastric artery. This case is unusual because the ruptured aneurysm involved an hepatic artery with a rare vascular pattern.

Imaging of the scrotum: role of MRI.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of imaging for correct clinical and therapeutic management of patients with scrotal disease.

Materials And Methods: Between 2000 and 2007, 801 patients with suspected scrotal disease underwent colour Doppler ultrasonography (CDUS) at our centre. In 46 patients, the CDUS study was followed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Role of color-Doppler sonography in the follow-up of renal artery stenting.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of color-Doppler ultrasound (CDUS) in detecting haemodynamically significant in-stent restenosis in patients who underwent endoluminal renal artery revascularisation by stent deployment.

Materials And Method: Between January 2000 and December 2006, 42 patients (nine women and 33 men, age range 45-87 years) treated by endovascular renal artery stenting were studied with CDUS. Renal artery haemodynamics were evaluated to identify haemodynamically significant restenosis.

Ground-glass opacity: interpretation of high resolution CT findings.

Ground-glass opacity (GGO) is a common finding on high resolution CT, characterised by areas of hazy increased attenuation of the lung with preservation of bronchial and vascular margins; it is not to be confused with consolidation, in which bronchovascular structures are obscured. It correlates with several pathogenic processes, such as like partial filling of air spaces, inflammatory or fibrotic interstitial thickening, increased capillary blood volume. Infiltrative GGO can representing either interstitial or alveolar processes.