Reoperation after modified Björk procedure for tricuspid atresia.

Rarely performed nowadays, the Björk procedure is an alternative to the Fontan palliation for biventricular repair in patients with tricuspid atresia. The right atrium to right ventricle conduit failure leads to serious long-term complications. The management of such patients at high surgical risk remains challenging.

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La pseudo-tumeur inflammatoire de localisation cardiaque est une entité rare et bénigne. Elle peut souvent mimer une tumeur maligne dans sa présentation clinique et radiologique, pouvant entrainer un retard diagnostic. Nous rapportons le cas d'un patient âgé de 20 ans, sans antécédents médicaux, admis dans le service pour l'exploration d'une fièvre prolongée.

Endovascular repair of traumatic aortic isthmic rupture: Early and mid-term results.

Introduction: Conventional open repair of a traumatic aortic isthmic rupture is associated with a significantly high mortality and morbidity rates. Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) is currently often performed because it is a less invasive treatment than surgery. The aim of this study was to evaluate short and mid-term results of TEVAR in traumatic aortic isthmic rupture.

[Predictive factors of amputation after iliac angioplasty in patients with severe artery disease].

Introduction: Despite the success of angioplasty of the iliac artery, this technique remains associated with significant amputation rates. The purpose of this study was to identify predictive factors for lower limb amputation after iliac angioplasty in patients with critical ischemia.

Methods: We reported a retrospective study including patients who successfully underwent angioplasty of the iliac artery between 2014 and 2018.

Multiple arterial coronary artery bypass grafting : perioperative complications, clinical and angiographic evolution.

Background: Multiple arterial coronary artery bypass grafting is a controversial surgical procedure that is still uncommon worldwide. The aim of our study was to determine the outcomes and perioperative complications of the multiple arterial myocardial revascularization and their predictive factors, the mid-term and long term clinical and angiographic prognosis of the studied patients.

Methods: This was a single center study of the cardiovascular department of The Rabta hospital.

Bilateral absence of the superior vena cava. Case report and literature review.

Bilateral absence of the superior vena cava (SVC) is an uncommon congenital vascular anomaly, mainly asymptomatic, usually undetected, and often associated with other cardiac anomalies. Though usually harmless and totally innocent, this vascular anomaly might complicate cardiovascular surgery, the insertion of a central venous catheter and the transvenous placement of a pacemaker. This SVC anomaly is still not well known, underdiagnosed and its incidence is much higher than described.

[Endovascular treatment of chronic mesenteric ischemia].

Introduction: Atherosclerosis occurring in the digestive arteries is rare and often asymptomatic. When it becomes symptomatic, surgical care is indicated. Conventional procedures are giving way to improved endovascular techniques applied to the mesenteric arteries.

[Short- and long-term outcomes of surgical treatment of popliteal aneurysms].

Introduction: The popliteal artery aneurysm (PAA) is a rare vascular disease, but represents the most common site of peripheral aneurysms. We report in this paper our experience in the surgical management of PAA.

Objectives: The aim of this work was to clarify the indications and the results of the surgical management of PAA.

[A rare localization of angio-Behçet revealed by a false aneurism of a gluteal artery treated surgically].

Behçet's disease is a rare chronic systemic inflammatory disease. It is more common in Turkey, North Africa and Japan. The incidence of vascular involvement (angio-Behçet) is 7 to 38%.

[Revascularization delay and complications in acute upper limb ischemia].

Introduction: Acute upper limb ischemia is a medical and surgical emergency. Studies that have reported revascularization results in acute upper limb ischemia are rare. For this reason, the revascularization delay has remained poorly defined.

Hybrid Repair of a Saccular Aortic Arch Aneurysm Ruptured in the Left Pulmonary Bronchus.

The rupture of aortic arch aneurysm is rare but serious and a life-threatening pathologic condition. We report a case of an 80-year-old woman who was admitted to our department for a rupture of a saccular aortic arch aneurysm in the left pulmonary bronchus. There was no landing zone in the aortic arch.

[Staff knowledge of radiation protection in endovascular surgery].

Introduction: Image intensification exposes the endovascular surgery staff to ionizing radiation. The aim of this study was to determine awareness of ionizing radiation risks among personnel working in the endovascular surgery environment and the availability of radiation protection clothes and to propose appropriate corrective measures.

Methods: This descriptive study was performed in the endovascular operating theatre equipped with a mobile image intensifier unit in La Rabta vascular department in September 2017.

[Femoral pseudoaneurysms in drug addicts: About 4 cases].

Purpose: To describe the therapeutic management of false aneurysms of the femoral artery in drug addicts.

Patients And Methods: We report the cases of four drug addicts with pseudoaneurysms of the femoral artery.

Results: All patients were male with a mean age of 36 years.

[Femoropopliteal angioplasty: Short- and mid-term results].

Background: Percutaneous endovascular therapy is becoming a primary option for managing femoropopliteal occlusive disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the mid-term results of endovascular treatment of femoropopliteal arterial disease.

Methods: Femoropopliteal percutaneous transluminal angioplasty was performed on 162 consecutive limbs (160 patients) from January 2006 to January 2016.

An alternative technique for Fontan completion in patients with widely separated connections of the inferior systemic veins to the atrial mass.

Several surgical approaches for completion of a total cavopulmonary connection have been established for patients with anomalies of systemic venous connection in association with a functionally univentricular heart. We report an alternative technique designed to address the problem of widely separated inferior systemic veins, in which two extracardiac conduits were used. This technique was performed on three patients and yielded excellent short-term results, allowing us to operate on a beating heart with no need for cardioplegic arrest and aortic cross-clamping.

Place of endovascular repair in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Aim: Open repair for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) has a significant morbidity and mortality. Since the introduction of endovascular techniques, much progress has been made. The aim of this study is to clarify the feasibility and the results of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) in short and middle terms.

A True Distal Brachial Artery Aneurysm Treated with a Bifurcated Saphenous Vein Graft.

Brachial artery aneurysms are rare, mostly consisting of false ones secondary to infectious, traumatic, or iatrogenic arterial lesions. True aneurysms of the brachial artery are even more uncommon. Here, we report a case of a 40-year-old fisherman, without any pathological antecedent, who presented with a painful pulsatile mass of the left anterior arm.

[Middle aortic coarctation: a rare vascular disorder].

Objective: Coarctation of the descending thoracic aorta is uncommon, with controversial etiology. Usually, severe hypertension is the main symptom; lower extremity claudication is less often found. Surgical management remains the standard for long coarctation and provides good results.