Chest Compression-Associated Internal Thoracic Artery Injury During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Incidence, Injury Patterns and Efficacy of Transcatheter Arterial Embolization.

Purpose: To investigate the incidence and patterns of chest compression-associated internal thoracic artery injury (CAI) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and identify the embolization techniques used to treat hemorrhage.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted in the patients who underwent transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) for life-threatening hemorrhage caused by CAI at two tertiary care centers between May 2013 and December 2019. Data on background characteristics, imaging findings, embolization and outcomes were collected from the medical records.

Survey on chest CT findings in COVID-19 patients in Okinawa, Japan: differences between the delta and omicron variants.

To investigate the frequency of pneumonia and chest computed tomography (CT) findings in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during the fifth Delta variant-predominant and sixth Omicron variant-predominant waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Okinawa, Japan. A survey on chest CT examinations for patients with COVID-19 was conducted byhospitals with board-certified radiologists who provided treatment for COVID-19 pneumonia in Okinawa Prefecture. Data from 11 facilities were investigated.

A Case of Transient Unilateral Right Leg Edema Caused by a Markedly Distended Bladder.

External compression of a vein is a relatively rare but important cause of unilateral leg edema. Here, we present a case of unilateral right leg edema caused by external compression of the right iliac vein due to a markedly distended urinary bladder, secondary to a neurogenic bladder. The patient initially had bilateral leg edema associated with chronic heart failure.

Aorto-right pulmonary venous fistula after mitral valve replacement for prosthetic mitral valve infective endocarditis: a case report.

Background: Aorto-cavitary fistula is a rare condition, and the most common underlying aetiology is infective endocarditis (IE) of the native or the prosthetic aortic valve. We report a case of aorto-right inferior pulmonary venous fistula following redo mitral valve replacement (MVR) for prosthetic mitral valve IE.

Case Summary: A 74-year-old woman underwent urgent redo MVR for prosthetic mitral valve IE.

Endovascular Therapy for Distal Superior Mesenteric Artery Mycotic Aneurysms due to Infective Endocarditis.

To report 3 patients with infective endocarditis who underwent transcatheter arterial embolization for mycotic aneurysm of the distal superior mesenteric artery (SMA). Three men (60, 64, and 65 years old) were diagnosed with infective endocarditis. Antibiotics were initiated immediately after admission and continued for several weeks to months.

Factors Associated with Secondary Functional Patency After Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty of the Early Failing or Immature Hemodialysis Arteriovenous Fistula.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for early failing hemodialysis arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) and predictors of secondary functional patency (FP).

Methods: A review of our endovascular registry database showed that 61 patients with early failure after a surgically created AVF underwent endovascular intervention between 2011 and 2016. Median time from AVF creation to first intervention was 5.

Successful transcatheter arterial embolization of a ruptured right gastroepiploic artery aneurysm: A case report.

Background: Gastroepiploic artery aneurysms (GEAAs) are extremely rare. Ruptured GEAAs are related to high mortality and often treated by open surgery. We describe a case of a ruptured right GEAA that was successfully treated by transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE).

Indications of airway stenting for severe central airway obstruction due to advanced cancer.

Background: Management of severe central airway obstruction due to advanced cancer is a medical and technical challenge. The impact of airway stenting on the clinical outcome of such patients is unclear.

Method: This single-center, retrospective study evaluated 21 patients who underwent airway stenting for advanced cancer.

Management of spontaneous isolated dissection of the superior mesenteric artery: Case report and literature review.

Background And Method: The aim of this study was to assess retrospectively the clinical presentation, management and outcome of three patients with isolated SMA dissection encountered at Okinawa Prefectural Chubu Hospital, Japan from 2005 to 2006, along with a review of the literature. We follow up the patient's clinical symptoms and the image by using enhanced dynamic CT at 1 week, 1 or 2 months, 6 months, and yearly after onset.

Case Presentation: We present three patients with acute abdominal pain due to spontaneous dissection of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA), who were treated by surgical revascularization or conservative management.

True aneurysm of the pancreaticoduodenal arteries: a single institution experience.

Background: True pancreaticoduodenal artery (PDA) aneurysm is a rare but potentially fatal disease. The aim of this study was to make recommendations for management of true PDA aneurysm.

Methods: True aneurysms of the PDA were diagnosed at our institution between 1996 and 2007 and analyzed retrospectively, for clinical presentation, management, and outcome.

Endovascular treatment for a spontaneous rupture of the posterior tibial artery in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Type IV: report of a case.

This report presents the case of a 27-year-old woman with a history of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Type IV (EDS-IV) who suffered from acute compartment syndrome caused by the spontaneous rupture of the posterior tibial artery. Bleeding control was achieved by endovascular embolization. A fasciotomy was successfully performed without any trouble with hemorrhaging.