Hybrid Repair of Infected Femoral Artery Pseudoaneurysm: Stent Graft Placement and Artificial Graft Replacement.

A femoral artery pseudoaneurysm is the most prevalent complication of femoral access due to the artery's accessibility and frequent use for catheterization and blood tests. An infected femoral artery pseudoaneurysm is often life-threatening and challenging to manage. A 70-year-old male with a history of tongue cancer treatments, including resection, lymph node dissection, and radiation chemotherapy, visited his previous physician for a fever and was prescribed oral antibiotics, but the fever persisted, accompanied by pain and a mass in the left groin.

Effect of waiting time for COVID-19 screening on postoperative outcomes of type A aortic dissection: An institutional study.

Background: Since November 2020, all patients undergoing emergency surgery at our hospital have been subjected to preoperative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) screening to prevent nosocomial COVID-19 infection, with admission to the operating room requiring a negative result. Herein, we compared the pre- and postoperative outcomes of acute type A aortic dissection surgery before and after implementing the RT-PCR screening for all patients.

Methods: We compared the postoperative results of 105 patients who underwent acute type A aortic dissection emergency surgery from January 2019 to October 2020 (Group I) and 109 patients who underwent the surgery following RT-PCR screening from November 2020 to March 2022 (Group II).

A rare case of asymptomatic right coronary artery ectasia associated with giant aneurysm.

A rare case of giant coronary artery ectasia associated with coronary artery aneurysm was recognized. A 69-year-old woman presented with an ischemic electrocardiogram changes during a medical check-up. Coronary computed tomography angiography showed right coronary artery (RCA) ectasia associated with a giant aneurysm originating from the distal RCA.

[Four Times Aortic Valve Replacement for Recurrent Aortic Annulus Destruction Due to Behçet's Disease:Report of a Case].

Surgical results of aortic regurgitation with Behcet's aortitis is associated with high morbidity and mortality due to risk of annular dehiscence. Here we describe a case of severe aortic regurgitation with Behcet's disease in 51-year-old man who underwent aortic valve replacement and subannular patch reconstruction for suspected infectious endocarditis with severe aortic regurgitation and subannular abcess. Then we performed three times aortic valve replacement for recurrent prosthetic valve dehiscence.

Hybrid treatment of a giant coronary artery aneurysm in a patient with immunoglobulin G4-related disease.

A 62-year-old man was diagnosed with a giant coronary artery aneurysm associated with immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related disease. He had previously undergone two thoracic operations with sternotomies and abdominal aortic aneurysm repair for IgG4-related aortopathy. We opted for hybrid open and endovascular repair to reduce risk and avoid complications of a resternotomy and extracorporeal circulation.

Post-myocardial infarction left ventricular septal dissecting aneurysm: a case report.

Background: Post-infarction perforation of the ventricular septum is recognized as a major complication of post-myocardial infarction. However, post-infarction ventricle dissection is seldom reported, as the ventricular shunt often accompanying this condition is a significant cause of cardiogenic shock. We encountered a rare case of ventricular dissection unaccompanied by a shunt, which caused a state of shock.