Subcostal echocardiographic assessment of tricuspid annular kick (SEATAK): A novel independent predictor of 30-day mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

Background: The most commonly used parameter of right ventricular (RV) systolic function - tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) - is unavailable for some patients. Subcostal echocardiographic assessment of tricuspid annular kick (SEATAK) has been proposed as its alternative.

Aim: The study aimed to assess the feasibility of SEATAK use in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) and its value in prognosis after PE.

Nocturnal non-dipping on 24-h Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in children and adolescents with obesity is associated with higher total cholesterol levels.

Background: Few studies indicate the occurrence of abnormal nocturnal dipping of blood pressure (BP) in 35-50% of children and adolescents with obesity. The relation between that phenomenon and metabolic complications of obesity remains unclear. To evaluate the association between disorders of glucose and lipid metabolism, and nocturnal non-dipping in pediatric patients with obesity.

Iatrogenic pericallosal artery aneurysm after endovascular procedure.

Iatrogenic brain aneurysms are rare and are usually a result of direct trauma to the arterial wall during various neurosurgical or endovascular procedures. Single cases of pericallosal posttraumatic and postsurgical aneurysms were previously reported. Herein, we report the first confirmed case of iatrogenic pericallosal artery aneurysm caused by an arterial wall injury during the endovascular treatment of another aneurysm.

Coexistence of posterior cerebral circulation anatomical variations and basilar artery aneurysms: Case-control study.

B a c k g r o u n d: The anatomy of arteries supplying blood to the brain often varies among the population. It applies particularly to posterior cerebral circulation. The impact of its anatomy variabilities on the formation of intracranial aneurysms has not been determined yet.

Ineffective endovascular treatment of a giant internal carotid artery aneurysm.

Purpose: Despite a growing range of therapeutic possibilities, including various intravascular methods, treating cerebral aneurysms can be still a therapeutic challenge. A growing number of patients previously treated with older techniques require additional therapy. Treatment options as well as their efficiency may be influenced by previous procedures.

Ultrasonography of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque in the carotid arteries: B-mode imaging.

The most common type of stroke, i.e. ischemic stroke, is a great challenge for contemporary medicine as it poses both diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties.