Rate of Ascending Aortic Enlargement in a Large Echocardiographic Cohort: Associated Risk Factors and Adverse Aortic Events.

Background: Understanding ascending aortic aneurysm growth and associated risk factors is critical to advising appropriate echocardiographic follow-up intervals for patients. The aim of this study was to identify aortic aneurysm growth rate on serial echocardiography as well as the clinical and demographic variables that contribute to baseline aortic size and subsequent aortic growth.

Methods: Patients identified with ascending aortic aneurysms and undergoing serial echocardiograms within 5 years were evaluated.

Iatrogenic aortic dissection of the descending aorta after percutaneous coronary intervention.

Aortic dissection is a rare and potentially fatal complication of coronary angiography. We report a case of a woman in her late 80s who underwent a left femoral approach coronary angiogram for evaluation of a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Following the procedure, she had a cardiac arrest and was found to have a descending aortic dissection on transoesophageal echocardiogram.

Mycotic aortic aneurysm due to species infection treated non-surgically.

, a commensal organism in canine flora, is most frequently transmitted to humans via animal bite. Infection can lead to multiorgan failure, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and uncommonly mycotic aneurysm. We present a case of a 65-year-old male who presented to the emergency department with right lower quadrant abdominal pain, nausea with vomiting, and diarrhea that began the evening prior to presentation.

Mosaicism of the UDP-Galactose transporter SLC35A2 in a female causing a congenital disorder of glycosylation: a case report.

Background: Congenital disorders of glycosylation are rare conditions caused by genetic defects in glycan synthesis, processing or transport. Most congenital disorders of glycosylation involve defects in the formation or transfer of the lipid-linked oligosaccharide precursor of N-linked glycans. SLC35A2-CDG (previously CDG-IIm) is caused by hemizygous or heterozygous mutations in the X-linked gene SLC35A2 that encodes a UDP-galactose transporter.