Publications by authors named "Leonardo Foresti"
Article Synopsis
- Cardiac myxomas (CMs) are rare heart tumors that can cause serious complications like acute lower limb ischaemia (ALI), particularly in younger patients.
- A study reviewed data from 59 cases of ALI caused by CM embolisation; it reported a 12.1% in-hospital mortality rate and various complication rates, but no deaths or significant issues during follow-up after discharge.
- The case of a 26-year-old woman who underwent successful surgery for ALI due to CM highlights the importance of considering CM as a potential cause when healthy young patients present with unexplained ALI symptoms.
Objective: The aim of this study was to update our earlier experience and to evaluate long-term outcomes of chimney endovascular aortic repair performed for selected cases with complex abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Methods: A single-center retrospective cohort study was conducted on 51 consecutive patients who underwent chimney endovascular aortic repair procedure, deemed unfit for open surgical repair and fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair, from October 2009 to November 2019. Kaplan-Meier analyses were used to assess the estimated overall survival, freedom from aneurysm related mortality, freedom from reintervention, freedom from target vessel instability, and freedom from type Ia endoleaks.