Successful management of the superior mesenteric artery occlusion in 86-year-old female: case report.

Chronic superior mesentery ischemia often presents a clinically asymptomatic diffuse atherosclerotic process. There are no compelling recommendations on the benefits of early revascularization strategy besides antithrombotic prophylaxis and statin treatment. Conversely, long-term prevalence of symptomatic cases in surgical patient cohorts is rarely reported in the literature.

[Role of yeasts in diabetic foot ulcer infection].

Aims: The aim was to assess the incidence of isolation of individual fungal species and interpret the meaning of fungal isolates from foot ulcers of 509 diabetic outpatients using mycologic and histopathologic methods. Another aim was to explore risk factors for the development of fungal infections in foot ulcer.

Methods: Fungus isolation was made on selective media and their identification by standard mycologic methods.

Carotid bifurcation position and branching angle in patients with atherosclerotic carotid disease.

Carotid artery bifurcation (CB) is the preferred site for development of atherosclerosis (AS) in extracranial cerebral arteries; internal carotid artery stenosis is the most common cause of ischemic stroke. The frequent atherosclerotic disease of CB may best be explained by the hemodynamic influence of complex blood flow that results from the unique geometry of the bifurcation. Few papers analyze all possible geometric structural characteristics of this bifurcation.