Endovascular therapy of ascending thoracic aorta.

We describe the endovascular treatment given to a patient who, after surgery on the ascending thoracic aorta due to acute type A dissection (Bentall's procedure), developed a pseudoaneurysm 12 cm in diameter of the ascending aorta at the brachiocephalic trunk. Firstly, an extra-anatomical carotid-carotid bypass was performed, which was followed by endovascular treatment, excluding the aortic arch from the origin of both coronary arteries to the origin of the left common carotid artery, occluding the brachiocephalic trunk. For accurate placement of the endoprosthesis, the device was released after cardiac arrest with adenosine.

[Tridimensional gait analysis after unilateral subtalar arthrodesis].

Purpose Of The Study: Subtalar arthrodesis can be useful in various conditions. Initially used for the treatment of congenital or acquired foot deformities, it was later applied to surgical repair of traumatic injury. The subtalar joint does however play an important role in gait, particularly for transmitting rotational movement of the leg to the foot.

Heart rate response to two lifting techniques.

Objective: To determine the heart rate response to repetitive lifting of light weights employing two techniques, stoop and squat.

Design: Randomized cross-over trial.

Participants: Twenty healthy volunteers (11 women, 9 men), mean age of 25 years, recruited from the staff of a physical medicine and rehabilitation department.