Background: Traumatic aortic injuries (TAIs) are rare but are associated with a high mortality. Prior studies have shown skiers and pilots, whose injuries occur at high altitudes, are at an increased risk for a TAI. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of altitude on the incidence of TAIs across all causes of injury.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe describe a case of a 63-year-old male with complicated Bouveret's syndrome, both in its presentation and in its management. Bouveret's syndrome is a rare cause of gastric outlet obstruction resulting from mechanical obstruction from gallstones at the pyloroduodenal segment. As Bouveret's syndrome can be a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for clinicians, we aim to identify clinical and radiologic pearls that can lower the threshold for the diagnosis of Bouveret's syndrome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCoronary revascularization procedures decreased markedly in California after the introduction of drug-eluting stents and the initiation of public reporting in 2003, resulting in a large number of low-volume heart programs. California hospital discharge data were analyzed from 2006 to 2010 to study the impact of this change. In-hospital mortality and hospital readmission for major adverse events at 90 days and 365 days were determined for patients who underwent isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) either with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or PCI without acute coronary syndrome (PCI-noACS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPublic reporting of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) mortality in California was initiated in 2003. Drug-eluting stents were widely introduced in the same year. Adverse events after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and CABG were analyzed to study the impact of these events.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Gastrointestinal leak is a dreaded complication after esophagectomy. Conventional treatments for leak include conservative therapy, surgical reoperation, and even complete gastrointestinal (GI) diversion. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of endoluminal stenting in the management of esophagogastric leak after esophagectomy.
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