Rescue Snorkel Technique in a Giant Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm With Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair Failure.

A 67-year-old man was sent to our center because of progressively worsening chest pain. A giant ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm was documented. We performed a successfully rescue snorkel technique for thoracic endovascular aortic repair failure because of type IA endoleak after the first endoprosthesis implantation.

[Long-term results of percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty in patients over 50 years old].

Unlabelled: Advanced age has been identified as a predictor factor for complications and poor outcome at Percutaneous Mitral Valvulotomy (PMV) with balloon, nevertheless this has been associated to the inadequate valvular anatomy, whereby the contribution of each factor needs to be determinate.

Objective: Describe the immediate and final outcome of PMV with Inoue balloon in patients over 50 years old and associate complications with age and Wilkins score.

Material And Methods: A retrospective and analytic study was performed with a data base of 430 patients.

[Immediate and long-term results of implantation of the new platinum coronary stent (atlas stent) in patients with coronary artery disease].

Background And Objectives: We evaluated the technical and clinical results of implantation of the Atlas stent, the hospital stay, and the short and long-term clinical and angiographic outcome.

Patients And Method: The study included 169 patients (60.1 10.