Delayed cardiac tamponade following blunt chest trauma is a rare incident, and we provide a report including a literature review for further discussion. The patient is a 56-year-old male. He fell off a motorcycle and sustained contusions to the left side of his chest.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 73-year-old man had Stanford type B acute aortic dissection 11 years before. He had underwent thoracoabdominal aortic replacement due to thoracoabdominal aneurysm nine years before and hemiarch aortic replacement due to Stanford type A acute aortic dissection four years before. We performed surgery because the dissecting aortic aneurysm in the distal arch has enlarged.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMechanical thrombectomy has been proposed to expand the treatment time window and enhance revascularization. However, it is unclear whether its use can be extended to patients with occlusions in acute aortic dissection, especially the thoracic aorta. A 55-year-old man underwent graft replacement for acute aortic dissection type A.
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