Publications by authors named "T Pfammatter"
Purpose: To evaluate the clinical and imaging outcome of aneurysmal bone cysts (ABCs) in children using percutaneous cryoablation as the sole treatment.
Materials And Methods: This retrospective study included 7 children with a mean age of 8.7 years (range, 3.
Background: Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) is the treatment of choice for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) with accessible lesions. Breathing pure oxygen (hyperoxia) during right heart catheterization (RHC) allows for the calculation of the right-to-left shunt fraction (Qs/Qt). In the absence of intracardiac shunt, Qs/Qt can be used as a marker of ventilation-perfusion mismatch in patients with CTEPH.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEctopic peritransplant varicosis represents an uncommon cause of late-onset gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding after simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation (SPK). We report on a 53-year-old female patient who suffered from recurrent upper GI bleeding seven years after SPK with persistent graft function. Upper endoscopy revealed perianastomotic angiodysplasias, treated by clipping and Argon-Plasma-Coagulation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of peripartal maternal mortality and accounts for 25% of all maternal deaths worldwide. The most common reasons of PPH are uterine atony, retained placenta, or placenta accreta spectrum. Treatment of PPH depends on the etiology and corresponds to a stepwise approach, which follows the German, Austrian and Swiss guideline for the diagnosis and therapy of PPH in Switzerland.
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- Fontan-associated liver disease is becoming a significant issue, prompting a study on the prevalence and predictors of advanced liver fibrosis in adult Fontan patients, focusing on liver stiffness measurement using ultrasound transient elastography.
- The study included 97 adult patients, with 52% undergoing liver biopsy, and found that 70% had advanced liver fibrosis; however, liver stiffness measurements were poorly correlated with fibrosis and other health indicators.
- Results indicate that while advanced liver fibrosis is common among adult Fontan patients, liver stiffness is not reliable for clinical decisions, and younger age at the completion of the Fontan procedure may be a risk factor needing further study.