Transfemoral stent graft implantation in the ascending aorta has been performed in patients with aortic abnormalities and particularly in the case of an existing symptomatic thrombus. We report on a 68-year old male patient who presented to our clinic with angina-pectoris-like chest pain after having been treated with an aortic stent graft. A computed tomography scan revealed a thrombus in the left main stem that could be successfully removed. The aortic stent graft was removed and the supracoronary ascending aorta replaced.
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Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg
January 2025
Plastic Surgery Unit, Clínica San Francisco, Tuluá, Colombia.
Purpose: To describe and evaluate the efficacy and safety of lacrimal sac to conjunctiva reconstructive ostomy for proximal lacrimal system reconstruction.
Methods: This retrospective study included 41 patients (32 cancer and 9 trauma; 36 primary and 5 secondary) who underwent lacrimal sac to conjunctiva reconstructive ostomy. The technique involves creating a direct connection between a surgical opening in the lacrimal sac, which maintains its bony attachments to prevent ostomy occlusion, and the medial conjunctiva (medial fornix, bulbar, and palpebral).
Case Rep Gastrointest Med
January 2025
Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, The Canberra Hospital, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, Australia.
We present a case of an 80-year-old female who presented with chest pain, vomiting and night sweats a few weeks post thoracic endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (TEVAR). A computed tomography (CT) scan demonstrated a type 1B endoleak for which she underwent a repeat TEVAR. Postoperatively, she developed fever, dysphagia, haematemesis and melaena.
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February 2025
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Background: In recent years, transcatheter implantation devices to restrict pulmonary arterial flow have emerged as a potential alternative to surgical pulmonary artery banding.
Case Presentation: A term male was diagnosed with critical aortic stenosis (AS) and severely reduced left ventricle (LV) systolic function. He underwent aortic balloon valvuloplasty on day 2 of life, resulting in some antegrade flow, but LV ejection fraction only improved to 15%.
Background: Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (MICS-CABG) is frequently used for coronary revascularization, but the comparison of long-term clinical results with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in left main disease (LMDs) remains unclear. The present study sought to determine the long-term outcomes of MICS-CABG and PCI in patients with LMDs.
Methods: A total of 551 consecutive patients [man: 457 (82.
Coron Artery Dis
January 2025
Division of Cardiology, Dante Pazzanese Institute of Cardiology, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Long-term data are limited comparing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with second-generation drug-eluting stents (S-DES) vs coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients with complex coronary artery disease (CAD). We aimed to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing these interventions in patients with left main or multivessel CAD. We systematically reviewed PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane for studies that compared PCI with S-DES and CABG in patients with left main or multivessel CAD with a minimum mean follow-up period of 3 years.
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