Case: In this report, we describe a 41-year-old woman with symptoms concerning for acute carpal tunnel syndrome. Operative exploration resulted in resection of an aneurysmal, thrombosed, persistent median artery seen on preoperative imaging and full recovery by the patient.
Conclusion: A persistent median artery is an uncommon congenital hand condition resulting from the failure of the median artery to regress, which can then travel through the carpal tunnel and be associated with a bifid median nerve, irritation of the nerve, and need for surgical exploration if it thromboses, which is rare. This should be considered in patients with acute median nerve compression, without other etiologies.
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Eur J Med Res
January 2025
Department of Pediatric Cardiac Center, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100029, China.
Background: An effective prognostic nomogram to predict the prognosis for supravalvular aortic stenosis (SVAS) patients is lacking.
Methods: A multi-center retrospective study of consecutive SVAS patients with surgery between 2002 and 2020 was conducted. Patients underwent McGoon repairs, Doty repairs, and other repairs.
Open Heart
January 2025
Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Radiother Oncol
January 2025
NHC Key Laboratory of Personalized Diagnosis and Treatment of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Jiangxi Cancer Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang Medical College, Nanchang 330029 China; Department of Radiation Oncology, Jiangxi Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Jiangxi Cancer Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang Medical College, Nanchang 330029 China. Electronic address:
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Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed)
January 2025
Pediatric Cardiology Department, M3C National reference center, Hospital Necker- Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, University Paris Cité, Paris, France.
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January 2025
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Objective: Brachial artery aneurysms are rare entities that have typically been associated with trauma, infection, arterio-venous fistula creation or connective tissue disorders. These aneurysms are often asymptomatic, but they can also cause local tenderness or thrombo-embolic events. Due to the very low incidence of true brachial artery aneurysms, there are no standardized guidelines on their optimal management.
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