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Vascular
August 2024
Department of Vascular Surgery, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Background: Vessel wall calcification is associated with stent under-expansion and in-stent restenosis. The traditional approaches to treat peripheral artery calcification are percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and atherectomy. Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) uses sonic wave pressure to disrupt calcium of the severely calcified lesions.
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July 2024
Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.
Ther Adv Respir Dis
May 2024
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, No. 166, Daxue Road, Nanning, Guangxi Province, Xixiangtang District, Nanning 530000, China.
The two patients included in the study had mixed and refractory post-tuberculosis tracheobronchial stenosis (PTTS), having experienced unsuccessful interventional therapies such as balloon dilation and V-shaped stent placement before the operation. Following the secure placement of L-shaped silicone stents, examinations with a fiberbronchoscope during the first and third months post-operation revealed a significant reduction in bronchial mucosa inflammation for both patients. Additionally, the opening diameter of the upper and lower branch segments increased, and chest CT scans indicated a noticeable absorption of left pulmonary lesions.
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May 2024
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Narayana Medical College, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India.
A lobar re-expansion pulmonary oedema (REPO) after pleural drainage procedure is rare and usually asymptomatic. We report a 56-year-old man with severe left lower lobar REPO after tube thoracostomy drainage of a loculated hydro-pneumothorax of 2 days' duration with underlying chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The clinical manifestations were immediate and disproportionate to the radiological extent of REPO.
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May 2024
UOC Anestesia e Rianimazione, Giovanni Paolo II Hospital, 97100 Ragusa, Italy.
Re-expansion pulmonary edema is a rare and potentially life-threatening complication that can occur after the rapid re-expansion of a collapsed lung due to pneumothorax or pleural effusion. It has a multifactorial pathogenesis, and risk factors for re-expansion pulmonary edema, such as chronic lung collapse, rapid re-expansion, and changes in pulmonary vascular permeability, have been identified. Clinical manifestations vary, ranging from almost asymptomatic to a rapidly fatal condition, and its incidence may be more common and less fatal than previously believed.
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