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Vascular
January 2025
Division of Vascular Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Objectives: Mal-deployment of the thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) stent graft during a frozen elephant trunk (FET) procedure for an acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) leads to devastating complications. We report a hemiarch replacement with TEVAR stent graft covering the aortic arch vessels salvaged through an endovascular approach.
Methods: A 69-year-old man with ATAAD in 2018, status post-hemiarch repair with TEVAR, presented in 2023 with progressive dizziness/syncope and lower extremity hypertension with inability to tolerate anti-hypertensives.
Eur Heart J
December 2024
Department of Cardiology, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Faint and Fall Research Centre, S. Luca Hospital, Piazzale Brescia 20, Milano 20149, Italy.
Background And Aims: Identifying the haemodynamic mechanism of autonomic syncope is the essential pre-requisite for effective and personalized therapy aimed at preventing recurrences. The present study assessed the diagnostic efficacy of a two-step assessment.
Methods: Multicentre prospective, cross-sectional, observational study.
Cureus
November 2024
Internal Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, USA.
Numerous individuals experiencing homelessness have a pet. When a homeless person is hospitalized for an emergency medical need, discharge planners are sometimes faced with tough options and a lack of resources for safe discharges from the hospital. We detail the case of a 64-year-old female patient who was admitted due to a witnessed syncopal event.
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January 2025
Université Mohammed V de Rabat, Avenue des Nations Unies, Agdal, Rabat Maroc, B.P:8007. N.U., Morocco; Department of Vascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire IBN SINA, Avenue Bettouga, Rabat 10000, Morocco.
Introduction And Importance: Cervical paragangliomas of the vagus nerve are tumors, of wich the nature and location make them extremely rare, representing only 0.012 % of cervical tumors.
Case Presentation: This article reports the case of a 64 year old patient, consulting for a latero-cervical mass associated with dysphonia, dysphagia, and repeated vagal syncopes, evolving for 10 months.
Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi
November 2024
Syncope is a relatively common symptom in clinical practice, and its underlying etiology is complex. This article reports a case of nasopharyngeal carcinoma that presented with recurrent syncope as the initial symptom. After radiotherapy, the patient did not experience any further episodes of syncope.
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