Abstract Takayasu's arteritis is a type of primary systemic vasculitis that affects medium and large arteries, including the aorta and its main branches, as well as the pulmonary and coronary arteries. Although rare in children, it is the third most common vasculitis in the pediatric population, often wi...
Se describe el caso clínico de una paciente de 4 años de edad, quien ingresó en el Servicio de Terapia Intensiva del Hospital Infantil Docente Sur Dr. Antonio María Béguez César de Santiago de Cuba por presentar dolor abdominal intenso, vómitos sanguinolentos, distención abdominal, tumoración pa...
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: We aimed to demonstrate the clinical utility of CHA2DS2-VASc and anticoagulation and risk factors in atrial fibrillation risk scores in the assessment of one year mortality in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm. METHODS: We designed a retrospective cohort study using data from S...
Primary aortoenteric fistula is the spontaneous communication between the lumen of the aorta and a portion of the digestive tract. The most common cause is the erosion of an abdominal aortic aneurysm into the 3rd or 4th portion of the duodenum. It manifests clinically as gastrointestinal bleeding, with o...
Aorta Abdominal,
Aneurisma de la Aorta Abdominal/complicaciones,
Aneurisma de la Aorta Abdominal/diagnóstico por imagen,
Aneurisma de la Aorta Abdominal/cirugía,
Enfermedades de la Aorta,
Rotura de la Aorta,
Enfermedades Duodenales/complicaciones,
Enfermedades Duodenales/diagnóstico por imagen,
Enfermedades Duodenales/cirugía,
Duodeno,
Hemorragia Gastrointestinal/etiología,
Fístula Intestinal/complicaciones,
Fístula Intestinal/diagnóstico por imagen,
Fístula Vascular/complicaciones,
Fístula Vascular/diagnóstico por imagen,
Fístula Vascular/cirugía
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of signs of impending rupture (SIR) in asymptomatic patients with abdominal aortic and iliac artery aneurysms, and to evaluate whether these signs were associated with rupture in asymptomatic patients. METHODS: This was a retrospective study of pa...
Resumo Contexto O ultrassom contrastado por microbolhas (CMUS) é uma modalidade diagnóstica de acurácia bem demonstrada por estudos internacionais para seguimento de reparo endovascular do aneurisma de aorta abdominal (EVAR). Não existem, no entanto, estudos nacionais focados nesse método de seguim...
Introducción: la incorporación de la ecografía a los métodos diagnósticos de los aneurismas aórticos abdominales favorece su detección precoz. Objetivo: Describir las características de los pacientes a quienes se les detectó precozmente un aneurisma aórtico abdominal. Métodos: Estudio des...
ABSTRACT Endovascular aneurysm repair is an established technique for treating many infrarenal aortic aneurysms. Infection is one of the most serious complications of this technique, and although percutaneous treatment has been well established for intra-abdominal collections, its use to treat peri-prost...
SUMMARY Point-of-care ultrasonography, which is performed at the bedside by physicians who are not specialists in imaging, has become possible thanks to recent technological advances that have allowed for a device with greater portability while maintaining image quality. The increasing use of point-of-ca...
