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Isquemia aguda del canal anal

Rev. cuba. cir; 60 (4), 2021
Introducción: La isquemia anal aguda con gangrena es una entidad infrecuente, con escasa literatura publicada al respecto, cuyas cifras de mortalidad descritas se sitúan en un 20 por ciento - 40 por ciento de los casos. Debe considerarse en ancianos con enfermedad aterosclerótica que presenten síntom...

Disección coronaria espontánea asociada a lupus eritematoso sistémico

Arch. cardiol. Méx; 91 (1), 2021
Resumen A 29 year old female with a past medical history of systemic lupus erythematosus, diagnosed 15 years earlier, presents with lupus nephritis, currently on peritoneal dialysis. She had myopericarditis in 2012 and is currently on immunosuppressants. The patient began with exertional dyspnea and angi...

Disección coronaria espontánea en paciente trasplantada de corazón

Rev. méd. Chile; 149 (3), 2021
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is an uncommon cause of acute coronary syndrome that predominantly affects women without cardiovascular risk factors. In transplant patients, spontaneous coronary artery dissection is an extremely rare condition, having been described in only three patients, in whom...

Consideraciones hipotéticas sobre el comportamiento viral del SARS-Cov-2 (covid-19): enfermedad multisistémica
Hypothetical considerations on the viral behavior of SARS-Cov-2 (covid-19): multisystemic disease

Rev. Asoc. Méd. Argent; 133 (4), 2020
El virus provoca una reacción vascular inflamatoria en el endotelio arterial de varios órganos, entre ellos el pulmón (afectando el intercambio de gases en la membrana alveolo-capilar), de ahí la insuficiencia respiratoria, pero también afecta a otros órganos. Cuando una persona adquiere el nuevo c...

Exertional Rhabdomyolysis after Military Training Paralleled by Systemic Microvascular Dysfunction and Plasma Cytokine Increase: A Case Report

Arq. bras. cardiol; 113 (2), 2019

Translumbar hemodialysis long-term catheters: an alternative for vascular access failure

J. bras. nefrol; 41 (1), 2019
Abstract Introduction: Vascular access (VA) in hemodialysis (HD) is essential to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients survival. Unfortunately, after some years in HD program, a significant number of patients may develop VA failure for many reasons. In this situation, arterial venous fistula (AVF) con...

Spontaneous left anterior descending coronary artery dissection requiring coronary artery bypass surgery

Abstract Introduction: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a sudden separation between the layers of a coronary artery wall, non-iatrogenic or trauma related, that has been recognized as an important cause of myocardial infarction. Objective: To report an emblematic case, in terms of angiographic...

Graft Calcification Caused by a Torsion of the Hepatic Vein after a Living-Related Donor Liver Transplantation

Ann. hepatol; 16 (1), 2017
Abstract: The torsion of vessels after liver transplantation rarely occurs. Likewise, calcification of a liver graft has seldom been reported. This report details a case which had torsion of the left hepatic vein on the seventh day after living-related donor liver transplantation. The torsion was reduced...

Reducing bed rest time from five to three hours does not increase complications after cardiac catheterization: the THREE CATH Trial

Abstract Objective: to compare the incidence of vascular complications in patients undergoing transfemoral cardiac catheterization with a 6F introducer sheath followed by 3-hour versus 5-hour rest. Methods: randomized clinical trial. Subjects in the intervention group (IG) ambulated 3 hours after she...