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MitraClip para el reparo de insuficiencia mitral severa

Rev. colomb. cardiol; 23 (6), 2016
Resumen Objetivo: Reportar el primer caso de implante de MitraClip realizado en la costa atlántica. Material y métodos: Paciente femenina de 69 años de edad, con diagnóstico de: cardiopatía dilatada de 10 años de evolución con aumento progresivo de deterioro funcional. Ha presentado edema pulm...

Embolismo pulmonar después de obturación de várices gástricas con N-butil-2-cianoacrilato
Pulmonary embolism after endoscopic injection with N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate for gastric varices

Medicina (B.Aires); 76 (6), 2016
Las várices gástricas están presentes en cerca de un tercio de los pacientes con hipertensión portal y el sangrado de las mismas representa una causa significativa de mortalidad. El tratamiento de primera línea es la obturación con N-butil-2-cianoacrilato, que si bien es seguro no está libre de co...

Recanalización carotídea espontánea
Spontaneous carotid recanalization

Medicina (B.Aires); 76 (6), 2016

Fístula coronaria gigante. Presentación clínica, caracterización angiográfica, tratamiento y seguimiento a largo plazo: caso clínico

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (7), 2016
Coronary artery fistulae are abnormal connections between a coronary artery and any cardiac chamber or other vessels. Most of them have a congenital origin. We report a 60 years old woman referring a history of progressive dyspnea and orthopnea during the last year. A continuous heart murmur was audible ...

Prevalence of suggestive images of carotid artery calcifications on panoramic radiographs and its relationship with predisposing factors

Abstract Panoramic radiographs (PR) can display radiopaque images suggestive of calcified atheroma in the carotid artery in asymptomatic patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of these images on PR and their linkage with hypertension, obesity, age, gender and smoking habits. PR of...

Endovascular revascularization of TASC C and D femoropopliteal occlusive disease using carbon dioxide as contrast

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 14 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the results of ten angioplasties of TASC C and D femoropopliteal lesions using CO2 as primary contrast in patients with no formal contraindication to iodine, aiming to decrease allergic reactions and potential nephrotoxicity in high-risk patients. Methods We describe the...

Brazilian multicenter study of 71 patients with juvenile-onset Takayasu's arteritis: clinical and angiographic features

Rev. bras. reumatol; 56 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the clinical and angiographic characteristics of Takayasu's arteritis in Brazilian children and adolescents. Methods: A retrospective data collection was performed in 71 children and adolescents followed in 10 Brazilian reference centers in Pediatric Rheumatology. The ev...

Major intrahepatic veno-venous fistula after fontan operation treated by transcatheter implantation of amplatzer septal occluder through internal jugular vein

Abstract Six months after undergoing a Fontan operation, a 7-year-old boy with right atrial isomerism and a single functional ventricle was admitted to our emergency department with cyanosis. Emergency cardiac catheterization revealed a large veno-venous fistula that began in a left hepatic vein, connect...

Prevalência de cicatrizes coriorretinianas em exames angiográficos

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 75 (2), 2016
RESUMO A toxoplasmose é uma zoonose que tem como agente etiológico o Toxoplasma gondii, que se caracteriza por ser uma doença infecciosa de distribuição mundial. Considera-se que no mundo existam mais de 2 bilhões de pessoas infectadas pela toxoplasmose. É bem conhecido que a toxoplasmose é uma c...

Glaucoma secundário a fístula carótido-cavernosa

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 75 (2), 2016
RESUMO As fístulas carótido-cavernosas são uma causa rara, porém grave, de glaucoma secundário por aumento da pressão venosa episcleral. Apresenta-se um caso de uma mulher de 72 anos, negra, atendida no Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (HC-UFTM) com dor, sensaçã...