Abstract Aortic dissection (AD) has been recognized to be associated with an inflammatory process. Clinical observations demonstrated that patients with AD had an elevated interleukin (IL)-6 level in comparison to hypertensive or healthy controls. Adverse events such as acute lung injury, postimplantatio...
Background: Spontaneous dissections of visceral arteries are rare and usually secondary to other disease. There is paucity of information about their natural course. Aim: To describe the imaging, clinical characteristics and follow-up of spontaneous visceral artery dissections diagnosed at our instituti...
Abstract We present a patient diagnosed Stanford Type A aortic dissection, who was misdiagnosed as acute myocardial infarction for 5 days. In the surgery, the right coronary ostium was totally occluded, and the right coronary artery (RCA) was bluish from the trunk to branches. The true lumen couldn't be ...
Abstract Objective: To evaluate the aortic wall elasticity using the maximal rate of systolic distension (MRSD) and maximal rate of diastolic recoil (MRDR) and their correlation with the aortic size index (ASI). Methods: Forty-eight patients with thoracic aortic aneurysm were enrolled in this study. A ...
Background Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) affects predominantly the cervical and
renal arteries and may cause the classical angiographic pattern of string-of-beads. The
diagnosis is increasing with the advances of imaging techniques.
Case Report A 37-year-old man presenting with subarachnoid hemorrhage du...
RESUMEN Introducción: La disección aórtica aguda es considerada como una de las enfermedades cardiovasculares más catastróficas que ocurren en el ser humano, tiene una alta mortalidad que obliga a un diagnóstico y tratamiento precoces. Objetivo: Describir las características de los pacientes c...
Abstract The partial anomalous pulmonary vein drainage is a rare congenital defect. The pulmonary vein drains in to a systemic vein instead of draining in to the left atrium. In this rare birth defect, the right sided pulmonary vein involvement is more prevalent than the left sided pulmonary veins. We pr...
RESUMEN La disección aórtica ocurre cuando las capas de la pared aortica se separan como resultado de la entrada de sangre a través de un desgarro en la íntima. El promedio reportado para la disección primaria de la aorta abdominal es menor al 2 por ciento, comparado con el de la aorta ascendente (7...
