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Aprovação da Diretriz Brasileira para o tratamento percutâneo do aneurisma de aorta abdominal

A presente proposta de Diretriz Nacional para o Tratamento do Aneurisma de Aorta Abdominal é fruto de uma parceria entre o Ministério da Saúde e o Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia. A proposta foi avaliada pela Subcomissão Técnica de Avaliação de PCDT da CONITEC e apresentada aos membros do Plená...

Aprovação da Diretriz Brasileira para o tratamento percutâneo do aneurisma de aorta abdominal

INTRODUÇÃO: O diâmetro máximo normal da aorta abdominal é de 2,0 cm. A dilatação da aorta abdominal quando atinge um diâmetro 50% maior do que o esperado, ou 3,0 cm nos adultos, é chamada de aneurisma. Aneurismas de aorta abdominal (AAA) são encontrados incidentalmente com frequência, sobretud...

Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm in a hiv-positive patient

Abstract Advent of antiretroviral therapy has increased survival of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections, with the result that some of these patients now develop degenerative diseases, such as atherosclerotic aneurysms. Degenerative thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm is rare in HIV p...

Totally percutaneous access using perclose proglide for endovascular treatment of aortic diseases

Abstract Objective: To evaluate our experience following the introduction of a percutaneous program for endovascular treatment of aortic diseases using Perclose Proglide® assessing efficacy, complications and identification of potential risk factors that could predict failure or major access site compl...

Técnica anestésica para reparo endovascular de aneurisma de aorta abdominal
Anesthesia for endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Repert. med. cir; 26 (3), 2017
El aneurisma de la aorta abdominal es muy frecuente en nuestro medio y a nivel mundial, por lo que debe conocerse el manejo anestésico y sus implicaciones a largo plazo. Objetivo: comparar las técnicas anestésicas en pacientes con aneurisma de aorta abdominal llevados a reparación con prótesis endov...

Endovascular therapeutic options for the treatment of aortoiliac aneurysms

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 43 (6), 2016
ABSTRACT About 20% of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms have associated iliac aneurysms. Distal sealing during the endovascular treatment of aortic-iliac aneurysms is a challenge that has led to the emergence of several technical options to achieve this goal over the years. Internal iliac artery ...

Radiation exposure in endovascular infra-renal aortic aneurysm repair and factors that influence it

Abstract Objective: The endovascular repair of aortic abdominal aneurysms exposes the patients and surgical team to ionizing radiation with risk of direct tissue damage and induction of gene mutation. This study aims to describe our standard of radiation exposure in endovascular aortic aneurysm repair a...

Rare Complication of non-Treated Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Extensive Thrombus in Right Cardiac Chambers

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (4), 2016
Abstract A 78-year-old patient presented with shortness of breath after falling down. Transthoracic echocardiogram showed an extensive thrombus in the right atrium (RA), extensive thrombosis of the inferior vena cava (IVC), and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). A magnetic resonance confirmed the thrombosi...

Endovascular abdominal aneurysm repair in women: what are the differences between the genders?

ABSTRACT Introduction: Abdominal aortic aneurysm has a lower incidence in the female population, but a higher complication rate. It was been hypothesized that some anatomical differences of abdominal aortic aneurysm in women could be responsible for that. We proposed to analyze our data to understand th...

Primary aortoduodenal fistula: first you should suspect it

ABSTRACT A 59 year-old patient was admitted with upper gastrointestinal bleeding. The clinical exam showed mild hypotension and blood samples revealed acute anemia (hemoglobin = 7.5 g/dl). Emergency computed tomography showed an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm and extravasation of the arterial contr...