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Arterial Embolization in the Treatment of Severe Epistaxis: A Case Report

ABSTRACT: Nasal hemorrhage or epistaxis is a common finding in the emergency department. The causes of epistaxis are varied and can be classified as local, systemic or a combination of both. The aim of this study was to report a case of embolization of branches of the maxillary artery for treatment of ep...

Comparación de las características y curso clínico de la endocarditis infecciosa por Staphylococcus aureus meticilino sensible versus meticilino resistente

Rev. colomb. cardiol; 25 (5), 2018
Resumen Introducción: Staphylococcus aureus es uno de los agentes causales más comunes de la endocarditis infecciosa. Se reportan pocos estudios en Latinoamérica acerca de las diferencias entre los perfiles de resistencia a la meticilina. Objetivo: Describir las características y el curso clínico...

Cerebral Proliferative Angiopathy: Case Report

Arq. bras. neurocir; 37 (2), 2018
Proliferative angiopathy (PA) is a rare cerebral vascular disease in which anomalous vessels continually recruit additional feeder arteries, amid a functional brain parenchyma. We report the case of a young woman with progressive history of headache, motor deficit, seizures and drowsiness. She received a...

Renal cell carcinoma metastasis of the spine: bleeding control methods

Coluna/Columna; 17 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: This report compares various methods of bleeding control, and their influence on outcome and survival after decompression procedures for spinal metastasis of renal cell carcinoma (MRCC). Methods: A retrospective study. All patients underwent palliative decompression procedures. We c...

Eficacia de la embolización de las arterias prostáticas en el tratamiento de los síntomas del tracto urinario bajo asociados a hiperplasia benigna de la próstata: Reporte preliminar
Efficacy of prostatic artery embolization in the treatment of urinary symptoms associated to benign prostatic hyperplasia: A preliminary report

Rev. méd. hered; 29 (2), 2018
Objetivos: Determinar la eficacia de la embolización de las arterias prostáticas en el tratamiento de los pacientes con síntomas del tracto urinario bajo asociados a hiperplasia prostática benigna. Material y métodos: Estudio descriptivo, tipo reporte de casos, prospectivo. Se realizó embolización...

Symptomatic aortic paravalvular leak: percutaneous treatment with amplatzer vascular plug iii device as an alternative to surgery

Abstract A significant prosthetic paravalvular leak is an uncommon and severe postsurgical complication correlated to the occurrence of congestive heart failure and hemolytic anemia. Percutaneous treatment has become an attractive and effective proposal to relieve symptoms and reduce complications in pat...

Aspects of images in magnetic resonance of liver tumors treated with transarterial selective internal radiotherapy with yttrium-90

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 16 (1), 2018
ABSTRACT Transarterial selective internal radiation therapy with yttrium-90, also known as radioembolization, is a therapy based on the administration of resin or glass microspheres loaded with the radioisotope yttrium-90, via selective arterial catheterization of tumor-feeding vessels. It is classified ...

Endovascular Neurosurgery in the Northern Macro-Region of Rio Grande do Sul: Part I

Arq. bras. neurocir; 37 (3), 2018
Introduction The city of Passo Fundo, in the north of the Rio Grande do Sul state, has been standing out in the health care field for many years. The state has become a reference in endovascular interventional neuroradiology. We will cover 10 years of experience in this area and divide our observations i...

Cavernous Carotid Artery Giant Aneurysm: Case Report and Literature Review

Arq. bras. neurocir; 37 (3), 2018
The giant aneurysm of the cavernous internal carotid artery is an uncommon event. In the case of giant aneurysmal formation, the patient presents with some signs or symptoms, reported or observed on physical examination,which reveal a possiblemass effect with neurovascular compression of the aneurysm, or...