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Takayasu arteritis is an inflammatory vascular disease that primarily affects the aorta and its major branches. In this report, we present a 47-year-old woman whose aortic arch branches were totally occluded and the cerebral circulation is dependent on a dilated right vertebral artery.
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Brain/blood supply , Cerebrovascular Circulation , Takayasu Arteritis/complications , Vertebral Artery , Aorta, Thoracic , Arterial Occlusive Diseases/etiology , Female , Humans , Middle AgedABSTRACT
Cardiac myxomas are the most common neoplasms of the heart. They can be located in any chamber of the heart but frequently in the left atrium. In this report we present a patient who had been treated for a right ventricular myxoma originating from the interventricular septum and leading to right ventricular outflow tract obstruction.
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Heart Neoplasms/complications , Myxoma/complications , Ventricular Outflow Obstruction/surgery , Adult , Female , Heart Neoplasms/diagnosis , Humans , Myxoma/diagnosis , Ventricular Outflow Obstruction/etiologyABSTRACT
Although truncus arteriosus is often treated with low mortality and morbidity rates, truncal valve patency and aortic arch and coronary artery anomalies are factors that can contribute to a worse outcome. In this report, we present our experience with the combination of Rastelli and Norwood procedures for the treatment of Type I truncus arteriosus that was complicated by a hypoplastic aortic arch.
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Aorta, Thoracic/abnormalities , Aorta, Thoracic/surgery , Cardiac Surgical Procedures/methods , Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent/surgery , Enterocolitis, Necrotizing/complications , Fatal Outcome , Female , Heart Defects, Congenital/complications , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent/complicationsABSTRACT
Behcet's disease is an autoimmune multisystemic disorder based on vasculitis. In this disease, the most important predictor of morbidity and mortality is the vascular complications. Appropriate surgical interventions are critical and must be planned strategically. Here, we will describe a very rare complication of the disease; spontaneous aortic pseudoaneurysm in a 33-year-old patient.
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Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic/diagnosis , Behcet Syndrome/complications , Adult , Aneurysm, False/diagnosis , Aneurysm, False/diagnostic imaging , Aneurysm, False/pathology , Aneurysm, False/surgery , Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic/diagnostic imaging , Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic/pathology , Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic/surgery , Cardiac Surgical Procedures , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Male , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
Endovascular grafts have been widely used for the treatment of aneurysms since the early 1990s. They are preferred especially for use in patients in whom conventional surgical methods carry high risks of death and morbidity. Increasing operator experience and technical refinements in endovascular grafting have enabled these procedures to be performed even in critical segments of the aorta, such as the thoracic and arch levels. In this report, we present the case of a patient who was treated successfully with an endovascular graft for a mycotic saccular aneurysm located just below the left subclavian artery.
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Aneurysm, Infected/surgery , Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic/surgery , Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation , Stents , Adult , Aneurysm, Infected/complications , Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic/complications , Hoarseness/etiology , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Angiography , Male , Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve/pathology , Regional Blood Flow , Subclavian Artery/diagnostic imaging , Subclavian Artery/physiopathology , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Vocal Cord Paralysis/etiologyABSTRACT
Truncus bicaroticus is a very rare vascular malformation. In this report, we present a very rare anomaly in a patient with left internal carotid artery stenosis together with truncus bicaroticus and right vertebral artery originating from the right common carotid artery.
