RESUMO
We report a 72 year-old man with dysphagia and dizziness. Aortography and Computed tomographic scans revealed the aberrant right subclavian artery arising from a calcified aneurysm of the Kommerell's diverticulum and bilateral carotid artery disease with atherosclerotic narrowing. Surgical relief was accomplished by excluding the aneurysm from circulation through the aortic arch and a 10 mm graft was interposed between the aberrant artery and the ascending aorta.
Assuntos
Aneurisma da Aorta Torácica/complicações , Calcinose/complicações , Divertículo/complicações , Artéria Subclávia/anormalidades , Malformações Vasculares/complicações , Idoso , Aneurisma da Aorta Torácica/diagnóstico por imagem , Aneurisma da Aorta Torácica/cirurgia , Aortografia , Calcinose/diagnóstico por imagem , Calcinose/cirurgia , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Divertículo/diagnóstico por imagem , Divertículo/cirurgia , Humanos , Masculino , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Malformações Vasculares/diagnóstico por imagem , Malformações Vasculares/cirurgia , Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Vasculares/métodosRESUMO
The use of an inexpensive microcomputer system in an NIH-supported biomedical research project is explained. Computer programs which store and analyze air pollution data; records from hospitals, doctors' offices, pharmacies, and schools; and data from a community public health survey are described. The analysis consists primarily of calculations of various temporal and geographical correlation coefficients in order to determine whether particulate air pollution is affecting public health in southern Puerto Rico.
