• See also the separate Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms , Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms , Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm and Aortic Dissection articles. (patient.info)
  • True arterial aneurysms involve all three layers of the artery wall (intima, media and adventitia). (patient.info)
  • False aneurysms may arise following angiogram, angioplasty or at the join between a graft and the artery. (patient.info)
  • The most common are saccular aneurysms, which are described as being berry-shaped swellings occurring at the bifurcation of arteries. (patient.info)
  • Most aneurysms occur singly with the most frequent sites being the circle of Willis and the bifurcation of the middle cerebral artery. (patient.info)
  • More common causes are aneurysms of the aorta or ischemia after aortic surgery, compression of vascular structures by tumors, thrombosis or embolism and arterio-venous malformations. (fortunejournals.com)
  • Microvascular anastomosis techniques are important for revascularization surgeries on brachiocephalic and carotid arteries and complex cerebral aneurysms and even during resection of brain tumors that obstruct major cerebral arteries. (hindawi.com)
  • Comparative outcomes of physician-modified fenestrated-branched endovascular repair of post-dissection and degenerative complex abdominal or thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. (sc-ctsi.org)
  • Subclavian artery aneurysms (SAAs) are not common but with possible limb and life threatening complications. (slideshare.net)
  • [ 16 ] FMD may be complicated by stroke because of direct effects of craniocervical stenosis, dissection, or intracranial aneurysm, or the indirect effects of concomitant renovascular hypertension. (medscape.com)
  • An arterial aneurysm is a localised abnormal dilatation of an artery due to a weakness in the arterial wall. (patient.info)
  • The artery wall can balloon out symmetrically to form a 'fusiform' aneurysm or there can be a local 'blow-out' to form a 'saccular' aneurysm. (patient.info)
  • Adult acquired aortic disease such as aortic dissection,aortic aneurysm,is common,and the treatment is complicated.Furthermore,the specific molecular etiology of this kind of disease is unknown.MicroRNA,which is a short peptide molecule,to some extent,participated in almost every aspect of biological functions.This paper aims to review the role of microRNA in molecular etiology of adult acquired aortic disease. (bvsalud.org)
  • To evaluate the effect of aorta-iliac bypass total thoracoabdominal aorta aneurysm repair to spinal cord function. (bvsalud.org)
  • From June 2014 to April 2015, 31 patients underwent total thoracoabdominal aorta aneurysm repair were treated with aorta-iliac bypass technique. (bvsalud.org)
  • There is a transient function loss of spinal cord during the aorta-iliac bypass total thoracoabdominal aorta aneurysm repair. (bvsalud.org)
  • Hepatic Artery Aneurysm Masquerading as Abdominal Pain in a Child: A Rare Cas. (slideshare.net)
  • Femoral artery, vein, and superior vena cava cannulation were used if cardiopulmonary bypass was required according to the situation, and right superior vein or apical cannulation was selected for left heart drainage. (bvsalud.org)
  • There is a large, wide stream of blood emanating from the neck of Saint John with a parabolic trajectory, likely from the carotid artery. (hekint.org)
  • To feel the pulse of a carotid artery, place your fingertips gently against either side of your neck, right under the jaw. (adam.com)
  • They assessed the extent and severity of atherosclerosis in the aorta, coronary, carotid, and cerebral arteries, demonstrating that the cerebral arteries were free from atherosclerosis up to the fourth decade, almost 20 to 30 years later than extracranial arteries like coronary and carotid artery [ 5 - 7 ]. (j-stroke.org)
  • The blood does not collect within a preexisting space, but rather creates a space at the Fractures of Cranial Base In fractures of the cranial base, the internal carotid artery may be torn, producing an arteriovenous fistula within the cavernous sinus. (gov.gy)
  • In vEDS, anatomical and pathophysiological features of the intra-cavernous internal carotid artery make it prone to shunting in the cavernous sinus, due either to a spontaneous rupture or to a spontaneous dissection with pseudoaneurysm formation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In direct CCF, internal carotid artery (ICA) wall disruption allows high-pressure blood to move into the CS, resulting in short-circuiting of the ICA arterial blood into the venous system of the CS. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Epidemiology, repair technique, and predictors of stroke and mortality in penetrating carotid artery injuries. (sc-ctsi.org)
  • Rarely, abdominal pains, and even a history of ischemic bowel, may indicate mesenteric or visceral artery involvement. (medscape.com)
  • Bruits may be found on auscultation of the renal, abdominal, iliac, or subclavian arteries. (medscape.com)
  • Thoracic and abdominal aorta were replaced in a staged fashion. (bvsalud.org)
  • Neck pain or carotidynia may be an initial presenting symptom due to arterial dissection. (medscape.com)
  • Even without trauma, FMD lesions predispose the afflicted individual to arterial dissection, which in turn can cause embolic events or, rarely, local thrombosis and massive hemispheric stroke. (medscape.com)
  • Compression of the left common ILIAC VEIN by the right common ILIAC ARTERY against the underlying fifth LUMBAR VERTEBRA is the typical underlying malformation. (lookformedical.com)
  • The aorta-iliac bypass was established, then distal descending aorta was perfused in a retrograde fashion via bypass graft. (bvsalud.org)
  • The technique of the aorta-iliac bypass is practicable. (bvsalud.org)
  • AAOCA appears to occur in boys about three physical activity throughout the large arteries. (masur.com.ar)
  • The cupula pleuræ is supported on the lateral side by the scalenus anterior and scalenus medius muscles, whilst the subclavian artery, arching laterally, lies in a groove on its medial and ventral aspects a short distance below its summit. (co.ma)
  • The present report describes a case of a large right iatrogenic subclavian artery aneu- rysm presenting with back pain, successfully treated with aneurysmectomy and graft interposition through a median sternotomy. (slideshare.net)
  • Acute spinal cord ischemia syndrome (ASCIS) is predictably due primarily to pathology in the anterior spinal artery, its feeders or its branches. (biomedcentral.com)
  • First described by Spiller in 1909 [ 2 ], thrombosis of the anterior spinal artery is often due to fracture of a cervical vertebra or a cervical hyperextension injury. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Up to eight radicular arteries are established during development and supply the anterior spinal artery, the largest of which is the artery of Adamkiewicz between T9 and T11. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Mid-thoracic levels are most vulnerable to ischemia (for example, as a result of thrombosis) as there is only one radicular artery supplying the anterior spinal artery in this region, and sparse anastomoses. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The territory of the anterior spinal artery covers the anterolateral and corticospinal tracts, but not the dorsal columns. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The classic presentation for anterior spinal artery ischemia or infarct is sensory deficits in the following pattern: distal to the lesion, pain and temperature are lost bilaterally (owing to the involvement of anterolateral spinothalamic tracts), but light touch, vibration and position sense are preserved (owing to sparing of dorsal columns). (biomedcentral.com)
  • In the recently published case report by Haynes et al, intraarticular thrombolysis with tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) in combination with verapamil and an antiplatelet agent (Eptifibatide) was performed for acute occlusion of the anterior spinal artery in a 52-year-old patient. (fortunejournals.com)
  • caused by a septic degeneration of the elastic and muscular layer of the cerebral arteries. (patient.info)
  • In spite of the identification of less severe patterns of ICAS than ECAS in most autopsy studies, some racial differences were noted when comparing cerebral artery specimens from western and eastern populations [ 10 , 11 ]. (j-stroke.org)
  • We report a case of a thoracic duct cyst extending from the caudal aspect of the left main bronchus to the left renal artery that was safely and completely resected via bilateral thoracoscopic surgery in the prone position. (springeropen.com)
  • Dissection around the thoracic duct cyst was performed using a vessel-sealing system to prevent leakage of the chyle, and reliable clipping was performed to resect the cisterna chyli. (springeropen.com)
  • but below the bifurcation of the trachea, as already explained, it advances into the cavity of the posterior mediastinum, and is soon separated from the vertebral column by the vena azygos, the thoracic duct, the upper five aortic intercostal arteries of the right side, and in its lower part by the thoracic aorta as well. (co.ma)
  • To date, no case has been described in the literature in which traumatized patients developed vascular myelopathy with a time delay without the presence of direct spinal trauma or direct vertebral vascular injury. (fortunejournals.com)
  • After evaluating the results progress of the catheter defects, pulmonary artery pulmonary plane splitting the inner supplying the heart, narrowing ventricular failure during episodes you have, whether or not a serious problem the results of your. (masur.com.ar)
  • The major morbidity and early mortality in Marfan syndrome relate to the cardiovascular system and include dilatation of the aorta at the level of the sinuses of Valsalva (predisposing to aortic tear and rupture), mitral valve prolapse with or without regurgitation, tricuspid valve prolapse, and enlargement of the proximal pulmonary artery. (beds.ac.uk)
  • Because these venous channels are valveless, compression of the thorax, abdomen, or pelvis, as occurs during heavy coughing and straining, may force venous blood from these regions into the internal vertebral venous system and from it into the dural venous sinuses. (gov.gy)
  • Strokes are caused by either blood flow blockage to the brain (ischemic stroke) or the sudden rupture of an artery in the brain (hemorrhagic stroke). (adam.com)
  • Nevertheless, the histopathology of ICAS has not been well studied as extracranial atherosclerosis (ECAS), probably due to the infrequency of ICAS in Caucasians and the relative inaccessibility of intracranial arteries. (j-stroke.org)
  • The only few large autopsy studies were performed during the 1960s and 1970s, exploring the distribution and natural history of large artery atherosclerosis in patients with all causes of death from fetuses to adults. (j-stroke.org)
  • Not only started later in life, ICAS was much slighter in the amount and extent than aorta and coronary artery atherosclerosis for all decades [ 5 , 8 ]. (j-stroke.org)
  • [6] Coronary artery disease, stroke, and peripheral artery disease involve atherosclerosis . (wikipedia.org)
  • The spinal circulation comprises two paired posterior spinal arteries running down the dorsum of the cord and a single anterior artery found in the median fissure. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Spinal infections involve pyogenic or granulomatous infections of the vertebral column, intervertebral discs, the dural sac or the epidural space. (wheelessonline.com)
  • Spine infections are rare infections that can involve the intervertebral disc space (discitis), the vertebral bones, the spinal canal or adjacent soft tissues. (wheelessonline.com)
  • The most common primary spinal infection is pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis. (wheelessonline.com)
  • The symptoms of stroke can be varied but most often involve the anterior circulation because of the predilection of FMD to affect the extracranial carotid arteries. (medscape.com)
  • The EP wave disappeared after proximal descending aorta clamped and gradually recovered after the patent segmental arteries reattached. (bvsalud.org)
  • We only see parabolic bleeding from two arterial sources and not the expected four, as these arteries are present bilaterally. (hekint.org)
  • The myelopathy could be caused by impaired arterial perfusion due to hypovolaemia and disrupted arterial flow on the Adamkiewicz artery. (fortunejournals.com)
  • Anteromedially, it passes between the laminae and through the intervertebral foramina to communicate with the internal vertebral venous plexus and veins around the vertebral artery. (gov.gy)
  • Neoplasms located in the vasculature system, such as ARTERIES and VEINS. (lookformedical.com)
  • A 77-year-old male was referred to our hospital for follow-up computed tomography (CT) of prostate cancer, which revealed a mediastinal tumor and fatty low-density along the posterior mediastinum of the para-aortic artery with a slightly high-density component. (springeropen.com)
  • [14] [15] Coronary artery disease and stroke account for 80% of CVD deaths in males and 75% of CVD deaths in females. (wikipedia.org)
  • Risk of aortic dissection, congestive heart failure, pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with clinical vertebral fracture: a nationwide population-based cohort study in Taiwan. (clinicalosteology.org)
  • Gram-positive organisms such as Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus species are the most commonly isolated organisms in patients with pyogenic vertebral infections. (wheelessonline.com)
  • Vertebral osteomyelitis mostly occurs in adults, with the majority occurring in patients over 50 years old. (wheelessonline.com)
  • 34 Many now believe that the sluggish flow, scarcity of valves and convolution of the arterial or venous supply leads to vertebral osteomyelitis in patients with bacteremia. (wheelessonline.com)
  • in the middle region, the aorta, and lower down the left pleura again, for a little way, before the oesophagus pierces the diaphragm. (co.ma)
  • [3] Complications may include aortic dissection , joint dislocations , scoliosis , chronic pain , or early osteoarthritis . (wikipedia.org)
  • Un 40% de esos trabajos han sido publicados en revistas del primer cuartil entre las que destacan New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Lancet Infectious Diseases, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Clinical Microbiology Reviews, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Journal Clinical Microbiology, Journal Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Mayo Clinic Proceedings y Malaria Journal. (unav.edu)
  • His major clinical and research interests concern the diagnosis and management of diseases affecting the aorta and its major branches. (sc-ctsi.org)
  • TRACINGS FROM FROZEN SECTIONS TO vertebral column and the longus colli muscles, from which the oesophagus is separated by the prevertebral layer of the cervical fascia. (co.ma)
  • Uterine artery embolization (UAE) or uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) Prostate artery embolization (PAE) Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) embolization Thrombolysis: Catheter-directed technique for dissolving blood clots, such as pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis, with either pharmaceutical (TPA) or mechanical means. (wikipedia.org)
  • A tear in the inner layer of the AORTA leading to interstitial HEMORRHAGE, and splitting (dissecting) of the aortic TUNICA MEDIA layer. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Circle of Willis is the joining area of several arteries at the bottom (inferior) side of the brain. (adam.com)
  • carotid sheath with its contained vessels, and the corresponding lobe of the thyreoid gland and the inferior thyreoid artery. (co.ma)
  • Small areas of dura are supplied by other arteries: meningeal branches of the ophthalmic arteries, branches of the occipital arteries, and small branches of the vertebral arteries. (gov.gy)
  • Blood from torn branches of a middle meningeal artery collects between the external periosteal layer of the dura and the calvaria. (gov.gy)
  • Cardiovascular, neurologic, and gastrointestinal symptoms are responsible for other clinical manifestations, de- pending on the location and extent of the dissection. (banglaforexacademy.com)
  • Vertebral osteomyelitis refers to an infection of the vertebral bones in the spine. (wheelessonline.com)
  • This case report describes a 71-year-old male patient with chronic aortic dissection who was admitted to hospital due to repeated palpitations and chest distress. (bvsalud.org)
  • marked projection of the heart to the left side, and to the position of the thoracic aorta on the left side of the median plane, the left pleural chamber, although it is deeper than the right, is greatly reduced in width. (co.ma)
  • Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is an angiopathy that affects medium-sized arteries predominantly in young women of childbearing age. (medscape.com)
  • 12 Vertebral osteomyelitis affects men approximately twice as much as women, but the reason for this is not fully understood. (wheelessonline.com)