• CO 2 is used to guide various vascular interventions, including angioplasty and stent placement, transcatheter embolization, vena cava filter placement and endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. (medscape.com)
  • however, if the gas is trapped in a large abdominal aneurysm, it may persist, allowing gas exchange between the CO 2 and nitrogen in the blood. (medscape.com)
  • mean age 73.867.8 years, range 64-86) with degenerative infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm underwent EVAR with bifurcated stent-grafts and fibrin glue injection into the aneurysm sac at the conclusion of the endovascular procedure. (slideshare.net)
  • there was one failure to access the excluded aneurysm sac due to severe iliac artery calcification. (slideshare.net)
  • J Endovasc Ther 2007;14:176-183 Key words: abdominal aortic aneurysm, endovascular repair, stent-graft, type II endoleak, fibrin glue, sac embolization ¤ ¤ With an increasing demand for less invasive procedures, endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) has emerged as a therapeutic alterna- tive to conventional surgery, leading to new complications and, consequently, to the de- velopment of specific techniques for their resolution. (slideshare.net)
  • This 52-year-old man presented with pain in the left upper quadrant and was found to have a 3.2-cm aneurysm of the distal splenic artery. (medscape.com)
  • Routine 2-year follow-up showed an enlarging aneurysm of the hepatic artery. (medscape.com)
  • Endovascular repair of ruptured aneurysm continues to evolve since the advent of endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (EVAR) in the 1990s. (thoracickey.com)
  • Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is an uncommon angiopathy of uncertain etiology associated with heterogeneous histologic changes that may affect the carotid and vertebral circulation, visceral arteries, and peripheral arteries. (medscape.com)
  • The clinical manifestations reflect the arteries involved and most commonly include hypertension caused by renal-artery stenosis (RAS) or strokes from carotid artery disease. (medscape.com)
  • The carotid artery is involved in 75% of cases. (medscape.com)
  • The middle meningeal artery is typically the third branch of the first part of the maxillary artery, one of the two terminal branches of the external carotid artery. (passmed.uk)
  • A stiff wire can be used to straighten tortuous iliac arteries, and there are a few techniques to cross small or heavily diseased iliac access arteries. (thoracickey.com)
  • Rapid percutaneous femoral access is followed by the placement of a stiff wire into the descending thoracic aorta followed by a 12 French introducer sheath, and an occlusion balloon as described by Li et al. (thoracickey.com)
  • In unstable patients, there may not be time for placement of closure devices prior to sheath placement, and the femoral arteries can be exposed and primarily repaired at the end of the case. (thoracickey.com)
  • MRA provides accurate information about the number of renal arteries, the size of the kidneys, and the presence of anatomic variants. (medscape.com)
  • BACKGROUND: Although computed tomography-derived fractional flow reserve (FFRCT) has been reimbursed in a few countries, its impacts on daily practice of coronary artery diseases are not fully elucidated. (bvsalud.org)
  • Although FMD is a pathologic diagnosis, a characteristic angiographic change is the string-of-beads appearance (see the images below) caused by areas of relative stenoses or webs alternating with small fusiform or saccular aneurysms of the artery. (medscape.com)
  • The vast majority of data regarding vascular reconstructive surgery in pediatric patients come from experience with right ventricular outflow obstruction, midaortic syndrome, renal-artery occlusive disease and hypertension, iatrogenic vascular trauma, and access for hemodialysis. (medscape.com)
  • If the anatomy is not amenable to endovascular repair, the endovascular aortic control proves to be invaluable during the time required for aortic dissection and clamping. (thoracickey.com)
  • Two to three minutes should elapse between injections of CO 2 to prevent the localized accumulation of gas bubbles, which may produce a significant gas embolism, particularly in the pulmonary artery. (medscape.com)
  • 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)
  • Type II, the most common form occurring in 5% to 17% of patients treated in clinical trials,1 arises from retrograde flow from the aortic side branches with their multiple feeding and draining vessels. (slideshare.net)
  • CTA with maximum intensity projection (MIP) and quantitative measurement of stenosis is an accurate noninvasive technique for diagnosing fibromuscular dysplasia/stenosis of the visceral arteries, regardless of the etiology. (medscape.com)
  • CO 2 should not be used as an arterial contrast agent in sites above the diaphragm because of the risk of gas embolism of the spinal, coronary, and cerebral arteries. (medscape.com)
  • This may be due to the occlusion of a cerebral vessel, in which case the patient suffers an ischemic infarction, or due to the rupture of a blood vessel. (symptoma.mt)
  • Both the occlusion of a blood vessel supplying the brain and the rupture of a cerebral vessel occur suddenly and mostly unexpectedly. (symptoma.mt)
  • The diagnostic and prognostic information available from captopril renography and the increasing availability of magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) have reduced the use of renal arteriography as a diagnostic tool, except in evaluating kidneys with intrarenal branch-artery stenoses and those with complex vascular anatomy, including multiple accessory arteries. (medscape.com)
  • The role of duplex Doppler in the staging and characterization of pancreatic and biliary tumours S. J. Garber and W. R. Lees Department of Ultrasound, The Middlesex Hospital, London The advent of duplex Doppler has permitted accurate definition of the vascular changes associated with abdominal tumours. (docksci.com)
  • Our practice is to prepare and to drape the patient, and even to establish aortic balloon for control, prior to induction of anesthesia. (thoracickey.com)
  • This resulted to the rupture of the principal artery that supplies the meninges. (passmed.uk)
  • Additionally, an endovascular first approach allows for endovascular aortic control with an occlusion balloon. (thoracickey.com)
  • Most importantly, wire access must be maintained at all times so that an occlusion balloon can be placed. (thoracickey.com)
  • Mesenteric artery FMD is rare and presents with abdominal symptoms similar to Crohn disease (CD) and Behcet disease (BD). (medscape.com)
  • Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa (CPN) is an uncommon form of vasculitis of the small-and medium-sized arteries in the reticular dermis and subcutaneous tissue. (annals.edu.sg)
  • Contrast-enhanced axial CT images show several narrowings of the common and proper hepatic arteries with intervening aneurysmal dilatation. (medscape.com)
  • Classically, resistance and then complete lack of resistance is felt as the sheath tears the external iliac off the common iliac artery at the origin of the hypogastric. (thoracickey.com)
  • Symptomatic Takayasu arteritis involving both common carotid arteries in a 7-year-old child. (medscape.com)
  • Permissive hypotension or hypotensive hemostasis is important until aortic control is achieved and should be emphasized to limit rerupture and ongoing hemorrhage. (thoracickey.com)
  • An unusual case of 60-year-old female patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 associated with arteriovenous fistulae and vertebral artery aneurysms is presented. (medscape.com)
  • Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is an uncommon angiopathy of uncertain etiology associated with heterogeneous histologic changes that may affect the carotid and vertebral circulation, visceral arteries, and peripheral arteries. (medscape.com)
  • Accurate Embolization for Endoleak after F-TEVAR of Thoracic Aortic Dissection by Detachable Coils. (medscape.com)
  • 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)
  • We observe the presence of parietal aortic calcifications arrange circumferentially, the absence of contrast uptake in the terminal aorta lumen (black arrow) and significant dilation of lumbar arteries (white arrow). (romanianjournalcardiology.ro)
  • Acute ischemic stroke: The role of emergency carotid endarterectomy in isolated extracranial internal carotid artery occlusion. (medscape.com)
  • therefore, prior abdominal surgery is not a contraindication for laparoscopic right colectomy. (medscape.com)
  • In 2013, the patient is diagnosed with contralateral breast cancer of similar pathological type, for which a chemotherapy with 6 sessions of Epirubicin, 5-Fluorouracil and Cyclophosphamide was initiated again. (romanianjournalcardiology.ro)
  • METHODS: INVICTUS registry is a multicenter, retrospective, and prospective study designed to evaluate the dimensions of coronary arteries, as well as the characteristic, volume, and phenotype of coronary atherosclerosis by CCTA, compared with the invasive imaging modalities including intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)-IVUS and optical coherence tomography (OCT). All patients clinically underwent both CCTA and invasive imaging modalities within three months. (bvsalud.org)
  • Retrograde tibial access for revascularization of chronic total occlusions in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia. (medscape.com)
  • Recent advances in CCTA technology enabled semi-automated detection of coronary arteries and atherosclerosis. (bvsalud.org)
  • The carotid artery is involved in 75% of cases. (medscape.com)