Total percutaneous access for aortic endograft placement

O acesso totalmente percutâneo para o implante de endopróteses aórticas, através da preclose technique, é possível mesmo quando utilizadas bainhas introdutoras de elevado perfil. Relatamos sete casos de tratamento endovascular de doenças da aorta, todos realizados de modo percutâneo, e discutimos os principais aspectos desta técnica.Total percutaneous access for aortic endograft delivery, using the preclose technique, is feasible even with the use of large-diameter introducer sheaths. We report seven cases of percutaneous approach in endovascular treatment of aortic diseases and discuss the main technical aspects

Management and treatment of decompensated hepatic fibrosis and severe refractory Schistosoma mansoni ascites with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

This study aimed to report the first case of a patient with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni, refractory ascites and portal vein thrombosis treated with a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), at the Instituto de Radiologia, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. After the procedure, the patient recovered favorably and progressed with portal pressure reduction and no deterioration of the liver function. Endovascular shunt modification is a conservative medical approach that often helps in reducing symptoms significantly, making it a less invasive and a safer alternative to liver transplantation for the treatment of schistosomiasis with portal hypertension

26th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS*2017): Part 3 - Meeting Abstracts - Antwerp, Belgium. 15–20 July 2017

This work was produced as part of the activities of FAPESP Research,\ud Disseminations and Innovation Center for Neuromathematics (grant\ud 2013/07699-0, S. Paulo Research Foundation). NLK is supported by a\ud FAPESP postdoctoral fellowship (grant 2016/03855-5). ACR is partially\ud supported by a CNPq fellowship (grant 306251/2014-0)