Endovascular treatment of huge saccular abdominal aortic aneurysm in a young Behcet patient: mid-term result

BACKGROUND: Abdominal aortic aneurysm formation is among the arterial complications of Behcet's disease. Weakness and fragility of aortic walls leads to the development of arterial complications like pseudoaneurysms. CASE PRESENTATION: A case of huge saccular abdominal aortic aneurysm in a young Behcet patient who was successfully treated with endovascular stent graft placement is reported, diagnostic and interventional procedures are discussed, and mid-term follow-up results are presented. CONCLUSIONS: Endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm complications of young Behcet patients who are not suitable for open surgery and need intervention could be an alternative treatment modality even without performing preprocedural angiography

Predictors of in-hospital mortality following redo cardiac surgery: Single center experience

Purpose: Redo cardiac operations represent one of the main challenges in heart surgery. The purpose of the study was to analyze the predictors of in-hospital mortality in patients undergoing reoperative cardiac surgery by a single surgical team. Methods: A total of 1367 patients underwent cardiac surgical procedures and prospectively entered into a computerized database. Patients were divided into 2 groups based on the reoperative cardiac surgery (n = 109) and control group (n = 1258). Uni-and multivariate logistic regression analysis were performed to evaluate the possible predictors of hospital mortality. Results: Mean age was 56 +/- 13, and 46% were female in redo group. In-hospital mortality was 4.6 vs. 2.2%, p = 0.11. EuroSCORE (6 vs. 3; p < 0.01), cardiopulmonary bypass time (90 vs. 71 min; p < 0.01), postoperative bleeding (450 vs. 350 ml; p < 0.01), postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) (29 vs. 16%; p < 0.01), and inotropic support (58 vs. 31%; p = 0.001) were significantly different. These variables were entered into uni- and multivariate regression analysis. Postoperative AF (OR 1.76, p = 0.007) and EuroSCORE (OR 1.42, p < 0.01) were signifi cant risk factors predicting hospital mortality. Conclusions: Reoperative cardiac surgery can be performed under similar risks as primary operations. Postoperative AF and EuroSCORE are predictors of in-hospital mortality for redo cases

Superficial Femoral Artery Pseudoaneurysm in a Child Which Developed After Femur Fracture

Pseudoaneurysm of the superficial femoral artery after a traumatic fracture of the femur is rarely seen. In the present study, we reported treatment with endovascular embolization and surgery in a 9-year-old male patient in whom superficial femoral artery pseudoaneurysm which developed after traumatic, comminuted femoral distal diaphyseal fracture

Open Surgical Repair After Endovascular Treatment with Endologix Stent Graft: A Case Report

Endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm repair is increasingly being used today. We report a 72-year-old male patient who underwent open surgical repair due to separation of Intu Trak Powerlink XL (Endologix) endovascular stent graft four months after endovascular intervention for abdominal aortic aneurysm with 9.5 cm diameter

Evaluation of Coronary Artery-Saphenous Vein Composite Grafts: The Aortic No-Touch Technique

We retrospectively compared the results of conventional coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) performed on patients who showed no preoperative evidence of serious atherosclerosis of the ascending aorta with the results of the aortic no-touch technique (using coronary artery-saphenous vein composite grafts) on CABG patients who did show such evidence. From 2003 through 2012, 3,152 consecutive patients underwent isolated primary CABG at our hospital. We chose 360 for the current study. The study group (n=120) comprised patients who had undergone operation via the aortic no-touch technique. Propensity-score-matching (1: 2) was used to select the control group of 240 patients who had undergone conventional CABG. Early and late survival rates, reintervention-free survival rates, and freedom from cardiac death were compared. Early and late mortality rates were similar in the study and control groups (P=0.19 vs P=0.29, respectively), as were cardiac-related death (2.5% vs 2.1%, respectively; P=0.53) and overall death (8.3% vs 7.9%, respectively; P=0.51). Overall survival rates were 91.7% vs 92.1% and freedom-from-cardiac-death rates were 97.4% vs 97.5% (P=0.71 vs P=0.78, respectively; mean follow-up period, 5.27 +/- 2.51 yr). Reintervention-free survival rates were also similar (96.7% vs 98.8%, respectively; P=0.2). As a result of the similar rates of early and late survival, reintervention-free survival, and freedom from cardiac death, we conclude that the aortic no-touch technique with composite grafts might be a reasonable option in patients who have atherosclerotic ascending aorta that cannot be clamped

Successful cardiovascular surgery experience and enzyme replacement therapy in type 3C Gaucher disease

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