6 other hereditary forms of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection

... Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010, 5:28 http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/28 Figure 3DCT scan obtained on admission, showing extensive thoracic aortic aneurysms Page of Obitsu ... extensive thoracic aortic aneurysm in Takayasu arteritis: a case report Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010 5:28 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient ... http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/28 Page of results after a mean follow-up period of 17.8 months, with aneurysm- related mortality of 4.5% at month, 11.3% at year, and 11.3% at years...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... A consisted of 31 patients with acute aortic dissection, group B consisted of 18 patients with chronic aortic dissection, group C included 18 patients with thoracic aortic aneurysm and group D ... acute and chronic aortic dissection, thoracic aortic aneurysm and acute myocardial http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/4/1/59 ischemia compared to normal individuals and assess their ... V, Eagle KA: Plasma levels of metalloproteinases-9 and -2 in the acute and subacute phases of type A and type B aortic dissection J Cardiovasc Med 2006, 7:307-315 Joffs C, Gunasinghe HR, Multani...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... breathing is prevalent and has a wide range of severity in middle-aged women and men [4] In this study, which was done in 1993, 9.1% of men and 4% of women had apnoea/hypopnoea indices of 15 or more events ... Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007, 1:45 of the procedure and no additional procedures were necessary During the operation there was 350 mL of blood loss and 3000 units of heparin was ... "The Posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club", Osler and later Burwell applied the name "Pickwickian Syndrome" to the combination of obesity, hypersomnolence, and the signs of chronic alveolar hypoventilation...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:22

... therapy of these types of aneurysms, but it necessitates precise diagnostic investigations to determine the proximal and distal necks of the aneurysm, the vessels involved in the aneurysm, and the ... usually elderly and have serious comorbidities The development of endovascular prostheses has greatly improved the treatment of patients with aneurysm or dissection in the thoracic and abdominal ... aneurysm, and the location of tears in aortic dissection One of the major challenges is the risk of paraplegia in patients who undergo surgical treatment of these aneurysms Short cross-clamp...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

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Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 20:23

... duration and location of the fistula [5] Retroaortic renal veins are found in 1.8% of autopsies Signs and symptoms of aorto-renal vein fistulas are similar to those of ureteral colic, and form ... sensitivity and near 100% specificity to detect aneurysms greater than 3.0 cm [8] CT and magnetic resonance imaging provide high-resolution imaging of the aorta and determine proximal and distal ... abdominal aortic aneurysm and an aberrant renal vein: a case report Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:255 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:21

... duration and location of the fistula [5] Retroaortic renal veins are found in 1.8% of autopsies Signs and symptoms of aorto-renal vein fistulas are similar to those of ureteral colic, and form ... sensitivity and near 100% specificity to detect aneurysms greater than 3.0 cm [8] CT and magnetic resonance imaging provide high-resolution imaging of the aorta and determine proximal and distal ... abdominal aortic aneurysm and an aberrant renal vein: a case report Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:255 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 07:20

... compartments, and structures, and activation of proteins is of a threshold rather than a spontaneous character The meaning of the proposed hypothesis of native aggregation is that the primary cause of any ... condensation of chromosomes, the appearance of the division spindle, and interactions of ligands with receptors Thus, the present paper will consider the meaning and significance of native aggregation ... regardless of the character of the action and the type of cell, the response reaction represented a monotypic (nonspecific) complex of synchro- Page of 22 Matveev Theoretical Biology and Medical...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20

... 81   x LIST OF FIGURES   Figure Multiple proposed mechanisms of interactions between MSC and cells of the innate and adaptive immune systems Figure Gene and protein structure of TSG-6 ... standards high and always inspiring and cultivating independence, critical thinking, and open mindedness in my training I thank them for devoting their enthusiasm and expertise to my research and ... key mediator for activities of ASC in mitigation of inflammation and protection of HSPC from the myelotoxicity of cigarette smoke They also prompt the notion that ASC and TSG-6 might potentially...

Ngày tải lên: 24/08/2014, 11:56

... security is offered and sold and/ or the issuer is located, the availability and nature of relevant public information, access to the management of the issuer and its advisers, the availability of pre-existing ... opinion of a more narrow scope, including interest strips and return of principal Fitch Ratings – Definitions of Ratings and Other Forms of Opinion – Nov 2012 A.1 International Issuer and Credit ... Definitions of Ratings and Other Forms of Opinion – Nov 2012 construed as creating a fiduciary relationship between Fitch Ratings and any issuer or between the agency and any user of its ratings...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 03:20

... treatment of aortic aneurysm, and in 1951, reported a work entitled "Surgical considerations of intrathoracic aneurysms of the aorta and large vessels" Gross and his colleagues, began the modern era of ... Diagnosis and Treatment of Abdominal and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms Including the Ascending Aorta and the Aortic Arch In regards to the aortic dissections present the classification of DeBakey ... diagnosis of aortic dissection vs acute myocardial infarction in aortic dissection because thrombolysis is contraindicated 10 Diagnosis and Treatment of Abdominal and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 19:20

... by all kinds of aortic aneurysms and dissections, not only AAA 58.7 % of these patients were 75 years of age or older These were 0.53% of all deaths, and 0.58% of the deaths in men and women over ... risk of the abdominal aortic aneurysm in carriers of the MTHFR 677T allele J Appl Genet 2003;44(1):85-93 36 Diagnosis, Screening and Treatment of Abdominal, Thoracoabdominal and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms ... Screening and Treatment of Abdominal, Thoracoabdominal and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms Compared to the thoracic segment and other mammalian aortas of the same thickness, human abdominal aortic media...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 05:20

... diseases and Aortic Aneurysms 3.3 General behaviour of familial aneurysms 3.3.1 Aneurysm expansion TAA is a lethal disease and the size of the aneurysm has a profound impact on aortic dissection and ... of aneurysm and/ or dissection of the ascending aorta, transverse aortic arch, and ascending aorta and transverse aortic arch Factors influencing survival in 717 patients Journal of Thoracic and ... through the production of plasminogen activators and the release of MMP-2 and MMP-9 Reduced or mutated forms of fibrillin release active Etiology and Pathogenesis of Aortic Aneurysms 15 TGF-B, which...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 05:20

... region of the IL-6 gene seems to have a role in a variety of diseases and conditions [14] This variation regulates the transcription of the IL-6 gene and is associated with plasma levels of IL-6 ... the different forms of DIP OA We report here that the presence of G alleles at common IL-6 polymorphic promoter loci was associated with the more severe forms of DIP OA, symptomatic and symmetrical, ... in occupational health and safety Clinical and radiological assessments Radiographs of both hands were taken for all the participants, and each DIP joint was evaluated and analyzed by an experienced...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23

... (5.5 mg/cm2) and human thrombin (2.0 IU/ cm2) TachoSil is produced by Nycomed (Linz, Austria), and is a further development of the TachoComb® and TachoComb H® products and is free of bovine components ... haemostasis Duration of the operation was measured from the time of incision to the completion of skin suture The drainage Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery ... is free of bovine components Between June 2007 and June 2008 a total of 20 patients with intact infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) were randomized in the same center Mean age was 72.8...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... weakening the aortic wall, increasing the risk of expansion and rupture There is a documented association between ongoing pulmonary sepsis, expansion of aortic aneurysms and aortic dissection [5,15] ... of pre-syncope with a brief period of hypotension A repeat CT aortogram demonstrated a rapid increase in size of the AAA to 7.0 cm and retroperitoneal fat stranding (Figures and 4) The neck of ... infection and rapid expansion of an abdominal aortic aneurysm: a case report Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:333 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: •...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 02:21

... endovascular stent-grafting of thoracic aortic disease J Cardiothorac Surg 2006, 12(1):26 Cosin O, Rousseau H, Otal P, Cron C, Chabbert V, Joffre F: Late perforation of a thoracic aortic Dacron graft ... technically challenging Careful monitoring of the durability of endovascular repair of ruptured chronic aortic dissection will be needed to determine the role of endovascular repair in this situation ... endovascular repair of acute symptomatic and chronic expanding Stanford type B aortic dissections J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006, 132(2):361-8 We believe that this case was the first example of endovascular...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:23

... used: ((('aorta' and 'aneurysm' ) or ( 'Aortic Aneurysms, Abdominal' [MESH])) and 'endovascular' and 'Case Reports' [pt]) Titles, abstracts and full-text publications were obtained and screened for ... Randomised trials provide generally good evidence of causal effects of treatments, but the quality of evidence on the risk of adverse events is less satisfactory This may often be the result of ... abdominal aortic aneurysm repair; SD, standard deviation AAA rupture occurred in 22% of all patients (N = 38) The AAA rupture was fatal in 34% of these patients (N = 13) and non-fatal in 66% of these...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22

... group, or  use one regression, but add “the state of the market” as another independent variable *  For the (*), need to “numerate” the “state of the market”: use dummy variables  =>returns = ... case we should use dummies?  if a3 and a4 are not significant => should not  How to test? F- test 10 HOW TO “DUMMIRIZE” • If the qualitative variable consists of two categories (F/M; bull/bear; ... 11.5 3.0 Bull 11.7 3.5 Bear 12.0 4.0 Bear 30 11.8 2.6 Bull 31 12.0 3.5 Bear THE INTERPRETATION OF a3 • Write (3) as: returnsBull = a1 + a2risk + a3+ u (4) returnsBear= a1 + a2risk + u (5) • a3:...

Ngày tải lên: 30/10/2015, 14:35

... endoscopic laminoforaminoplasty via a small incision, of less than one inch Materials and Methods Twelve patients were treated with endoscopic laminoforaminoplasty (ELFP) of the thoracic spine ... vascular and neural structures increases the risk of adverse events with invasive approaches Open surgical correction is the current standard of care for foraminal stenosis of cervical and lumbar ... stay, and postoperative recovery period and carries significant risks The anterior approach requires a transthoracic approach with close proximity to the major abdominal and thoracic organs and...

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