A 43-year-old male presented with daytime sleepiness at work and indifferent behavior like never before. Two weeks prior to hospital admission, he had episodic memory loss with well preserved remote memory. Brain MRI showed a dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) in the right lateral transverse sinus with a bilateral thalamic venous infarction. Cerebral angiography confirmed a right transverse sig...

PURPOSE To test wireless resonance circuits (RC) to be used as fiducial marker of endovascular catheters during MR-guided interventions. Current markers loose their signal enhancement for certain catheter orientations. The purpose of this study was to test a marker setup which overcomes this orientation problem. MATERIALS AND METHODS The markers were constructed from a pair of two RCs. The RC...

Proximal Iliac Artery chronic total occlusions (PICTOs) are complex peripheral interventions that typically require an arm approach for adequate leverage. These are typically TransAtlantic Inter-Society Consensus [1] (TASC) Type C/ D lesions that have traditionally treated by Aorto-bifemoral surgery [2] but are being increasingly approached by endovascular methods [3,4]. The endovascular approa...

 Abstract Traumatic descending thoracic aorta pseudo aneurysms have been treated traditionally with open surgery in the past, which have had noticeable rates of mortality and morbidity. A safer method of treatment for this disease is made possible with recent progress in endovascular treatment techniques. In this article, we present three cases of Traumatic descending thoracic aorta pseudo aneu...

Objective: We reviewed our experience with endovascular treatment of isolated iliac artery aneurysms (IAAs). Methods: Medical records for consecutive patients undergoing endovascular IAA repair from 1995 to 2004 were reviewed. Computed tomography (CT) angiograms were used to assess IAA location, size, and presence of endoleaks after endovascular repair. Rates of primary patency and freedom from...

BACKGROUND Hepatic artery complications (HAC) are a serious complication in pediatric liver transplant recipients because its incidence is high and it can occasionally lead to graft liver failure. We herein present a retrospective analysis of our 10-year experience with pediatric living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) focusing on the risk factors and treatments for HAC. METHODS Between May...

PURPOSE To describe the utility, safety, and efficacy of endovascular intervention for treating bleeding events after robotic pancreaticobiliary surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this retrospective study, six patients (male/female, 3/3; mean age, 64 years) with histories of robotic pancreaticobiliary resection were referred for endovascular management of delayed postoperative intra-abdominal ...

OBJECTIVE It has been reported that a failed endovascular intervention adversely affects results of lower extremity bypass (LEB). We reviewed rates of prior endovascular intervention (PEI) in patients undergoing LEB with autologous vein for critical limb ischemia (CLI) to determine effects on graft patency, limb salvage, and amputation-free survival. METHODS Retrospective review was conducted...

The abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is the cause of 1 to 3% of deaths among males in the age between 65 and 85 years. Within the last twenty years, increased incidence of aneurysms was recorded, which may be associated with population aging, and increasing number of smokers, but also with introduction of screening programs and constant modernization of diagnostic methods. Patients with asymptom...