BACKGROUND Coronary fistulae are occasionally detected using echocardiography or coronary angiography. We report a patient with cardiac tamponade because of a ruptured aneurysm of a coronary artery fistula. CASE PRESENTATION A 60-year-old man was referred to our hospital with sudden onset of chest pain and unconsciousness. He was initially diagnosed with cardiac tamponade for type A acute aor...

he history of the treatment of aortic aneurysm is remarkable and worthy of study because it parallels most of the great advances in medicine over the past 2,000 years. In the 2nd century AD, Antyllus provided the first record of the cause and treatment of aneurysm. Osler described him as one of the most daring and accomplished surgeons in history, due to his early proximal and distal ligation o...

INTRODUCTION Complications involving injury to neurological and vascular structures are infrequently reported after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). They are associated with significant morbidity and can be limb threatening. PRESENTATION OF CASE We present a patient with an anterior tibial artery (ATA) aneurysm post total knee arthroplasty. A 69-year-old female was referred for a swelling over ...

To elucidate the role of the internal elastic lamina in the development of cerebral aneurysm, the bifurcation of the anterior cerebral artery and olfactory artery was histologically studied in control and experimental rats treated with unilateral carotid ligation and renal hypertension. Various stages of aneurysm formation were compared, and it was found that early aneurysmal changes were alway...

Very early reperfusion after coronary occlusion can reduce infarct size and preserve left ventricular function. Whether later reperfusion is of benefit is unclear. We studied the effect of very early reperfusion with myocardial salvage and "late" reperfusion without myocardial salvage on infarct expansion and aneurysm formation. Sixty-eight rats underwent left coronary artery ligation and were ...

Stent assisted coiling (SAC) is a useful technique for the treatment of wide necked complex aneurysm. As the frequency of SAC increases, stent-related complications such as thromboembolism, aneurysm rupture, and vessel rupture have been reported. However, to the best of our knowledge, carotid-cavernous fistula (CCF) after SAC has never been reported. The authors experienced a case of direct CCF...

A 68-year-old woman presented with generalized seizure due to the left internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysmal compression of the ipsilateral medial temporal lobe. Computed tomography angiography (CTA) revealed multiple aneurysms of the right persistent primitive hypoglossal artery (PPHA), the right ICA, and the right anterior cerebral artery (ACA). The right PPHA originated from the ICA at th...

We report an unusual case of subarachnoid hemorrhage caused by intraoperative rupture of an intracavernous carotid artery aneurysm coexisting with a prolactinoma. A 58-year-old man presenting with diplopia was found to have a left intracavernous carotid artery aneurysm encased by a suprasellar tumor on magnetic resonance imaging. His serum prolactin level was 5036 ng/mL. Proximal ligation of th...

//. Objectives and Design of Randomized Aneurvsm Studv • Four selected treatments, namely, regulated bed rest, drug-induced hypotension, caroti( ligation, and intracranial surgery, were randomly allocated with respect to location of thi aneurysm and interval following last bleed. The objective of the Study was to answer the ques tion. "What mode of treatment offers a patient with a single ruptu...