introduction: neonatal nasal airway obstruction induces various degrees of respiratory distress. the management of this disease, including surgical repair, will depend on the severity and location of the obstruction. we describe here a case of congenital nasal nostril stenosis that required surgical repair for stenting of both nares after coanal atresia repair.   case report: a 2 days old femal...

abstract objective: diabetes mellitus (dm) is a systemic disease affecting different tissues. hyperglycemia due to dm can lead to degenerative changes in spinal tissue. also low data have examined the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in lumbar spinal canal stenosis individuals. therefore the purpose of this study was determining the frequency of dm in lumbar spinal canal stenosis patients. mater...

background: the goal of this study was to determine the reliability of tcd in evaluation of vertebrobasilar arteries in comparison with brain mra in patients suffering from acute vertebrobasilar stroke. methods: samples were patients with definite clinical diagnosis of vertebrobasilar stroke. for all patients brain mri, mra and tcd were performed during the first 48 hours of admission. basilar ...

Rupture of a vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque causes thrombus formation and precipitates cardiovascular diseases. In addition to the thrombogenic content of a plaque, also the hemodynamic microenvironment plays a major role in thrombus formation. How the altered hemodynamics around a plaque promote pathological thrombus formation is not well understood. In this study, we provide evidence that ...

To the Editor In an article published in the November issue of the Journal, Dr. Takeuchi and colleagues (1) reported on the incidence of target lesion re-stenosis in a cohort of 165 consecutive patients with coronary artery disease who had undergone 231 paclitaxel-eluting stent placements in their facility between May 2007 and August 2009. All patients had been treated with two types of anti-pl...

We report the case of a 23-year-old woman who died due to endograft stenosis 20 months after thoracic endovascular aortic repair. The patient presented with the pseudocoarctation syndrome. Although angioplasty of stenosis endograft was successfully performed, severe metabolic complications were lethal.

Abstract The significant growth in the number of individuals dependent on hemodialysis for renal replacement therapy and unrestricted use short long-term catheters have challenged vascular surgeons search solutions patients whose options access via upper limbs been exhausted increasing rates central venous stenosis these patients. When is impossible, exceptional techniques can be used lower off...