A 74-year-old man with hypertension and peripheral vasculopathy historywas admitted to our hospital to start renal substitutive treatment with haemodialysis through a functioning right humeral-cephalic arteriovenous fistula. In the first week after starting haemodialysis, the patient presented signs of distal ischaemia in the second and third fingers. A fistulography confirmed distal steal by a...

OBJECTIVE To assess the outcome of arterial duct occlusion with coils chosen according to the duct morphology. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Paediatric cardiology centre. PATIENTS Coil occlusion was attempted in 57 patients aged 0.5 to 15 (median 3.7) years and weighing 5-59 (median 14) kg between January 1991 and December 1995. A residual leak was present in 8 patients after umbrel...

Parker, Thomas A., D. Dunbar Ivy, Henry L. Galan, Theresa R. Grover, John P. Kinsella, and Steven H. Abman. Estradiol improves pulmonary hemodynamics and vascular remodeling in perinatal pulmonary hypertension. Am. J. Physiol. Lung Cell. Mol. Physiol. 278: L374–L381, 2000.—Partial ligation of the ductus arteriosus (DA) in the fetal lamb causes sustained elevation of pulmonary vascular resistanc...

in isfahan tubal ligation project was initiated in july 1970. a total of 310 women, referring to the university of isfahan health center and or admitted to the arnin maternity hospital, were interviewed for tubal ligation procedure. thirty six patients rejected tubal ligation and 274 women accepted. of the latter group 114 patients did not refer later on. a total of 160 tubal ligations were per...

Although rotational parameters by speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) have been previously compared to sonomicrometry and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, few have examined the relationship between left ventricular (LV) rotational mechanics and intraventricular measures of load-independent contractility, LV stiffness, or ventriculoarterial coupling. The aim of this study was to compare t...

Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) shows extreme hypervascularity, which may cause significant bleeding during surgery. For this reason, control of arterial blood supply is an important factor in the choice of operative procedure and in avoiding perioperative complications. This case series reports the successful dissection of renal artery in the preliminary stage of laparoscopic procedure...

BACKGROUND Transoral robotic-assisted surgery (TORS) carries a small, but not insignificant, risk of life-threatening postsurgical hemorrhage. The purpose of this study was to analyze all post-TORS hemorrhagic events at our institution to establish preventative recommendations. METHODS We conducted a retrospective review of 224 consecutive patients who underwent TORS for any indication at a s...