OBJECTIVES Direct aortic deployment of a transcatheter aortic valve eliminates the need to traverse the aortic arch with the valve delivery system, enables placement of large sheaths in the aorta and innominate artery, provides maximal precision during deployment and ensures a safe, conventional surgical aortotomy closure. We describe the initial experience with the Suprasternal Aortic Access S...

Neuroendocrine carcinoma, which was first reported in 1907, is a rare disease [1]. This cancer most commonly originates in the gastrointestinal tract, although it can occur in the lungs, thymus, parathyroid gland, ovaries, and biliary system. However, mediastinal primary small cell neuroen-docrine carcinoma (MPSCN) is extremely rare. Its origin is not clear [2]. The diagnosis of MPSCN requires ...

Background: Lumbar motion analysis is used as a clinical method in the diagnosis and treatment of low back pain (LBP). So far, no studies have shown if manipulating the sacroiliac joint (SIJ) will change spinal kinematics.Objective: The main objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of SIJ manipulation on the lumbar kinematics in subjects with innominate rotation and to compare l...

INTRODUCTION Pericatheter calcifications are unusual and rare after removal of indwelling central venous catheters with few reports in the literature. We present a case of a woman with calcifications in her left innominate vein after removal of an implantable venous device. CASE PRESENTATION A venous access port was surgically placed for intravenous chemotherapy in a 19-year-old Caucasian wom...

The innominate artery (the right brachiocephalic artery) is an aortic branch. From this artery, right carotid artery and subclavian artery are bifurcated. This artery is short and relatively well protected by the bony thorax. However, injury of this artery is not uncommon. Several cases with innominate artery injuries have been documented involving blunt traumatic injury such as motor vehicle a...

Innominate and common carotid artery lesions have usually been treated surgically with extra-anatomic bypass via a cervical approach or median sternotomy. The transtoracic approach succeeded in providing direct access to proximal aortic arch branch vessel lesions, but these approach was associated with rather high mortality rate (22%) [1-4]. In 1967, Diethrich et al. [5] reported the first extr...