Ruptured thoracic aorta.

Ruptured infected pseudoaneurysm of the thoracic aorta.

1320 CMAJ, November 18, 2014, 186(17) © 2014 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors An 86-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with back pain and general malaise after a fall. Her medical history included hypertension, dyslipidemia and previous venous thromboembolism. Because an initial radiograph of her lumbosacral spine was indeterminate, magnetic resonance imaging was performed and...

Ruptured hemiarch and descending thoracic aorta aneurysm: hybrid treatment

Ruptured aortic arch aneurysm is a life threatening disease. Surgical repair has an high perioperative mortality rate and totally endovascular treatment is a challenge. Hybrid repair has been proposed as a valuable approach. We report the case of a patient with a contained rupture of aortic arch aneurysm. We treated him with a debranching of supraortic vessels with carotid-carotid and carotid-s...

Case of Ruptured Aorta

Thoracic Aorta

Chronic hyperinsulinemia is suspected of enhancing the development of arterial diseases. However, direct metabolic effects of insulin on the inner arterial wall are poorly documented. To assess the possible influence of variations in smooth muscle phenotype, we measured lipogenesis from glucose by rat thoracic aortas that had been injured with a balloon catheter. Aortas were exposed to insulin ...

Ruptured Thoracic Discs

During the eighteen imionths immllnediately prior to this report the authors have seen five cases of typical ruptured thoracic intervertebral discs. These have been stuidied, treated by surgery, and the resuilts, in contrast to some previous reports,' have been stufficieintly7 gratifying that it is felt they should be reported. There are a fewcharacteristic feattures w-hich mav be fotulnd of in...