Acardiac-acephalic twin is one of the bizarre complications of monozygotic, monochorionic twin pregnancies. It is commonly referred to as Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion (TRAP) sequence, in which the primary malformation is the lack of a well -defined cardiac structure in one twin (acardiac), which is kept alive by its structurally normal co-twin (pump twin) through abnormal placental vascular...

Objective: to study the incidence of splenic artery steal syndrome (SASS) in our own series liver transplant surgeries and determine diagnostic therapeutic tactics. Materials Methods. During 3.5 years existence program Republic Tatarstan, 77 cadaveric transplantations (LTx) have been performed. Postoperative SASS occurred 4 cases (5.2%). Among patients were 3 women 1 man; mean age was 38 years....

Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is a common condition often associated with cardiovascular risk factors and events. With the aid of B-mode ultrasound scanning, evidence is emerging that these risk factors and events are significantly related to an increased carotid and femoral intima-media thickness (IMT). More importantly, treatment of these risk factors is associated with a decrease or a di...

Cuff occlusion pressures using the ultrasonic Doppler machine were recorded in 30 normal legs and in 90 legs with peripheral vascular disease. With this technique it was possible to show obstructions to the circulation above and below the inguinal ligament.