In anesthetized dogs the peripheral ends of the cut sympathetic chains (LGi-LG2 level) were stimulated while blood pressure was held constant artificially, and the diameter of the abdominal aorta was monitored. Bilateral stimulation induced a reduction in diameter that was directly related to the stimulation frequency. Maximal diameter reduction of the aorta above the iliac bifurcation averaged...

Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a rare fibrosing reactive process that may be confused with mesenteric fibromatosis. Abdominal aorta aneurysm is rare too and mostly develops secondary to Behcet's disease, trauma, and infection or connective tissue diseases. Incidence of aneurysms occurring as a result of atherosclerotic changes increases in postmenopausal period. Diagnosis can be established with a...

1. García Fernández FJ, Berjón J, Ruíz V, Alcasena MS, Imizcoz MA, Lezáun R. Fibrosis endomiocárdica tropical o enfermedad de Davies. A propósito de un caso. Rev Esp Cardiol. 2001;54:2358. 2. Smedema JP, Winckels SK, Snoep G, Vainer J, Bekkers SC, Crijns HJ. Tropical endomyocardial fibrosis (Davies’ disease): case report demonstrating the role of magnetic resonance imaging. Int J Cardiovasc Ima...

Aortic dissection occurs when a tear develops in the wall of the aorta, which is rare in the young population. This fatal disorder is hard to diagnose, especially in young patients. We present the case of aortic dissection in a 15-year-old boy referred to the Emergency Department of Yazd University of Medical Sciences in November 2015. The patient presented to our department with sudden acute c...

BACKGROUND Adverse aortic remodeling, such as dilation, is associated with multiple cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. We sought to determine whether measures of enlarged aortic diameters improve prediction of incident adverse CVD events above standard CVD risk factors in a community-dwelling cohort. METHODS AND RESULTS Participants from the Framingham Offspring and Third Generation C...

background: the celiac axis, superior mesenteric artery (sma), and hepatic artery are the most important branches of abdominal aorta due to their vascularization field. the aim of our study was to evaluate the prevalence of different anatomical variation of celiac axis, sma, hepatic artery, and its branches with multidetector computed tomography (mdct) angiography of upper abdomen arteries. mat...

PURPOSE To clarify the postmortem multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) vascular signs that occur shortly after death. MATERIALS AND METHODS The vascular signs in MDCT images were evaluated quantitatively in 96 early postmortem cardiac arrest patients, 47 cardiac arrest patients who survived due to resuscitation and 47 control patients without cardiac arrest. RESULTS Elliptical (40 case...

A 61-year-old Japanese female was referred to our hospital for surgical treatment of a localized heavily calcified abdominal aorta. Preoperative angiograms and computed tomograms revealed severe stenosis of the aorta, resembling a slit. Bypass grafting between the thoracic and abdominal aorta was successfully performed together with the reconstruction of the celiac artery, superior mesenteric a...

Although aortic aneurysms associated with Takayasu arteritis are not rare, a total occlusion of the thoracoabdominal aorta enlargement is rare. We have experienced 60-year-old man who underwent second-stage surgery for aneurysm nine years after prior operation an ascending aorta-abdominal bypass atypical coarctation due to arteritis. present successful case treatment result 4 years’ follow-up.