Previous studies suggest that cytokine-induced tissue inflammation may participate in the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Serum inflammatory markers may reflect arterial inflammation in asymptomatic phases of the aneurysmal disease. We studied 120 outpatients (62 men; age, 65+/-9 years) by ultrasound evaluation of the abdominal aorta to evaluate the association of circulating levels...

BACKGROUND Retroaortic left renal vein, is a rare congenital anomaly. CASE CHARACTERISTICS A 14-day-old male neonate with retrocrortic left renal vein with posterior nutcracker phenomenon resulting in renal congestion. OBSERVATION He developed septicemia, renal abscess and thrombosis of abdominal aorta. OUTCOME Improvement on antibiotics and heparin. MESSAGE Retroaortic left renal vein ...

Our male patient had a hypoplastic isthmus and a preductal coarctation of the aorta. The coarctation was corrected by resection and end-to-end anastomosis at the age of 3 months. The left subclavian artery was sacrificed in this procedure. Thirteen years later, a recoarctation involving the left carotid artery was diagnosed. Surgical correction was achieved with a preclotted Dacron knitted graf...

Classically, a single renal artery arising from the abdominal aorta supplies the respective kidney on each side. Near the hilum of the kidney each renal artery divides into anterior and posterior branchs, which in turn divide into segmental arteries supplying the different renal segments. A total of 84 formalin fixed cadavers (73 male and 11 female, 168 kidneys in total) constituted the materia...

conclusions in addition to an appropriate clinical history, ct findings indicating decreased aortomesenteric angle and a shortened aortomesenteric distance can suggest the diagnosis for both the superior mesenteric artery syndrome and accompanying nutcracker syndrome. case presentation in this report, a patient is described presenting with epigastric pain and weight loss due to superior mesente...

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...

A 75-year-old man was referred to renal services in 2008 with a creatinine of 168mmol/l and an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of 35ml/min/1.73m. He had a past history of hypertension and carcinoma of the prostate previously treated with radiotherapy. There was no history of diabetes or cardiovascular disease. On referral, he was taking perindopril 8mg, doxazosin 4mg and bendroflume...

Background: Numerical study of angulation effects of renal arteries on blood flow has been of great interest for many researchers.Objective: This paper aims at numerically determining the angulation effects of stenosed renal arteries on blood flow velocity and renal mass flow.Method: An anatomically realistic model of abdominal aorta and renal arteries is reconstructed from CT-scan images and u...