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Total arch replacement with both frozen elephant trunk and transthoracic aorto-axillary extra-anatomical bypass through partial sternotomy for acute aortic dissection in a tracheostomy patient
Median sternotomy near an existing tracheostoma risks deep sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery. We present herein a case of acute type A aortic dissection in a patient with a permanent tracheostoma a...
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Two cases of catastrophic deterioration and multiple leaflet detachment in Trifecta valves
Reports of early and catastrophic acute structural valve deterioration (SVD) in Trifecta valve (Abbott, St Paul, MN, USA) with multiple leaflet detachment are rare. We encountered two cases of early SVD in Tri...
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Open AccessDissociated responses at initial computed tomography evaluation is a good prognostic factor in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with anti-programmed cell death-1/ligand 1 inhibitors
Dissociated responses (DR) are phenomena in which some tumors shrink, whereas others progress during treatment of patients with cancer. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the frequency and progno...
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Open AccessPreservation of the infected thoracic aortic endograft with thoracoscopic drainage and continuous irrigation
The gold standard for aortic endograft infection includes the excision of infected endograft, debridement, and reconstruction. However, these methods are not always the best option for patients with poor clini...
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Association between endothelial function and micro-vascular remodeling measured by synchrotron radiation pulmonary micro-angiography in pulmonary arterial hypertension
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive disease which causes increased vascular resistance. In this study, our purpose was to quantify the micro-vascular remodeling in monocrotaline-induced PAH ...
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Abstracts of selected papers presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the japanese society of gastroenterology
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Prediction of the recurrence of esophageal varices based on portal vein pressure and oxygen tension in portal and peripheral blood
In 27 variceal patients completely treated by ethanolamine oleate and polidocanol and followed for more than one year, the recurrence of varices was studied by measuring portal vein pressure and oxygen tension...
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The destructive effects of sclerosant ethanolamine oleate on mammalian vessel endothelium
Ethanolamine oleate (EO) used widely in sclerotherapy against esophageal varices was studied for its pharmacological effect on blood coagulation and vascular damage in animals. Blood coagulation was completely...
