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Case Report: Combined transcatheter arterial embolization and aortic stent-graft have better efficacy for bronchial artery aneurysms

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Bronchial artery aneurysm (BAA) is a rare and fatal condition that requires immediate treatment. In the present case, a 76-year-old hypertensive woman was admitted with dizziness and diagnosed with an unruptured bronchial artery aneurysm, which was treated by transcatheter arterial embolization and aortic stent-graft.

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Pulmonary Edema, Hypertension, and ST Elevation 2 Days After Stenting for Inferior STEMI

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A male in his 40's who had been discharged 6 hours prior after stenting of an inferoposterior STEMI had sudden severe SOB at home 2 hours prior to calling 911. The hypertension alone is the likely etiology of the pulmonary edema. He had no chest pain. Medications were aspirin, clopidogrel, metoprolol, and simvastatin.

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Abnormal echocardiographic finding mimicking paracardiac cystic lesion

Heart BMJ

Clinical introduction The patient was a man in his 40s with a medical history of hypertension, Behcet’s disease (BD) and chronic renal dysfunction. The patient was receiving therapeutic doses of the following medications: sacubitril valsartan sodium tablets, prednisone acetate, cyclophosphamide and azathioprine.

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Chest pain and a computer ‘normal’ ECG. Therefore, there is no need for a physician to look at this ECG.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Old ‘NSTEMI’ A history of coronary artery disease and a stent to the same territory further increases pre-test likelihood of acute coronary occlusion, including in-stent thrombosis. The patient had a history of ‘NSTEMI’ a decade prior, with an RCA stent. Does this change your interpretation?

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Chest Pain, ST Elevation, and an Elevated Troponin: Should we Activate the Cath Lab?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

She is somewhat hypertensive, but her vital signs are otherwise normal. However, old MI w/aneurysm morphology (persistent ST-Elevation) can look just like this. While this may be change that is reciprocal to an Acute/Subacute Inferior STEMI, the problem is that LV aneurysm may also manifest with this reciprocal change.

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Abstract TP247: Iatrogenic Cervical Artery Dissections during Endovascular Interventions

Stroke Journal

Common comorbidities included hypertension (62.5%), smoking (56.3%), and hyperlipidemia (46.9%). Of the 32 patients, 9(28.1%) had dissection with diagnostic angiograms, 6(18.8%) endovascular thrombectomy, 15(46.9%) aneurysm treatment, and 2(6.3%) angioplasty with or without stenting. One patient was symptomatic with neck pain.

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Abstract 114: “Failing” DAPT? Think Again

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

This unique case highlights the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of a patient with multiple vascular risk factors who suffered from strokes secondary to BHS.MethodsA 79‐year‐old man with a past medical history of peripheral artery disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm, myocardial infarction with drug eluding stents (on dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT)), (..)