Alexandra Gratl MD , Andreas Frech MD , Bernhard Glodny MD , Andreas Hoh MD , Josef Klocker MD , Gustav Fraedrich MD
{"title":"Subclavian artery rupture in a young man during excessive weight lifting","authors":"Alexandra Gratl MD , Andreas Frech MD , Bernhard Glodny MD , Andreas Hoh MD , Josef Klocker MD , Gustav Fraedrich MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.04.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.04.012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We report a 19-year-old man with rupture of the right subclavian artery after an excessive exercise of weight lifting. Imaging showed a hematothorax and hematomediastinum, a pseudoaneurysm with a maximum diameter of 4 cm, and a dissection of the right vertebral artery. As an emergency procedure an interposition graft was performed for reconstruction of the right subclavian artery. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful, and he was symptom free except for regressive hoarseness due to a paresis of the right recurrent laryngeal nerve.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":91348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular surgery cases","volume":"1 2","pages":"Pages 194-196"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.04.012","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54824300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Events of interest","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S2352-667X(15)00064-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-667X(15)00064-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular surgery cases","volume":"1 2","pages":"Pages A8-A9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S2352-667X(15)00064-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92055543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information for readers","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S2352-667X(15)00063-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-667X(15)00063-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular surgery cases","volume":"1 2","pages":"Page A7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S2352-667X(15)00063-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136934842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Urgent endovascular repair for ruptured aortic aneurysm using computed tomography image fusion","authors":"Vincent Ziza MD , Frédéric Cochennec MD , Pascal Desgranges MD, PhD , Julie Mayer MD , Jean-Pierre Becquemin MD, PhD , Hicham Kobeiter MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.03.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.03.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture remains a cardiovascular catastrophe with strikingly high morbidity and mortality rates. Endovascular aneurysm repair management has recently emerged as a valuable treatment modality for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, but better outcomes have to be reached. Image fusion may potentially improve perioperative outcomes in selected patients, guiding navigation and device implantation and limiting contrast dosage during interventions. We report an 83-year-old man presenting with an 80-mm infrarenal aortic aneurysm rupture suitable for endovascular aneurysm repair. Endovascular navigation and stent graft deployment were achieved using computed tomography image fusion for the first reported case in English.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":91348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular surgery cases","volume":"1 2","pages":"Pages 102-104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.03.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54823867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eric J. Monroe MD, Matthew J. Kogut MD, Christopher R. Ingraham MD
{"title":"Traumatic renal vein pseudoaneurysm","authors":"Eric J. Monroe MD, Matthew J. Kogut MD, Christopher R. Ingraham MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.04.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.04.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Traumatic renal injury is infrequent, occurring in ∼1% to 3% of trauma cases, with major renal vein injury an even more rare traumatic entity. Conservative, operative, and endovascular management strategies have been infrequently reported in the literature. We report a patient with traumatic renal vein injury with pseudoaneurysm formation that was successfully treated with endovascular stenting.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":91348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular surgery cases","volume":"1 2","pages":"Pages 157-160"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.04.009","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54824264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Payam Salehi MD, PhD, Wande B. Pratt MD, Michael F. Joseph BS, Lauren N. McLaughlin ACNP, Robert W. Thompson MD
{"title":"The supraclavius muscle is a novel muscular anomaly observed in two cases of thoracic outlet syndrome","authors":"Payam Salehi MD, PhD, Wande B. Pratt MD, Michael F. Joseph BS, Lauren N. McLaughlin ACNP, Robert W. Thompson MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.02.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Various anomalous muscles and fibrofascial structures have been described in relation to the anatomy of thoracic outlet syndrome. We describe two patients with a previously undescribed muscle anomaly, which originated laterally near the trapezius muscle, coursed across the supraclavicular space deep to the scalene fat pad, and attached obliquely to the superior undersurface of the medial clavicle, which we have termed the “supraclavius” muscle. The significance of the supraclavius muscle is unknown, but its occurrence in patients with thoracic outlet syndrome indicates that it can be associated with narrowing of the anatomic space adjacent to the neurovascular structures.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":91348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular surgery cases","volume":"1 2","pages":"Pages 84-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.02.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54823785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"True extracranial carotid artery aneurysm in a child","authors":"Jeffrey Edwards BS , Megan Carroll MD , Mathew Wooster MD , Murray Shames MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.03.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Isolated true aneurysm of the extracranial carotid artery is a rare entity in the pediatric population, with nine reported cases found in the literature. Contrary to adult carotid aneurysms, which are often due to atherosclerotic disease, pediatric aneurysms are more likely to be the result of congenital malformations, connective tissue diseases, or systemic inflammatory conditions. We present the case of a 10-year-old boy with an isolated true aneurysm of the internal carotid artery and a review of the literature.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":91348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular surgery cases","volume":"1 2","pages":"Pages 110-112"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.03.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54823858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Splenic artery as a conduit to facilitate visceral arterial reconstruction","authors":"Darwin Eton MD, Charles S. Briggs MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.04.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Splenic-to-superior mesenteric artery transposition was used to treat proximal celiac in-stent occlusion in one patient and to prepare a landing zone for thoracic endograft treatment of a dissection in another. The proximal splenic artery was used as a conduit to facilitate visceral aortic debranching in four patients. Using the splenic artery as a conduit to preserve or restore celiac perfusion without interrupting liver perfusion is feasible.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":91348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular surgery cases","volume":"1 2","pages":"Pages 130-133"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.04.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54824180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ascending thoracic aortobipopliteal bypass for extensive aortoiliac and femoropopliteal arterial occlusive disease","authors":"Pramook Mutirangura MD , Teravit Phanchaipetch MD , Chanean Ruangsetakit MD , Chumpol Wongwanit MD , Khamin Chinsakchai MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.04.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This report describes a patient with disabling intermittent claudication resulting from the complex combination of a heavily calcified abdominal aorta, extensive aortoiliac occlusion, bilateral femoropopliteal arterial occlusion, and thrombosis of a previous right axillobifemoral bypass graft, followed by revision of the graft to the left proximal popliteal artery and subsequent graft removal because of chronic infection. The patient underwent successful ascending thoracic aortobipopliteal bypass surgery and had an uneventful postoperative recovery, with ankle pulses palpable bilaterally. After 6 years of follow-up, he could walk unlimited distances, and computed tomography angiography showed patent grafts.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":91348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular surgery cases","volume":"1 2","pages":"Pages 180-183"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.04.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54824204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samuel S. Leake BS , Harleen Sandhu MD, MPH , Kristofer M. Charlton-Ouw MD , Ali Azizzadeh MD
{"title":"Axillary artery thrombosis in a baseball pitcher","authors":"Samuel S. Leake BS , Harleen Sandhu MD, MPH , Kristofer M. Charlton-Ouw MD , Ali Azizzadeh MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.04.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.04.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Isolated nonatherosclerotic axillary artery disease is a rare condition. External axillary artery compression can result in occlusion or aneurysm formation and subsequent upper extremity ischemia or distal thromboembolism. Chronic compression from use of crutches and repetitive stretching/compression of the axillary artery secondary to overhead motion during high-performance athletic activities are often implicated as the cause. The uniqueness of these lesions and clinical setting requires a high index of suspicion for axillary artery pathology. Prompt diagnosis with arteriography and surgical treatment is necessary given the propensity for thromboembolism. We present a case highlighting this rare phenomenon in a collegiate baseball pitcher.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":91348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular surgery cases","volume":"1 2","pages":"Pages 168-170"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.04.006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54824233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}