Cardiovascular and interventional radiology
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Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol · Sep 1993
Letter Case ReportsRe: Aortocaval fistula demonstrated by computed tomography.
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Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol · Jul 1993
Case ReportsPercutaneous transhepatic coil embolization of a ruptured intrahepatic aneurysm in polyarteritis nodosa.
Large visceral aneurysms in polyarteritis nodosa are relatively uncommon. We present a patient with polyarteritis nodosa who ruptured a large intrahepatic aneurysm which was treated by percutaneous transhepatic coil embolization.
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Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol · May 1993
Case ReportsBullet embolus from a pulmonary vein to the right axillary artery.
A case of bullet embolus from a pulmonary vein to the right axillary artery is reported. Though bullet embolization is unusual, it should be considered in any patient who has sustained a gunshot wound and does not have an exit wound, and whose plain films demonstrate a bullet far from the suspected path of the projectile.
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Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol · May 1993
Case ReportsDiagnosis of posttraumatic pericardial tamponade by plain film and computed tomography and control of bleeding by embolotherapy of the left inferior phrenic artery.
A 21-year-old male developed pericardial tamponade in a delayed fashion after blunt chest trauma. Tamponade was not suspected clinically and was first seen on computed tomography of the abdomen. Plain films of the chest revealed distortion of the path of a Swan-Ganz catheter due to the ventricular compression. After drainage, left inferior phrenic artery embolization was performed to treat the persistent hemothorax.
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Aspiration biopsies of fresh disease-free bovine hepatic liver were performed with three commercially available, small-gauge biopsy needles. A syringe was used to create a negative pressure when using Chiba and Sure-cut needles. ⋯ There was no significant difference in sample size between the PercuCut and Chiba needles. All samples were of diagnostic quality.