Interesting retrospective imaging study of true and false lumens with or without bare metal stents placed distally in the abdominal aorta.
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Vascular
November 7, 2019
October 31, 2019
Dr Preventza and associates performed a meta-analysis of 3,154 patients who underwent frozen elephant trunk procedure to determine the incidence of neurologic complications. The incidences were 4.7% for spinal cord injury and 7.6% for stroke.
October 26, 2019
A must-read position paper.
October 24, 2019
Identification of Anonymous MRI Research Participants with Face-Recognition Software: The authors demonstrated the ability to use facial recognition software to identify individuals undergoing head MR, highlighting the risk of loss of anonymity when seemingly de-identified data are available to others.
October 12, 2019
The association of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality with optimism was assessed in this meta-analysis. Optimism was associated with a decreased risk of cardiovascular events (ROR 0.65) and a decrease in all-cause mortality (RR 0.86). Mechansims have yet to be identified.
October 6, 2019
An important and recent consensus update.
October 3, 2019
Diane Barker of University Hospitals of North Midlands in the United Kingdom presents a discussion on genetic testing for those at risk of thoracic aortic disease.
September 24, 2019
In this case, the authors report on a novel technique to revascularize the left subclavian artery during a frozen elephant trunk procedure with concomitant aortic arch debranching.
September 22, 2019
The authors point out that randomized trials of incentive spirometry have failed to mitigate early postoperative fevers, traditionally attributed to atelectasis.
September 19, 2019
Using coworker reports of unprofessional behavior as a metric, surgeons' complication rates were assessed. Compared to surgeons with no reports, the complication rate for surgeons with 1-3 reports was increased 14.3%, and that for surgeons with 4 or more reports was increased 11.9%.