Venus thrombosis

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Deep venus thrombosis may result in pulmonary embolism. In rare instances, embolization has occurred, not directly to the pulmonary arterial tree, but to the right heart chambers. Although the value of echocardiography in the diagnosis is well recognised, their is no consensus for the appropriate treatment. We report herein six cases of floating right atrial thrombi, diagnosed by echocardiography, in patients with pulmonary embolism, or unexplained shock or syncope. Surgical embolectomy was carried out in 4 patients, and thrombolytic therapy in 2, without in-hospital mortality...

Angiographic evidence of thrombus may have important implications during coronary stent deployment procedures. The periprocedural presence of thrombus has been shown to increase the risk of subsequent stent thrombosis. Coronary angioscopy is a new technology that may prove more accurate for the detection of coronary thrombus. Angiographic filling defects suspicious for thrombus were observed in 15 (22%) of 64 patients undergoing coronary angioscopy during stent implantation procedures. Angioscopy confirmed the presence of thrombus in 9 (60%) of these 15 patients...

BACKGROUND: Patient beliefs, values, and preferences are crucial to decisions involving health care. In a large sample of persons at increased risk for stroke, we examined attitudes toward hypothetical major stroke. METHODS AND RESULTS: Respondents were obtained from the Academic Medical Center Consortium (n = 621), the Cardiovascular Health Study (n = 321 ), and United Health Care (n = 319). Preferences were primarily assessed by using the time trade off (TTO)...

Central venous catheters play an integral part in the treatment of patients with a variety of illnesses. Complications, although not common, do occur. However, the benefits of these devices far outweigh the risks. Thrombosis, one of the most common problems, can be divided into three distinct clinical entities. The prophylaxis, diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatment of central venus catheter-related thromboses are critical in the treatment of patients requiring long-term venous access.

Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia (PIN) and prostatic cancer (PCA) are not caused by infection, allergic reaction, inadequate immunological response, ischemia, ageing, systemic hormones, carcinogens, nor prostatic ductal contents. PIN and PCA are apparently caused by increased inner acinar pressure due to partially blocked draining ducts. Only this explanation can account for all the observations about PIN and PCA. All other possible causes are disproved by specific observations. In order to further clarify the cause of PIN and PCA, it is important to discover if peripheral zone lesions cluster around ducts or blood vessels...

Encouraged by the effective prevention of arterial thromboembolism with a combination of ASA and anticoagulants (9), the present study was done in 77 patients with a single Starr-Edwards aortic ball valve. They received one gm. of ASA daily, then the dose of anticoagulants was reduced gradually and the drug discontinued on average five weeks later. Six arterial embolic episodes occurred in five patients, the incidence being 14.5 complications per 100 patients per year. Five emboli were cerebral, none of them serious, and one was removed from a femoral artery...

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We report the rare occurrence of fatal cardiac tamponade due to coronary sinus and right atrial thrombosis associated with central venous catheterization. The clinical course was extremely rapid, with death occurring a few minutes after the acute clinical event. Other causes of acute cardiac tamponade were ruled out by the postmortem studies.

The authors report the case of a young man, of Algerian origin, with edema of the right lower limb accompanied by an inflammatory syndrome present for several months. This symptomatology, clinically suggestive of a deep venus thrombosis, but not confirmed by sonography, proved to be due in fact to pulmonary tuberculosis with septicemic spread to the muscle masses of the right calf. The diagnosis was made by direct paracentesis of the right calf. It is important to remember that pulmonary tuberculosis with septicemic spread to muscle masses but without bone lesions remains rare...