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Radiol Case Rep 2022 Sep 22;17(9):3082-3087. Epub 2022 Jun 22.

Carle Illinois College of Medicine, 807 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA.

Focal axillary artery stenosis or occlusion is a rare occurrence that is most commonly encountered after severe trauma involving the shoulder joint or proximal humerus. Other etiologies that can lead to axillary artery injury or pathology include different vasculitides, radiation arteritis, crutch-injury, and peripheral arterial disease. In this case report, a 70-year-old woman was referred for asymmetrically decreased right brachial artery systolic pressure and right-hand paresthesia with overhead abduction. Read More

J Chin Med Assoc 2022 Jun 2. Epub 2022 Jun 2.

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.

Pre-excitation syndrome can either mimic or mask myocardial infarction, making the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction difficult. Herein, we report the case of a male patient with Wolf-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome who presented to our emergency department with severe chest pain. Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction was suspected because of cardiac enzyme elevation and abnormal ST-T changes identified through electrocardiography. Read More

World J Clin Cases 2022 Apr;10(12):3828-3833

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310005, Zhejiang Province, China.

Background: Severe stenotic myocardial bridges (MBs) have been reported to lead to intracoronary ischaemia, but the physiological evaluation of MBs using intracoronary function evaluation indicators after intraoperative drug treatment has not been fully established.

Case Summary: We performed through snuff fossa for coronary angiography in a patient with chest tightness after repeated exercise, and the results showed that the middle part of the anterior descending branch was a MB with 100% systolic compression. The intracoronary function evaluation (defined as the ratio of distal coronary pressure to aortic pressure with zero microcirculation resistance) was instantaneous wave-free ratio (IFR) without drug and fractional flow reserve (FFR) with adenosine. Read More

Laryngoscope 2022 May 24. Epub 2022 May 24.

Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Objectives/hypothesis: Laryngotracheal stenosis (LTS) is a functionally devastating condition with high respiratory morbidity and mortality. This preliminary study investigates airflow dynamics and stenotic drug delivery in patients with one- and two-level LTS.

Study Design: A Computational Modeling Restropective Cohort Study. Read More

J Vasc Interv Radiol 2022 Apr 23. Epub 2022 Apr 23.

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY. Electronic address:

Purpose: To study, from a US payer perspective, the economic consequences of drug-coated balloon (DCB) vs. standard percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) use for the treatment of stenotic lesions in dysfunctional hemodialysis arteriovenous fistulas.

Materials And Methods: Cost differences between DCB and PTA at year one and beyond were calculated via two methods. Read More