Annals of vascular surgery
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Review Case Reports
Infectious aortitis with multiple mycotic aneurysms caused by Streptococcus agalactiae.
We report a case of a 66-year-old man with multiple thoracoabdominal mycotic aortic aneurysms caused by Streptococcus agalactiae (S agalactiae). The infectious aortitis (IA) was diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography and computed tomography and confirmed by positive blood cultures. The patient was treated with antibiotics, but, after worsening of the aortitis, a successful surgical procedure was performed. A review of the literature is presented together with a series of 7 other cases of IA caused by S agalactiae.
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Frailty has been established as an important predictor of health-care outcomes. We hypothesized that the use of a modified frailty index would be a predictor of mortality and adverse occurrences in vascular surgery patients. ⋯ A simplified FI can be obtained by easily identifiable patient characteristics, allowing for accurate prediction of postoperative morbidity and mortality in the vascular surgery population.
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Observational Study
The chimney technique in endovascular aortic aneurysm repair: late ruptures after successful single renal chimney stent grafts.
The chimney graft technique has been proposed as an alternative endovascular treatment of juxtarenal aortic aneurysms, extending the landing zone and enabling successful exclusion of the aneurysm with standard endograft devices. ⋯ Proximal type I endoleak constitutes a weak point of chimney graft interventions. Increased vigilance in surveillance of such patients to prevent late aneurysm-related complications is required. Additional research to identify potential poor prognostic morphologic indicators is expected.