Large Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Associated with Left Pleural Effusion, Right Main Pulmonary Artery Embolus and Pericardial Effusion
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Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia with Aortic Occlusion
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Author:
Castigliano Bhamidipati, DO, Kwame S. Amankwah, MD, Msc, Michael Costanza, MD, Vivian Gahtan, MD
Author Affiliations:
From the Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Services, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York.
Correspondence: Kwame Amankwah, MD, Chief, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York, Syracuse, NY 13210. Email: amankwak@upstate.edu.
Manuscript submitted November 11, 2008, provisional acceptance given November 26, 2008, accepted December 4,
Aberrant Takeoff of a Right Accessory Renal Artery, Identified during an Aortoiliac Intervention
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A 66-year-old man presented with lifestyle-limiting, severe bilateral buttock and thigh claudication (Fontaine class IIb). Only resting ankle-brachial indices (ABI) were obtained at presentation and were normal (0.93 right and 0.91 left). Diagnostic cine-angiographic images of the distal aorta with run-off using a 9-inch diameter image intensifier revealed diffuse atherosclerotic changes in the distal aorta, patent bilateral main renal arteries (Figure 1, arrowheads), and high-grade stenoses of both common iliac arteries with good distal outflow (Figure 1, white arrow). A medium caliber arte
