The pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) is widely used in cardiac surgery for monitoring hemodynamics and cardiovascular function. Complications including pulmonary artery injury causing massive ... After ...

Traumatic aortic injuries usually occur in the descending thoracic aorta near the origin of the left subclavian artery. Many reports in the literature demonstrate the efficacy of endovascular ...

The treatment of subclavian artery occlusive disease has evolved from surgery to percutaneous-based treatment strategies. Technical considerations for the management of stenosis and occlusions of ...

Problems with the abdominal aorta, such as an aneurysm—a bulging or weakened area in the artery wall—can cause symptoms like belly or back pain. This artery plays ... at the level of the twelfth ...

chyle leak and phrenic nerve injury and sternitis. In pediatric patients, a right thoracotomy with a muscle-sparing technique or a sternotomy provides the most effective mediastinal exposure for ...