Objective To summarize the experiences of surgical treatment for post infarction ventricular aneurysm and mi tral regurgitation， thus to improve surgical curative effect and survival rates . Clinical data of 37 patients with myocardial infarction complicated with ven tricular aneurysm and severer than moderate mitral regurgitation were retrospectively an alyzed between December 2000 and June 2007, all 37 patients underwent coron ary artery bypass grafting and reconstruction of left ventricular after aneurysm resection, mitral valve repair or replacement. Results Three patients died during hospital stay after surgery,mortality rate was 81%, of th em two died in renal failure, one died in brain complications.Thirty patients we re followed up, followup rate was 88.2%(30/34), with 4 patients missed. Follow up time ranged from 1 month to 6 years after surgery, 2 patients died in foll o wup period, of them one died in anticoagulant treatment failure complicated w ith the large cerebral infarction, one died of lung infection and heart failure. The inner diameter of le ft atrium and enddiastolic left ventricle reduced obviously than those before operation （30.1±3.5mm vs.39.3±3.7mm, P=0.004;48.4±4.3mm vs.61.2±5.1mm, P=0.003）by color doppler echocardiography examination at 6th month a fter su rgery.There was no obvious change in size of untouched ventricular aneurysm(diam eterlt;5cm). No regurgitation or slight regurgitation were observed in 12 patient s, mild regurgitation was observed in 2 patients and moderate in 1 patients. Conclusion According to different types of post infarctio n ventricular aneurysm and mitral regurgitation, constitution o f different surgical treatment programs, can result in favorable early and long-term curative effect. There’s marked improvement in most patients’cardiac f unction and survival rate.
Objective To explore the diagnosis and treatment for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm （RAAA）. Methods The clinical data of 20 patients with RAAA from January 2000 to December 2010 were analyzed retrospectively．Results There were 18 males and 2 females．The age was 31-82 years with an average 65.4 years．All the patients were abdominal pain and （or） back pain．Eleven cases had low blood pressure or shock．Seven cases had a history of abdominal aortic aneurysm．All the cases were accurately diagnosed by CTA，Doppler ultrasonography or operation．Nineteen cases were treated by conventional operation，1 by endovascular aortic repair．Survival of 16 cases recovered smoothly. Perioperative death occurred in 4 cases，mortality rate was 20% in 20 patients with RAAA．The causes of death included circulatory failure in 1 case and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in 3 cases．Conclusions Surgery treatment is an effective treatment for RAAA．Early diagnosis and urgent surgical repair are crucial to reduce the mortality of RAAA．
Objective To explore the method of surgical treatment and endoluminal repairs of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)so as to improve the safety of surgical treatment. Methods The information of surgical treatment was analysed restrospectively in 195 cases of infrarenal AAA treated from January 1981 to December 2004. Of the patients, 155 were males, 40 were females with a mean age of 56.5 years. The diametersof the aneurysm were larger than 5 cm in 183 patients (93.8%) and 4 to 5 cm in12 patients (6.2%). Of the 175 patients who underwent selective operation, graft replacements were performed in 139 and endovascular aneurysmal repairs in 36. Twenty patients (10.3%) suffering from aneurysm rupture were given emergency operation. Results There were 6 deaths in the patients underdingselective operation(6/175, 4.3%) and in those undergoing emergengcy surgery (6/20, 30%) respectively within 30 days. The other patients were followed up from 1 month to 21 years ( 8.7 years on average), and there were 16 deaths (8.9%) during the follow-up. Nodeath was found in the endoluminal repaired group. Endoleak occurred in 8 patients, including 5 cases of type Ⅰand 3cases of type Ⅱ. After 6 months, CT scan showed that endoleak disappeared in 6 and rernained in 2. Late type Ⅱ endoleak occurred in 1 and endoleak disappearedafter endoluminal embolization. Conclusion With improvement of vascular surgical technique and development of endogafting, the safety of AAA both on surgicaland interventional means would be improved.
Objective To discuss the safety and feasibil ity of treating complex renal aneurysm with ex vivo aneurysmectomy and renal revascularization and renal autotransplantation after hand-assisted retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy. Methods In October 2006, one male patient with complex renal aneurysm was treated. The preoperative color Doppler ultrasonograph, CT and DSA showed that there was an aneurysm (3.4 cm × 4.3 cm × 4.5 cm) located in the main renalartery bifurcation and its five branches of the left kidney. The patient had a history of hypertension with no response to treatment. After successful hand-assisted retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy, the kidney off-body was perfused by the renal irrigating solution immediately to protect the kidney. Then ex vivo aneurysmectomy and renal artery revascularization were performed, the renal artery was reconstructed with an autologous right internal il iac artery. The reconstructed left kidney was re-implanted into the right il iac fossa. Results The operation was successful and the patient recovered without perioperative complications. The postoperative renal function was normal and the color Doppler ultrasonograph showed that the blood circulation in the transferred renal artery of the right il iac fossa and its branches was smooth, the blood circulation of the renal venous was smooth and no stenosis in the ureter 2 weeks after operation. Thirteen months follow-up showed the blood pressure was recovered to normal and the renal function was normal. Conclusion The method of ex vivo aneurysmectomy and autotransplantation is safe, feasible and minimally invasive for treating complex hilar renal artery aneurysms.
Objective To discuss the clinical application value of CT angiography (CTA) in traumatic pelvic artery pseudoaneurysm and dissecting aneurysm. Methods A total of 8 patients including 7 with traumatic pelvic artery pseudoaneurysm and 1 with dissecting aneurysm diagnosed by CTA in Suining Central Hospital from August 2012 to January 2016 were enrolled in this study, in whom 6 patients with traumatic pseudoaneurysm treated with embolotherapy were confirmed by digital subtraction angiography. Image post-processing techniques of CTA including curve planar reformation, multiplanar reconstruction and volume rendering were used. Results In the seven patients diagnosed as solitary traumatic pelvic artery pseudoaneurysm by CTA, 3 had superior gluteal artery pseudoaneurysm, 2 had inferior gluteal artery pseudoaneurysm, and 2 had external iliac artery pseudoaneurysm. The 7 pseudoaneurysms were pouch-shaped with the short diameters ranged from 9 to 64 mm and the long diameters ranged from 11 to 78 mm. Six locations of artery laceration were displayed clearly, thereinto 1 case was combined with arteriovenous fistula. In addition, a vessel occlusion caused by the limitation of right external iliac artery dissecting aneurysm and the thrombosis in left side of the external iliac artery was found in 1 case. Conclusions As a non-invasive diagnostic technique, CTA can accurately diagnose traumatic pelvic artery pseudoaneurysm and dissecting aneurysm, clearly display the location relationship of pseudoaneurysm and its parent artery, and find whether arteriovenous fistula exists. Beyond that, the true and false lumen of dissecting aneurysm can be precisely identified by this technique. CTA can provide important image information for formulating individual treatment plan.
Abstract: Objective To investigate changes of left ventricularregional systolic function after surgical treatment of left ventricular aneurysm (LVA) by realtime threedimensional echocardiography (RT-3DE). Methods From February 2009 to February 2010, 14 consecutive patients who were diagnosed to have coronary artery diseases with LVA underwent surgical repair and coronary artery bypass grafting (LVA group) in our hospital. All patients of the LVA group were followed up for a mean period of 4 months. Twodimensional echocardiography (2DE) and RT-3DE were performed before operation and during the follow-up. Left ventricular regional ejection fraction (EF) was acquired by Qlab software analysis. At the same time, 12 healthy persons were included as controls (control group). Statistical analyses were carried out to compare left ventricular regional EF between the LVA group (before operation and 4 months after operation) and the control group. Results Contrary to the control group, preoperative regional EF of the LVA group increased from apex to base. In addition to the inferior basal segment, lateralinferior basal segment and anteriorinferior basal segment, regional EF in the remaining 14 segments were significantly lower than that of the control group (P＜0.05). At postoperative followup, regional EF recovered the increase from base to apex, and there was no significant difference between anteriorinferior segment and lateral segment regional EF of the LVA group and those of the control group (P＞0.05), while regional EF of other segments in the LVA group was lower than that in the control group (P＜0.05). Conclusion RT-3DE is an effective method to assess left ventricular regional systolic function in patients with LVA. After LVA repair and coronary artery bypass grafting, regional systolic function will restore to the normal direction of progressive increase, and some nonaneurysm segments systolic function will go back to normal.
Objective To investigate the further results of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair， and analyze the midterm results of 63 cases treated by total thoraco abdominal aortic replacement with a tetrafurcate graft. Methods From August 2003 to October 2007，total thoracoabdominal aortic replacement with a tetrafurcate graft was performed in 63 consecutive patients with Crawford Ⅱ TAAA in Fu Wai Hospital. There were 46 male and 17 female with a mean age of 39.98 years (17-71 years). All the procedures were performed through combined thoracoabdominal incision via the retroperitoneal approach and underwent profound hypothermia with shorttime interval circulatory arrest. T6 to T12 intercostal arteries were reconstructed by arterial tube technique. The celiac artery， superior mesenteric artery and right renal artery were joined into a patch and anastomosed to the end of the main graft. Left renal artery was anastomosed to an 8 mm branch or joined to the visceral arterial patch. The other 10 mm branches were anastomosed to iliac arteries. KaplanMeier method was used to perform survival analysis. Results All the cases were followed，and the mean followup time was 36.57(8-57) months. No patient died during the operation. Early mortality rate was 7.94%（5/63）. Among them， 4 patients died of multiple organ failure. Two of them were caused by neurological complications, and the other 2 of them were caused by renal failure. One patient died of low cardiac output syndrome after surgery because of coronary artery disease. This patient underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) emergently, but couldn’t wean from cardiopulmonary bypass. The incidence of stroke and temporary neurological dysfunction was 9.52%（6/63）, 4 of them were temporary neurological dysfunction and were cured before discharged from hospital. Paraplegia and paraparesis occurred in 2 and 1, respectively. They were all [CM(158.3mm]cured before leaving hospital. Pulmonary complication was 25.40%(16/63)， and12 of them were cured. Pseudoaneurysmal change was observed in reconstructed intercostal arteries in 2 patients with Marfan syndrome, but neither of them underwent paraplegia or paraparesis. One patient died at 20th, 23rd, 30th month after discharge, respectively. The survival time of this group was 50.64±2.13 months（95%CI：46.47,54.84 months） with a survival rate of 92.06% after 1 year， 88.38% after 2 years， 86.11% after 3 years. Conclusion Using tetrafurcate graft is a reliable method in total thoracoabdominal aortic replacement and has a satisfactory midterm survival rate. The intercostal arteries reconstruction by arterial tube technique in total thoracoabdominal replacement is simple, and it is helpful in spinal cord protection.
Hemodynamic situation is an important factor of recurrence of postoperative carotid artery aneurysm. In order to investigate the hemodynamic factors of postoperative carotid artery aneurysm affect carotid artery aneurysm recurrence, we established a 3D finite element carotid artery aneurysm for the preoperative and postoperative periods using the three-dimensional reconstruction techniques. And then we measured the hemodynamic factors of carotid artery aneurysm of preoperative and postoperative by the finite element method. The carotid artery aneurysm model has an accurate and realistic shape; the pressure of the recurrence of aneurysm was reduced significantly after surgery,wall shear stress increased significantly at residual neck, and blood flow velocity increased significantly, which will increase the risk of recurrence. The hemodynamic analysis provides a reference for development of aneurysm clinical treatment programs and prevention of recurrence.
ObjectiveTo investigate the value of head boneless CT angiography (CTA) for surface shaded display (SSD) (hereinafter referred to as the SSD-CTA technology) and volume computed tomographic digital subtraction angiography (VCTDSA) in diagnosing intracranial aneurysms. MethodsWe collected the clinical data of 35 patients diagnosed to have intracranial aneurysm by VCTDSA between April 2013 and November 2014 from the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University. The original data were imported into the CT workstation of the First People's Hospital of Chengdu. Then, SSD-CTA technology was performed for bone reconstruction. We compared the results of these two technologies. In addition, we selected another 27 patients diagnosed with intracranial aneurysm by SSDCTA and DSA examination at the same time between June 2012 and November 2014 in the First People's Hospital of Chengdu for comparison. ResultsThe quality score of SSD-CTA reconstructed image was lower than that of VCTDSA, but the diagnosis of the two technologies for intracranial aneurysm was not statistically different (P>0.05). Compared with DSA, the sensitivity and specificity of the diagnosis for intracranial aneurysms by SSD-CTA were both 100%. ConclusionSSD-CTA is valuable in diagnosing intracranial aneurysms.
Objective To discuss left ventricular reconstruction methods and effectivness in patients with left ventricular aneurysm after myocardial infarction. Methods Between June 2003 and August 2008, 23 patients with left ventricular aneurysm after myocardial infarction were treated. Of them, 13 were male and 10 were female with an average age of 61.2 years (range, 47-74 years). According to New York Heart Association (NYHA) criteria for cardiac function, there were 3 cases of grade I, 6 cases of grade II, 10 cases of grade III, and 4 cases of grade IV. The coronary arteriongraphy showed singlevesseldisease in 2 cases, double-vessel disease in 5 cases, triple-vessel disease in 16 cases. The locations of ventricular aneurysm were the apex cordis in 18 cases, antetheca and parieslateral is in 4 cases, and interior wall in 1 case. The left ventricular ejection fraction was 36.52%± 12.15%, and left ventricular diastol ic final diameter was (62.30 ± 6.52 ) mm. Nine patients received standard l inear repair, 6 patients received standard l inear repair after endocardial ring shrinkage, and 8 patients received patch suture after endocardial ring shinkage. Results Two cases died perioperatively, and re-thoracotomy was performed to stop bleeding in 1 case. Incisions healed by first intention in the other patients without early compl ication. Twentyone patients were followed up 7-48 months (median, 19 months). At 6 months after surgery, the left ventricular ejection fraction 46.52% ± 9.41% were significanly improved when compared with that at preoperation (t=2.240, P=0.023); the left ventricular diastol ic final diameter (52.23 ± 5.11) mm were significantly decreased when compared with that at preoperation (t=2.170, P=0.035). The cardiac function according to NYHA criteria was at grade I in 8 cases and at grade II in 13 cases. One patient died of cerebral hemorrhage at 18 months after operation and the activities of daily l iving recoverd in the others. Conclusion Individual theraputic methods are used according to patients’ different conditions for left ventricular aneurysm after myocardial infarction.