Air Pollutants ; Environmental Exposure ; Humans ; Particulate Matter ; Vascular Diseases ; etiology

Adult ; Coronary Vessel Anomalies ; diagnosis ; etiology ; Humans ; Male ; Smoking ; adverse effects ; Vascular Diseases ; congenital ; diagnosis ; etiology

Humans ; Meniere Disease ; diagnosis ; etiology ; Vascular Diseases ; complications ; Vertigo ; diagnosis ; etiology

Aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) is a rare but fatal complication caused by foreign body ingestion. Aortic replacement and endovascular stent graft are the common repair surgeries. The materials to repair an aortic defect in AEF are typically homograft or allograft, but the use of an autologous pericardium patch is rarely reported. Here we reported a patient with AEF and severe mediastinal infection induced by chicken bone ingestion. In this case, the autologous pericardium patch was used as the repair material.
Aorta ; injuries ; surgery ; Aortic Diseases ; etiology ; surgery ; Autografts ; transplantation ; Esophageal Fistula ; etiology ; surgery ; Foreign Bodies ; complications ; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage ; etiology ; surgery ; Humans ; Mediastinal Diseases ; surgery ; Pericardium ; transplantation ; Stents ; Transplantation, Autologous ; methods ; Vascular Fistula ; etiology ; surgery ; Vascular Grafting ; methods

Aortic Diseases ; complications ; etiology ; Esophageal Fistula ; complications ; etiology ; Female ; Hematemesis ; etiology ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Tuberculosis, Miliary ; complications ; Vascular Fistula ; complications ; etiology

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Cardiovascular Diseases/*etiology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Osteoprotegerin/*blood ; *Renal Dialysis ; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/*therapy ; *Vascular Stiffness

Blood Vessels ; injuries ; Humans ; Iatrogenic Disease ; prevention & control ; Vascular Diseases ; etiology ; prevention & control

Animals ; Cytokines ; blood ; Humans ; Peripheral Vascular Diseases ; etiology ; physiopathology ; Rabbits ; Vibration ; adverse effects

Vascular endothelium formulates the basic defense against cardiovascular diseases. Multiple factors such as inflammatory factors, oxidative stress and biological factors can cause endothelial dysfunction and be involved in the formation and development of cardiovascular diseases. In studies of recent years, accumulated evidences showed that periodontitis was an independent risk factor for cardiovascular events, and was related to vascular endothelial dysfunction. Periodontal therapy could improve the vascular endothelial function. In this paper, the epidemiological evidences of associations between periodontitis and vascular endothelial dysfunction in recent years were listed, and the possible mechanisms of periodontitis aggravating endothelial dysfunction were analyzed. The importance of periodontal intervention in improving endothelial function was emphasized. This will provide new ideas for further study about the relationship between periodontitis and cardiovascular diseases and for the prevention and treatment strategies.
Cardiovascular Diseases/etiology* ; Endothelium, Vascular ; Humans ; Oxidative Stress ; Periodontitis/complications* ; Risk Factors

OBJECTIVETo assess the diagnosis and treatment of venous hypertensive myelopathy (VHM) caused by narrowing of the ascending lumbar vein.

METHODThe data from 3 patients with VHM caused by narrowing of the ascending lumbar vein were analyzed retrospectively.

RESULTSOnce the narrowed site of the lumbar ascending vein was determined by myelographic or angiographic technique, an undetachable balloon was introduced and advanced to the proximal part of the narrowed segment. Satisfactory results were obtained in these patients.

CONCLUSIONNarrowing of the ascending lumbar vein is one of the causes for VHM, and endovascular balloon angioplasty is an optimal treatment.

Aged ; Humans ; Hypertension ; etiology ; Lumbar Vertebrae ; blood supply ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Retrospective Studies ; Spinal Cord Vascular Diseases ; etiology ; Venous Pressure