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Resection of an azygos vein aneurysm that formed a thrombus during a 6-year follow-up period.
- Source :
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The Annals of thoracic surgery [Ann Thorac Surg] 2012 Sep; Vol. 94 (3), pp. 1008-10. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 May 10. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- We report a resection of an azygos vein aneurysm that formed a thrombus during a 6-year follow-up period. An azygos vein aneurysm is commonly detected as an asymptomatic mediastinal mass. A thrombus could suddenly form without enlarging the aneurysm. Therefore we suggest that even asymptomatic azygos vein aneurysms causing blood stagnation should be resected before they can form a thrombus and cause a pulmonary embolism.<br /> (Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Aged
Aneurysm complications
Aneurysm diagnostic imaging
Angiography methods
Azygos Vein diagnostic imaging
Disease Progression
Elective Surgical Procedures methods
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Monitoring, Physiologic methods
Pulmonary Embolism prevention & control
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Thrombosis diagnostic imaging
Thrombosis etiology
Time Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed methods
Treatment Outcome
Aneurysm surgery
Azygos Vein surgery
Thrombosis surgery
Vascular Surgical Procedures methods
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1552-6259
- Volume :
- 94
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Annals of thoracic surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22579898
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.01.086