Purpose:To report a rare variant of the posterior septal artery(PSA),which supplies blood to the posterior mucosa of the contralateral nasal septum.Case report:A 31-year-old female patient underwent suture removal 14 ...Purpose:To report a rare variant of the posterior septal artery(PSA),which supplies blood to the posterior mucosa of the contralateral nasal septum.Case report:A 31-year-old female patient underwent suture removal 14 days after septoplasty and developed left-sided epistaxis 6 h after suture removal.To safely and effectively relieve the patient from epistaxis,the cauterization of the left PSA was performed under general anesthesia.However,24 h after the first surgical hemostasis,the patient experienced epistaxis again in the right nasal cavity.We have reviewed the patient's sinus computed tomography again and found a rare variant of PSA,which is the right-sided PSA passing through a bony canal in the left-sided nasal septum.Discussion:The variant of PSA well explained the failure of the first hemostatic surgery.Therefore,we again performed a cauterization of the right-sided PSA,after which the patient recovered and no further epistaxis occurred.Conclusion:When cauterization of PSA is used to manage posterior epistaxis,it is necessary to pay attention to the possible variation in PSA.展开更多
Objective Reviewing the experience in diagnosis and treatment of cases with aorta-pulmonary septal defect and aortic origin of right pulmonary artery complicated with interruption of aortic arch. Methods Clinical data...Objective Reviewing the experience in diagnosis and treatment of cases with aorta-pulmonary septal defect and aortic origin of right pulmonary artery complicated with interruption of aortic arch. Methods Clinical data from medical records for 5 patients (4 boys and 1 girl,age from 1 to 18 years on admission) who had been treated in Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital between 2005 and 2009展开更多
Background Ghrelin was found to attenuate the magnitude of pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary vascular remodeling in rats. The objective of this study was to explore the fasting plasma ghrelin level and the...Background Ghrelin was found to attenuate the magnitude of pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary vascular remodeling in rats. The objective of this study was to explore the fasting plasma ghrelin level and the relationships between ghrelin and pulmonary arterial pressure （PAP） in atrial septal defect （ASD） patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension （PAH）,展开更多
文摘Purpose:To report a rare variant of the posterior septal artery(PSA),which supplies blood to the posterior mucosa of the contralateral nasal septum.Case report:A 31-year-old female patient underwent suture removal 14 days after septoplasty and developed left-sided epistaxis 6 h after suture removal.To safely and effectively relieve the patient from epistaxis,the cauterization of the left PSA was performed under general anesthesia.However,24 h after the first surgical hemostasis,the patient experienced epistaxis again in the right nasal cavity.We have reviewed the patient's sinus computed tomography again and found a rare variant of PSA,which is the right-sided PSA passing through a bony canal in the left-sided nasal septum.Discussion:The variant of PSA well explained the failure of the first hemostatic surgery.Therefore,we again performed a cauterization of the right-sided PSA,after which the patient recovered and no further epistaxis occurred.Conclusion:When cauterization of PSA is used to manage posterior epistaxis,it is necessary to pay attention to the possible variation in PSA.
文摘Objective Reviewing the experience in diagnosis and treatment of cases with aorta-pulmonary septal defect and aortic origin of right pulmonary artery complicated with interruption of aortic arch. Methods Clinical data from medical records for 5 patients (4 boys and 1 girl,age from 1 to 18 years on admission) who had been treated in Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital between 2005 and 2009
文摘Background Ghrelin was found to attenuate the magnitude of pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary vascular remodeling in rats. The objective of this study was to explore the fasting plasma ghrelin level and the relationships between ghrelin and pulmonary arterial pressure （PAP） in atrial septal defect （ASD） patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension （PAH）,
