aneurysm/hypoxia

Background: Traditional open surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is burdened with complication risk from several organ systems, and also mortality figures of 3.5 - 5.5%. Over 50% of early mortality can be attributed to cardiovascular complications. Myocardial infarction is the dominant

Spontaneous aneurysm subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) occurs annually in approximately 400 people in Denmark. SAH is most commonly seen in younger (median age 56 years) and women (71%), have a high mortality (21-44%) and result in a poor neurological outcome in about 50% of patients. Due to the

Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is a common problem in patients undergoing aortic clamping for vascular surgery and may lead to systemic inflammation and organ dysfunction. Increased production of pro-inflammatory molecules and oxidative stress induced by I/R are responsible for microvascular

It is now understood that the nervous system has remarkable adaptive capacity. Specifically, the central nervous system retains its ability to reorganize in structure and function in response to behavioral experience in neurologically intact people and in individuals with neurological injury.

The proposed study is designed to identify the level of tissue hypoxia in patients presenting with ascending aortic aneurysm. Ascending aortic aneurysms affect approximately 15,000 people in the United States each year, and represent a serious clinical problem because there is a known, but

The exact mechanisms by which AMS develops remains poorly understood. Interestingly, brain and spinal cord swelling due to low oxygen levels can also occur in the period following surgery to treat thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms, dangerous swellings of the major blood vessel in the body.

In patients with non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), the surgical resection remains the primary and preferred approach to the treatment of stage I-II NSCLC. Despite advances in surgical techniques, these patients have a risk of development a severe lung injury, because during lobectomy the

Thoracic aortic aneurysm An aortic aneurysm is defined as a localised dilatation of the aorta, which includes all three layers of the vessel, intima, media and adventitia. The incidence of thoracic aortic aneurysm is estimated to be six to ten cases per 100,000 patient years, most commonly occurring

The investigators plan to screen all patients who were consecutively admitted from January 1, 2003 to our neurosurgical intensive care unit after a clinical diagnosis of SAH confirmed by cerebral angiography and treated with a coiling procedure. Patients for whom a decision was made by the treating

BACKGROUND: 1. Delayed ischaemia deficits in subarachnoid haemorrhage Seven thousand patients suffer SAH each year within the UK with young adults (<55 years) being equally affected. Cerebral vasospasm and related cerebral ischemia are the major causes of delayed morbidity and mortality in patients