Patients and Methods. Between 1983 and 2003, 877 embolectomies of peripheral arteries were performed at our institution. Among them there were 11 patients (1.26%) with some unusual causes of ...

However, there are other types of emboli. Air can get into the blood system and cause an air embolus, but your case consists of a cholesterol embolus, which usually comes from a cholesterol plaque ...

Conclusion: Two cases of myxomatous degeneration of the ligamentum flavum of the lumbar spine were reported, which have seldom been described as the cause of acute lumbar nerve root compression ...

Myxomatous degeneration of cardiac valves may occur as an isolated valvular disease or as part of a syndrome, as in Marfan syndrome. Mitral valve prolapse, the most common degeneration, occurs in ...

Researchers have found that patients with severe cases of the H1N1 virus are at risk for developing severe complications, including pulmonary emboli, according to a new study.

The purpose of this study was to present 11 patients operated on owing to rare forms of peripheral arterial embolism at the Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases of ... Tissue from myxomatous ASD ...