Objective: This study aimed to summarize the long-term experience of using the chimney technique in thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for aortic arch diseases. Methods: From November 2007 to ...
Background Blunt thoracic aortic injury (BTAI) is an uncommon diagnosis, usually developing as a consequence of high-impact acceleration–deceleration mechanisms. Timely diagnosis may enable early ...
Methods: Pulmonary artery banding (PAB) was performed in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats and RV modeling was measured ... cardiomyocyte hypertrophy [wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) staining] and fibrosis (Masson ...
After that, the lungs were stored in 10% formalin, embedded in paraffin, cut into 4-μm-thick slices and stained with H&E and Masson stain. Histological changes in the lung parenchyma, bronchi and ...