Browsing by Author "Mertens, Renato"

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    Addition of Chitosan May Improve the Treatment Efficacy of Triple Bandage and Compression in the Treatment of Venous Leg Ulcers
    (JOURNAL OF DRUGS IN DERMATOLOGY, 2011) Sandoval, Mauricio; Albornoz, Claudia; Munoz, Sonia; Fica, Mirta; Garcia Huidobro, Isidora; Mertens, Renato; Hasson, Ariel
    Introduction Venous leg ulcers are an important problem in public health due to their high prevalence and treatment cost The gold standard therapy is the compression bandage Addition of different substances to the compression therapy in order to accelerate ulcer healing has been attempted but none of them has yielded optimal results
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    Multiple Mycotic Aneurysms Due to Penicillin Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae Solved With Endovascular Repair
    (ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2010) Rojas, Alvaro; Mertens, Renato; Arbulo, Douglas; Garcia, Patricia; Labarca, Jaime
    Mycotic aneurysm is a life-threatening condition. We report the case of an 83-year-old white female who had pneumonia, and 3 months later she was admitted with multiple sacular mycotic aneurysms due to penicillin nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae. Successful combination therapy with antibiotics and endovascular repair was done.
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    Pelvic intravenous leiomyomatosis with intracardiac extension. Report of two cases
    (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2012) Mertens, Renato; Valdes, Francisco; Munoz, Cecilia; Irarrazaval, Manuel; Branes, Jorge; Riquelme, Carlos; Marine, Leopoldo; Bergoeing, Michel; Kraemer, Albrecht
    Intravenous leiomyomatosis with extension into the heart is an infrequent entity described in 1907. Its clinical presentation is non-specific, although cardiac symptoms predominate. Diagnosis is based on clinical findings and appropriate imaging. We report two females, aged 35 and 51 years. One of them presented with a pelvic mass and dyspnea, the other patient had severe cardiac failure on admission. Computed axial tomography scan allowed an accurate preoperative diagnosis on both patients. Successful one stage resection of the tumor was performed under cardiopulmonary bypass. Both patients are asymptomatic on follow up at 6 months and 25 years. (Rev Med Chile 2012; 140: 906-909).
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    Ventana Fenestrated Stent-Graft System for Endovascular Repair of Juxtarenal Aortic Aneurysms
    (ALLIANCE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP DIVISION ALLEN PRESS, 2012) Mertens, Renato; Bergoeing, Michel; Marine, Leopoldo; Valdes, Francisco; Kraemer, Albrecht; Vergara, Jeanette
    Purpose: To describe the initial use of an off-the-shelf fenestrated stent-graft system for endovascular repair of juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms.