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ArticleJournal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques2025

Evaluation of possible sources of polymer embolization after fenestrated aortic repairs mimicking spinal cord ischemia.

Pierce Massie, Kristin Markle, Amos Zimmermann, Mueez Rehman, Hillary Elwood, Muhammad Ali Rana, Ross Clark

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Article in Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. We don't know what we don't know, until we do.Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Pierce MassieDivision of Vascular Surgery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
Kristin MarkleDivision of Vascular Surgery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
Amos ZimmermannDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Mueez RehmanDivision of Vascular Surgery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
Hillary ElwoodDepartment of Pathology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
Muhammad Ali RanaDivision of Vascular Surgery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
Ross ClarkDivision of Vascular Surgery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.

Funding

University of New Mexico Clinical and Translational Science CenterKL2TR001448 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI CANNON, JUDY LIN · 2015 to 2024
$3.5M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR001448
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydrophilic polymer embolization (HPE) syndrome after fenestrated endovascular aortic repair is a rare and devastating complication. Currently, no data exist linking clinical HPE to specific candidate endovascular devices from which the polymer may have arisen. We report two cases of HPE in patients who underwent fenestrated endovascular aortic repairs. Using a dermal biopsy sample and 18 routinely used devices, scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy established matches in elemental signature between the devices and embolized material located in dermal capillaries. Using a carbon to oxygen ratio of approximately 1.5, we identified eight devices with polymer material suspected to be the source of the embolization.

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Energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDX)Fenestrated endovascular aortic repairs (FEVARs)Hydrophilic polymer embolization (HPE)Scanning electronic microscopy (SEM)Spinal cord ischemia

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PMID40236916
PMCPMC11999190

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