Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to E C Martin.
The venous drainage of the diaphragm of the sheep is described from dissection, the injected specimen and percutaneous catheterization. The feasibility of chronic sampling from the phrenic vein is discussed as is the relevance of this to studies of respiratory physiology and diaphragmatic fatigue.
The experience with the use of endovascular covered stents for aortic lesions has been growing. The early results of using endovascular covered stents for the exclusion of thoracic and infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms have been promising and are being investigated in multiple ongoing trials. Their usage for other aortic lesions has been reported sporadically, often as resourceful options in unusual and difficult clinical situations. The authors report a patient who had previously undergone resection of a thoracic aortic sarcoma and subsequently presented in extremis from an aortobronchial fistula. The evaluation and treatment of an aortic sarcoma and the successful urgent exclusion of an aortobronchial fistula through use of an endovascular covered stent are discussed.