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The Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Fig. 1 | The Cardiothoracic Surgeon

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From: Risk factors for spinal cord ischemia in frozen elephant trunk–induced upper spinal cord ischemia in patients with combination of degenerative arch aneurysms and peripheral artery diseases: a possible mechanism

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Three-dimensional computed tomographic images of the pelvic level from the 2 patients with postoperative paraplegia (SCI patient 1 and SCI patient 2 in a and b, respectively) and a patient without postoperative paraplegia (no-SCI patient, c). SCI patient 1: ABI was 0.71/1.23 (right superficial femoral artery occlusion). No. of hypogastric arteries was 45 and 21 at the right side and left side, respectively. SCI patient 2: ABI was 1.05/0.64 (left common iliac artery occlusion). No. of hypogastric arteries was 28 and 38 at the right side and left side, respectively. No-SCI patient: 70-year-old woman. ABI was 1.22/1.12. No. of hypogastric arteries was 15 and 13 at the right side and left side, respectively

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