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Ashok Thakkar

Publications (4)

Endovascular Y-stent Graft Repair of Chronic Contained Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in High-Surgical Risk Patient

Sridhar Kasturi, Shiva Kumar Bandimida & Ashok Thakkar · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2014

Abdominal aortic aneurysm is a common condition and many a times asymptomatic. The mortality rate is high when it presents with rupture. However, a chronic contained rupture may remain undiagnosed for several weeks to months due to highly variable clinical presentation. Delay in...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11922

Interventional Management of High-risk Patients with Takayasu’s Arteritis

Sridhar Kasturi, Shiva Kumar Bandimida, Shivani Kothari & Ashok Thakkar · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2014

Takayasu’s arteritis is a chronic vasculitis affecting aorta and its branches. We report a case series of Takayasu’s disease. Percutaneous intervention with stent implantation is better choice for stenosis and occlusion of coronary and carotid arteries as well as peripheral lesio...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12397

Gelfoam Embolization - A Preoperative Requisite in Patients with Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma: Report of Three Patients

Sanjay Porwal, Ranjan Modi, Rajsekhar Patil, Harikrishna Damodaran, Nirlep Gajiwala & Ashok Thakkar · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2015

We present a case series of three patients who were admitted in the ENT department with the complaints of nasal congestion, nasal bleeding and vertigo. Evaluation of these patients revealed juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma. Patients were advised to undergo excision surgery. W...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14452

Cardiac Dysfunction in Patients with Sepsis, Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock

Tom Devasia, Hashir Kareem, Y. G. Ashok Kumar, R. Padma Kumar, Saumya Jose, Sharmila Sadanand Prabhu, Umesh Pai, Krishnanand Nayak, Tulsee Sitapara & Ashok Thakkar · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2014

Aims: Patients with severe sepsis and septic shock often exhibit significant cardiovascular dysfunction. We designed the study with an aim to determine the severity of cardiac dysfunction in the different group of sepsis patients. Study Design: Single-center, cross-sectional stud...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12334