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PURPOSE:Noninvasive tests for the evaluation of chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) include quantitative photoplethysmography (QPG), air plethysmography, and duplex ultrasonography measurement of valve closure time (VCT). These tests have been shown to accurately identify the presence of CVI, define the disease, and locate the involved segments. However, the correlation of noninvasive assessment of CVI with the clinical severity (Society for Vascular Surgery/International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery staging) has not been addressed critically. METHOD:During an 18-month period, 74 limbs were prospectively evaluated with clinical examination, air plethysmography, QPG and duplex ultrasonography. RESULTS:We studied 52 patients with a mean age of 46 years. There were 14 stage 0 limbs, 14 stage 1, 15 stage 2, and 31 stage 3. We found significant differences (p < 0.05) between normal limbs and those with CVI only by VCT and QPG. There were also marked trends toward worsening mean values for reflux (VCT, QPG, and venous filling index) and venous hypertension (residual volume fraction) between stages 0 to 1, and 1 to 2; however, there was a large degree of overlap between all groups. No test discriminated stage 2 from 3. Assessment of calf muscle pump function with ejection fraction showed no difference between any groups. CONCLUSION:The Society for Vascular Surgery/International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery criteria for CVI staging distinguishes ulcerated limbs (stage 3) from those with nonulcerating skin changes (hyperpigmentation, brawny edema, and subcutaneous fibrosis) (stage 2). However, we were not able to distinguish these groups by available noninvasive methods. This may imply that these tests are not accurate enough or that the progression from lipodermatosclerosis to frank ulceration is not accounted for by large-vessel hemodynamic changes, but rather by microcirculatory alterations.
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J Vasc Surgjournal_title
Journal of vascular surgeryauthors
Iafrati MD,Welch H,O'Donnell TF,Belkin M,Umphrey S,McLaughlin Rdoi
10.1016/s0741-5214(94)70211-xsubject
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1994-06-01 00:00:00pages
1001-7issue
6eissn
0741-5214issn
1097-6809pii
S0741521494000388journal_volume
19pub_type
杂志文章abstract:OBJECTIVE:The fenestrated Anaconda endograft (Vascutek/Terumo, Inchinnan, UK) is intended for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms with an insufficient infrarenal landing zone. The endografts are custom-made with use of high-resolution, 1-mm-slice computed tomography angiography images. For every case, a nonster...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2016.10.108
更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Comprehensive long-term outcome data after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) are scarce, although anecdotes of endograft failure in the early 1990s abound. The objective of this report is to provide comprehensive outcomes after EVAR performed with the earliest available endograft components. These were a h...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2010.02.257
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Sarcopenia has been proposed as a prognostic factor for various diseases. Patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI) have a very poor prognosis, but sarcopenia has not been reported as a prognostic factor for CLI patients. If sarcopenia is associated with the prognosis of CLI patients, it could help select t...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2014.10.094
更新日期:2015-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The mortality rate for elective abdominal aortic operations remains between 3% and 8% despite careful hemodynamic monitoring, and half of these deaths are cardiac in origin. An extensive evaluation of ventricular function was performed during abdominal aortic operation to detect subtle abnormalities in systolic or dia...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1986-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) rupture when the wall stress exceeds the strength of the vascular tissue. Intraluminal thrombus may absorb tension and reduce AAA wall stress. This study was performed to test the hypothesis that intraluminal thrombus can significantly reduce AAA wall stress. METHODS:AAA wall ...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0741-5214(97)70058-2
更新日期:1997-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The ability to diagnose and localize vascular graft infections has been a major challenge. Recent studies in animal models and humans with focal bacterial infection have shown that radiolabeled, polyclonal, human immunoglobulin G accumulates at the site of inflammation and can serve as the basis for an imaging techniq...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1989-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Untreated traumatic arteriovenous fistulae (AVF) have been associated with aneurysmal dilatation of the involved artery and vein, congestive heart failure, and limb ischemia. Open surgical repair of these lesions can be challenging due to the elevated venous pressure and surrounding inflammation. This case report desc...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2009.11.080
更新日期:2010-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Synthetic vascular grafts have never achieved long-term patency comparable to autologous saphenous vein. Changes in graft wall porosity and carbon coating of the luminal surface have both been suggested to improve patency. METHODS:Forty-two mongrel dogs, weighing 20 to 30 kg, underwent bilateral aortoiliac gra...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1067/mva.1993.41708
更新日期:1993-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:We have previously shown that arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) are more expensive to create and to maintain than arteriovenous grafts (AVGs) in patients undergoing their first access. Because those for whom this first access fails may be a more disadvantaged group, we hypothesized that the cost of a second acces...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2018.03.419
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:This study was undertaken to evaluate in vivo the effect of recombinant hirudin (r-hirudin [HBW 023]), a potent thrombin inhibitor, on the process of microvascular thrombus formation and recanalization. METHODS:Thrombosis was induced photochemically in distinct arterioles (n = 25) and venules (n = 30) of the e...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0741-5214(98)70136-3
更新日期:1998-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Eighteen patients whose mean age was 61 years were referred to us with acute aortic occlusion from 1977 to 1985. Ten patients had cardiac emboli (group I) and eight had aortoiliac occlusive disease (group II). Fourteen of these patients had paresis or paralysis. Diagnosis was prompt but the time lapse from onset of sy...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1986-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study retrospectively analyzes the nature of postoperative thrombotic complications in patients with the lupus anticoagulant. Tests in 84 patients were positive for the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies by an abnormal rabbit brain neutralization procedure, positive for the presence of anticardiolipin antibo...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1067/mva.1988.avs0070749
更新日期:1988-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To assess the long-term results of elective abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair with a single stent graft system. METHODS:Patients undergoing elective, infrarenal endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) with a single-stent graft system between 1998 and 2012 were analyzed retrospectively registering pre-, intr...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2019.09.061
更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Long-term results of the posterior approach (PA) for the treatment of popliteal artery aneurysms are lacking in the literature. We reviewed our experience during a 13-year period in patients with popliteal artery aneurysms, comparing those treated through a PA with those operated on through a standard medial...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2015.06.227
更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to determine the retrievability of the Greenfield filter, to characterize fixation, and to evaluate the mechanical function of a new retrieval unit. METHODS:Stainless steel, titanium, and two prototype Greenfield filters (n = 82) were placed in 15 sheep at multiple sites and retri...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0741-5214(94)70162-8
更新日期:1994-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::In a 34-year-old woman with intermittent calf claudication, cystic adventitial disease of the popliteal artery was demonstrated by intravascular ultrasound imaging. Multiple intramural cystic masses were seen to be compressing the arterial lumen. The diagnoses of cystic adventitial disease was confirmed by surgery. In...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0741-5214(96)80023-1
更新日期:1996-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:This study evaluated the accuracy of central luminal line (CLL) measurements in quantifying stent graft migration. The bias of the CLL technique together with observer variability were assessed. METHODS:Stent grafts were deployed in plastic aortic phantoms at fixed locations from two side branches. Each phanto...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2011.10.083
更新日期:2012-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Peripheral arterial disease is a significant problem worldwide. In developing countries such as India, the increased incidence of smoking and other forms of nicotine intake has resulted in a large proportion of young individuals with Buerger's disease. The results of surgical and endovascular treatment for t...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2008.09.005
更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Tracheo-innominate artery fistula is a highly lethal complication after tracheostomy. A 37-year-old man who had undergone a tracheostomy 14 years earlier because of dysphagia after brain surgery had a tracheo-innominate artery fistula with exsanguinating hemorrhage from his tracheostomy site. After temporary control o...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1067/mva.2001.114997
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have established guidelines that outline patients who are considered "high risk" for complications after carotid endarterectomy (CEA) for which carotid artery stenting (CAS) may provide benefit. The validity of these high-risk criteria are yet unproven. In...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2012.12.075
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Midaortic syndrome (MAS) is a rare condition characterized by stenosis of the abdominal aorta. Patients with disease refractory to medical management will usually require either endovascular therapy or surgery with use of prosthetic graft material for bypass or patch angioplasty. We report our early experien...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2017.09.052
更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Resistin, an adipocytokine, plays a potential role in cardiovascular disease and may contribute to increased atherosclerotic risk by modulating the activity of endothelial cells. A growing body of evidence suggests that aspirin is a potent antioxidant. We investigated whether aspirin mitigates resistin-induc...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2011.10.011
更新日期:2012-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical value and reproducibility of laser Doppler (LD) versus photoplethysmography (PPG) in the measurement of the systolic toe blood pressure. METHODS:Toe blood pressure was measured in 60 patients in different stages of peripheral vascular disease with simult...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1067/mva.2000.108009
更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Flush saphenofemoral ligation, with multiple cosmetic stab phlebectomy, successfully treats saphenofemoral reflux and superficial varicosities. The long-term effect on the residual greater saphenous vein (GSV) requires evaluation. METHODS:Noninvasive triplex ultrasound assessment of the residual GSV for potent...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0741-5214(95)70044-7
更新日期:1995-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report the case of a 13-year-old boy who, at 3 years of age, was a rear seat-restrained passenger in a high-speed motor vehicle crash necessitating segmental small-bowel resection. The patient remained well for 10 years; then he began to have exercise-induced fatigue in his lower extremities. Routine physical exami...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2006.06.040
更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::One hundred nine percutaneous catheterizations of synthetic vascular grafts in 89 patients who had angiographic procedures were reviewed to determine the risk of major complications. Ninety-six of the catheterizations were inserted into the inguinal portion of aortofemoral grafts. There were no instances of hematoma, ...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1986-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The use of cross-sectional area (CSA) measurements obtained from computed tomographic angiography (CTA) for the calculation of carotid artery stenosis has been suggested but not yet validated in a large population. The objective of this study was to determine whether CTA-derived CSA measurements were able to ...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2013.02.031
更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Occasionally symptomatic kinking of the internal carotid artery will require correction. More frequently one must rectify a kink that occurs after bifurcation endarterectomy when associated with a redundant internal carotid artery. Most procedures described for shortening of the carotid artery are somewhat cumbersome ...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1067/mva.1987.avs0060197
更新日期:1987-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::This article reports a case of an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm complicated with chronic disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC). The patient was a 68-year-old man; bleeding of 20 months' duration was reported. Physical examination indicated a pulsating mass in the abdomen. The diagnosis of DIC was made o...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1067/mva.1987.avs0060600
更新日期:1987-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:This study was performed to define the incidence of acute deep venous thrombosis (DVT) after endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). Because aortic endograft placement requires prolonged femoral vessel instrumentation, it may be hypothesized that these patients are at increased risk for d...
journal_title:Journal of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1067/mva.2002.128640
更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00