abstract：:Duplex scanning used to determine graft flow velocities is an effective means of identifying lower extremity bypass grafts at risk for failure before they occlude. We implemented a graft surveillance protocol using duplex scanning and over a two-year interval evaluated fifty-four lower extremity bypasses utilizing gra...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Robison JG,Elliott BM

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-two first episodes of aortofemoral (eight patients) or aortobifemoral (42 patients) bypass thrombosis were operated upon in 50 patients between 1980 and 1985. There were 47 men and three women whose mean age was 58 years. Retrograde thrombectomy through the distal anastomosis was achieved in all cases by using e...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Frisch N,Bour P,Berg P,Fiévé G,Frisch R

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the prevalence, demographics and morbidity of vein patch rupture, the authors polled members of the Western Vascular Society. Forty-eight surgeons (53% of the members) reported an experience with 23,873 carotid operations. A vein patch was used in 1,760 operations (7.4%), and rupture of the patch occurred...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Tawes RL Jr,Treiman RL

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last 20 years, we encountered 14 arterioportal fistulas in 12 patients. Gastrointestinal hemorrhage or mesenteric artery insufficiency were the most frequent conditions found after the diagnosis. Arterioportal arterial fistulas were congenital in two cases and acquired in 10; seven of these 10 were iatrogen...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Pietri J,Remond A,Reix T,Abet D,Sevestre H,Sevestre MA

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From February 1985 through November 1988, we performed 159 transluminal angioplasty in 135 patients with arterial occlusive disease of the lower limb. The indications were claudication, 114 cases (72%) and limb salvage, 45 cases (28%). Lesions consisted of one or more critical stenoses in 142 cases (61 iliac, 69 femor...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Clément C,Costa-Foru B,Vernon P,Nicaise H

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report summarizes a 10-year experience (1978-1987) in a metropolitan hospital with 102 patients sustaining a variety of complex or inaccessible vascular injuries. Management included the application of occlusive interventional arteriographic techniques. Regional injuries included head and neck (56%), trunk (13%),...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Klein SR,Mehringer CM,Bongard FS

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with bilateral congenital aplasia of the deep femoral arteries is described. The condition was accompanied by aneurysms of the popliteal arteries. Besides the academic interest of such an anatomical rarity, the abnormality is of clinical importance insofar as acute ischemia of the extremity may occur in the ...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Schmidt J,Paetz B,Allenberg JR

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin is routinely added to vascular cell cultures to inhibit smooth muscle cell proliferation. The in vivo effects of heparin upon atherogenesis have remained controversial, however. In this experiment 13 four-month-old, heritably hyperlipidemic, Watanabe rabbits were randomly assigned to three treatment groups: 15...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Workman JR,Schmidt SP,Donovan DL,Clarke R

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review of 11 cases of seat-belt associated blunt abdominal aortic trauma, includes nine cases reported in the literature and two new cases. Lap-type seat belts were the cause of this injury in eight of the 11 patients (73%). Clinical presentation was acute in 73% of the cases, with symptoms of acute arterial insu...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Randhawa MP Jr,Menzoian JO

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-eight patients underwent lower limb amputation for arterial disease over a 30-month period. Mean age of the patients was 72 years. Cardiopulmonary and metabolic risk factors were present in the majority of the patients. Postoperative one-year and three-year mortality rates were 24, 40, and 76%, respectively. Con...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Greant P,Van den Brande P

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We treated six patients with disseminated atheroembolism complicated by severe and unremitting pain from bilateral foot lesions. All patients had multiple and severe medical risk factors. One patient had a recent myocardial infarction, six patients had renal failure, and three were undergoing hemodialysis. Definitive ...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Kaufman JL,Saifi J,Chang BB,Shah DM,Leather RP

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of intraluminal ultrasound for diagnosis and monitoring treatment of vascular disease has yet to be defined. This study evaluated the dimensional precision and morphologic accuracy of an intraluminal ultrasound system which consists of a 5.5 French external diameter ultrasonic catheter with a central lumen fo...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Kopchok GE,White RA,Guthrie C,Hsiang Y,Rosenbaum D,White GH

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a traumatically-induced embolus from a thrombosed PTFE vascular access graft in a patient who had undergone a successful cadaveric renal transplant. Although usually thought to be without subsequent sequelae, thrombosed PTFE grafts can be a source of emboli to the hand in active young patients. Dia...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Senofsky G,Hye RJ,Fellmeth B,Freischlag J

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cases of malignant fibrous histiocytoma arising from the aorta are rare and have a dismal outlook despite treatment. The longest reported survival period following resection is only 28 months. A patient with malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the descending thoracic aorta was successfully treated with resection and rec...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Busby JR,Ochsner JL,Emory WB,Flaum M,Mitchell W,Farber MA

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arterial aneurysms, rarely encountered in childhood, pose difficult etiologic and therapeutic problems. We report the case of a seven-year-old Algerian girl with aortoiliac, visceral, and limb aneurysms revealed by a tumefaction in the left popliteal fossa. Aortic rupture subsequently occurred. The aneurysms were rese...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Bordeaux J,Guys JM,Magnan PE

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex interactions occurring at the blood/material interface of implanted blood-contacting biomaterials largely determine the clinical efficacy of small diameter vascular grafts. Physical characteristics of the material such as chemical composition, electrical charge, surface texture, elastic modulus, and porosi...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Greisler HP

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report details our diagnostic and management protocol derived from experience with 11 consecutive shotgun injuries. The injured vessels in nine men and one woman were: brachial artery (6), femoral artery (2), iliac artery (1), tibioperoneal trunk (1), and axillary vein (1). All those with arterial injuries had ev...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Bongard FS,Klein SR

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this retrospective study, we reviewed the records of 62 patients who were treated at a tertiary care community teaching hospital between 1977 and 1987 for major arterial injury caused by blunt trauma. Nearly half (45%, 28/62) of the injuries were to the thoracic aorta, 24% (15/62) were to arteries of the head and n...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Welling RE,Kremchek TE,Rath RK,Tew JM Jr,Johnson JK

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypoglossal artery is present as an anastomotic channel between the carotid and vertebrobasilar system for approximately one week during embryologic development. Rarely, it may persist into adulthood and may be encountered during cerebrovascular operations. We report a 76-year-old woman with a persistent hypogloss...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： McCartney SF,Ricci MA,Labreque P,Symes JF

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava, responsible for an acute Budd-Chiari syndrome. The diagnosis, suggested by lower limb edema, ascites, and renal failure, was confirmed by sonography, CT scan, and pathological examination. A mesoatrial shunt and right atrial thrombectomy were perfo...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Kracht M,Becquemin JP,Anglade MC,Mathieu D,Hillion ML,Teboul JL

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To define the histology of PTFE femoral-popliteal grafts seeded with enzymatically-derived endothelium, we examined light level and selected scanning electron micrographs of 20 graft biopsies. Thirteen grafts were chronically occluded and the midgraft samples had a thin lining of fibrin with scattered erythrocytes and...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Herring MB,LeGrand DR

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1985 and 1988 45 patients with descending thoracic or thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms underwent selective arteriography of the intercostal and lumbar arteries to delineate preoperatively the artery of Adamkiewicz and the thoracic radicular artery. Identification of these vessels failed in five patients (11%)...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Kieffer E,Richard T,Chiras J,Godet G,Cormier E

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycotic cervical carotid artery aneurysms are rare. We report one case successfully treated by resection and reconstruction with a saphenous vein interposition graft. A review of the English world literature revealed 22 additional cases. Principles of management include appropriate and timely antibiotic use, resection...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Jones TR,Frusha JD

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1975 and 1985, 43 patients underwent simultaneous aortic and renal artery reconstruction. Twenty-two patients had infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms and 21 had aortoiliac occlusive disease. In addition, 40 patients had severe lesions of one or both renal arteries and three patients had a lesion in an access...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Piquet P,Ocana J,Verdon E,Tournigand P,Mercier C

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates whether medical therapy alone can achieve satisfactory results in the treatment of low grade carotid stenosis or ulcerated plaques. Out of 525 patients presenting with transient or minor strokes, 64 were found with unilateral extracranial vascular disease as the sole potential source for their neu...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Fritz VU,Levien LJ

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between March and October 1986, 33 consecutive patients underwent unilateral lumbar sympathectomy in the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgical Unit of the Catholic University in Louvain, Belgium. Ten patients experienced postsympathectomy neuralgia. After a single epidural injection of fentanyl, 50 micrograms, and meth...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Buche M,Randour P,Mayne A,Joucken K,Schoevaerdts JC

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve cases of emboli to the renal artery (one of which was recurrent) were reviewed. In seven patients, emboli were unilateral and the opposite kidney was functional. In five patients, emboli were bilateral or occurred in a solitary kidney, leading to anuria. Cardiac rhythm disorders were encountered in eight patien...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Bouttier S,Valverde JP,Lacombe M,Nussaume O,Andreassian B

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of infected aneurysms consists of operation, which depends on the location and pathologic type, and antibiotic therapy, before and at least six weeks following operation. The authors present a case of two consecutive aneurysms occurring in a patient with Salmonella infection. Full recovery was obtained after...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Barthel J,Bosschaerts T,Locufier JL,Delwarte D,Barroy JP

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of the Neodymium: yttrium -aluminum -garnet (Nd:YAG) laser to recanalize stenosed arteries may require delivery of the beam through blood. To assess the degree of hemolysis and debris formation, 54 samples of citrated whole blood were exposed to Nd:YAG laser radiation of varying powers (10, 20 and 30 watts) and du...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Borrero E,Rosenthal D,Otis JB

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is presented who was successfully managed with metasynchronous rupture of a hepatic and a left gastric artery aneurysm. The subject of visceral artery, hepatic artery, and gastric artery aneurysms is reviewed. The role and limitations of modern interventional radiologic procedures in treating this entity is ...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Weingarten MS,Nosher JL

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Buerger's disease is frequently diagnosed in young smokers, based on clinical presentation rather than histologic criteria. This report describes a young male with idiopathic aortitis who had been managed for 10 years as Buerger's disease solely on the basis of clinical manifestations. This case emphasizes the need fo...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： White RA,Peng SK,Klein SR,White G,Uitto J

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain patients have atherosclerosis in both aortoiliac and femoropopliteal segments of the arterial tree and thus do not have a good result from reconstruction of the aortoiliac segment. No method has been developed to identify these patients and we do not know whether, by combining a femoropopliteal bypass with an ...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Eidt J,Charlesworth D

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemia occurring during hyperextension of the upper limb in a 25-year-old woman led to the discovery of a supracondylar spur responsible for compression of the brachial artery with anomalous insertion of the pronator teres muscle. Resection of all abnormal structures provided immediate relief of symptoms. When atypi...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Talha H,Enon B,Chevalier JM,L'Hoste P,Pillet J

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since December 1985, we have operated upon seven bicycle racers for endofibrosis of the external iliac artery. In all instances, the athletes had started cycling early in life and were engaged in top level competition by the age of 17. The principal complaint was intermittent claudication of one lower limb at "near-ma...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Chevalier JM,Enon B,Walder J,Barral X,Pillet J,Megret A,Lhoste P,Saint-André JP,Davinroy M

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and twenty-three axillofemoral or bifemoral bypasses were performed in the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery of the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium between 1975 and 1986. Three cases of perigraft seroma were noted. A polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft had been inserted in all thre...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Buche M,Schoevaerdts JC,Jaumin P,Ponlot R,Chalant CH

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the early results of a series of 86 femoropopliteal bypass operations in which a 5 mm diameter thin wall polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex) prosthesis was used. Sixty-five bypasses were implanted in men and 21 in women. Thirty bypasses were done in conjunction with an aortic bifurcation graft and 18 patients...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Williams GT,Underwood CJ,Charlesworth D

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to reduce early and late mortality caused by myocardial infarction in patients with aortic aneurysms, coronary arteriography and, when indicated, myocardial revascularization were performed prior to elective aortic reconstruction in 302 patients with infrarenal (289) or thoracoabdominal (13) aortic aneur...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Young JR,Hertzer NR,Beven EG,Ruschhaupt WF 3rd,Graor RA,O'Hara PJ,De Wolfe VG,Kramer JR,Simpfendorfer CC

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two cases of vertebral arteriovenous fistulas treated by embolization are reported. Although such fistulas are usually asymptomatic they may be occasionally responsible for tinnitus. Neurologic complications are exceptional. Spontaneous fistulas have been found predominantly in the C1-C2 region (9 of 13 cases),...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Merland JJ,Reizine D,Riche MC,George B,Guimaraens L,Laurent A,Melki JP

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CO2 laser open endarterectomy of small atherosclerotic vessels appears feasible. Under the conditions described, the endarterectomized arterial wall is not smooth but the thrombogenicity of the laser-treated surface is low, and the endothelial healing rapid. These advantages are to be weighed against the consequence o...

journal_title：Annals of vascular surgery

authors： Becquemin JP,Benhaiem-Sigaux N,Verta P,Leandri J,Loisance D

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00