abstract：BACKGROUND:Iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is associated with severe postthrombotic morbidity when treated with anticoagulation alone. Catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT), with or without the addition of mechanical techniques, is increasingly recommended for patients with iliofemoral DVT, although its effect on...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Comerota AJ,Grewal N,Martinez JT,Chen JT,Disalle R,Andrews L,Sepanski D,Assi Z

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the intraobserver and interobserver variability of using semiautomatic finite element analysis to calculate the von Mises stress and peak wall rupture risk (PWRR) in patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in longitudinal studies. METHODS:Four independent observers made 3-dimensional...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Teutelink A,Cancrinus E,van de Heuvel D,Moll F,de Vries JP

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Missile embolism into the cerebral circulation is a very unusual complication of shotgun wounds to the chest or neck. We report a case of an 11-year-old boy who sustained an air gunshot wound and pellet embolism to the intracranial carotid artery. The cerebral artery pellet embolus resulted in contralateral hemiplegia...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Vaquero-Puerta C,San Norberto EM,Merino B,González-Fajardo JA,Taylor J

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare neoplasm originating from various organs. The clinical outcome mostly depends on surgical resectability. The authors report an EHE of the extracranial internal carotid artery developed in a 59-year-old male patient 14 years after the intravascular coil embolization for ...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Osawa S,Saito A,Shimizu H,Ogawa T,Watanabe M,Tominaga T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate and report our treatment policies in the management of nonpulmonary arterial aneurysms in Behçet disease and to assess the prognosis in a cohort of 25 patients diagnosed between 1996 and 2007 by formally reassessing their outcome at the present time. METHODS:We ident...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Tuzun H,Seyahi E,Arslan C,Hamuryudan V,Besirli K,Yazici H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intra-aortic inferior vena cava filter placement is a rare event. We describe a case in which a permanent vena caval filter was retrieved from the aorta with endovascular techniques. Knowledge of filter design, catheters, and available wires is important to perform this procedure safely. ...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Naidu SG,Stone WM,Sweeney JP,Money SR

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Increased utilization of computed tomography angiography (CTA) has increased the radiologic diagnosis of penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers (PAUs), which are defined as the ulceration of atherosclerotic plaque through the internal elastic lamina into the aortic media. However, the presentation, treatment ind...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Nathan DP,Boonn W,Lai E,Wang GJ,Desai N,Woo EY,Fairman RM,Jackson BM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The postthrombotic syndrome is a debilitating condition occurring in 30% to 50% of patients with lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Following iliofemoral DVT, however, postthrombotic morbidity is especially severe, due to occlusion of the common femoral vein (CFV) and iliac veins. While endoluminal ...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Vogel D,Comerota AJ,Al-Jabouri M,Assi ZI

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk of patients dying of pulmonary embolism (PE) or bleeding during the treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and whether these risks are influenced by patient age, has not been thoroughly studied. METHODS:We used data from the Registro Informatizado de la Enfermedad TromboEmbólica (RIETE) to assess...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Muñoz-Torrero JF,Bounameaux H,Pedrajas JM,Lorenzo A,Rubio S,Kearon C,Hernández L,Monreal M,Registro Informatizado de la Enfermedad TromboEmbólica (RIETE) Investigators.

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Thrombus extension into a deep vein after superficial venous thermoablation remains a unique complication in the treatment of superficial reflux disease of the great saphenous vein (GSV). In this study, we evaluate if catheter tip positioning or vein diameter correlate with the length of proximal patent segme...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Haqqani OP,Vasiliu C,O'Donnell TF,Iafrati MD

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to define the relationship between left ventricular diastolic function and survival after renal revascularization. METHODS:Seventy-six adult patients (49 women, 27 men; mean age: 63 ± 13 years) with preoperative echocardiography who underwent renal revascularization for atheroscle...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Ghanami RJ,Rana H,Craven TE,Hoyle J,Edwards MS,Hansen KJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Celiac artery aneurysms anomalously arising from the celiomesenteric trunk (hepatosplenomesenteric trunk) are rare, with only four patients reported thus far. Surgical intervention for this condition is challenging, particularly when the aneurysm is large and in a retropancreatic location. We report an open repair sur...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Higashiyama H,Yamagami K,Fujimoto K,Koshiba T,Kumada K,Yamamoto M

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thrombolysis is a common method in the treatment of lower extremity bypass graft occlusion. The purpose of this study was to investigate the results of thrombolytic therapy in the management of acute bypass graft occlusion and to identify risk factors for technical failure and amputation. METHODS:All patien...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Koraen L,Kuoppala M,Acosta S,Wahlgren CM

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Increased vascularization is considered an important contributing factor for plaque vulnerability. Microvascular proliferative disease in patients with diabetes results in renal damage and visual loss. We assessed the hypothesis that vascularization in carotid atherosclerotic tissue is increased in diabetic p...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Olson FJ,Strömberg S,Hjelmgren O,Kjelldahl J,Fagerberg B,Bergström GM

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Acute aortic dissection (AAD) is one of the most common aortic emergencies that vascular specialists are asked to manage. Traditional surgical interventions for cases complicated by malperfusion have resulted in significant morbidity and mortality. With increasing availability of thoracic endografts, endov...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： O'Donnell S,Geotchues A,Beavers F,Akbari C,Lowery R,Elmassry S,Ricotta J

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Constriction of vein grafts with braided external nitinol meshes had previously led to the successful elimination of neointimal tissue formation. We investigated whether pulse compliance, smaller kink-free bending radius, and milder medial atrophy can be achieved by knitting the meshes rather than braiding, w...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Zilla P,Moodley L,Wolf MF,Bezuidenhout D,Sirry MS,Rafiee N,Lichtenberg W,Black M,Franz T

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 84-year-old female was lost to follow-up after endovascular aneurysm repair at another hospital with known type II endoleak. She later presented with presyncope and hematemesis. A referral center esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed possible duodenal diverticulum. She had recurrent symptoms and repeat computed tomogra...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： McPhee JT,Soybel DI,Oram RK,Belkin M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Several trials have reported early superior patency of stenting over isolated angioplasty (plain old balloon angioplasty [POBA]) for infra-inguinal occlusive disease, yet long-term data are sparse. The purpose of this study was to contrast long-term clinical outcomes and costs of angioplasty alone vs angiopla...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Nguyen BN,Conrad MF,Guest JM,Hackney L,Patel VI,Kwolek CJ,Cambria RP

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hybrid repair of ruptured aortic arch repair has been proposed as a valuable approach. However, the presence of an anterior mediastinal hematoma must be carefully detected because of the inherent risk of rupture at sternotomy. We report the case of a patient presenting a ruptured aortic arch aneurysm with anterior rup...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Joyeux F,Canaud L,Hireche K,Berthet JP,Marty-Ane C,Alric P

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between pharmaceutical and device companies and hospitals and physicians has undergone significant transformation in the past few years due to the public's perception that bias may result when such relationships are not disclosed and monitored. Policies need to be written by medical centers and hospita...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Freischlag JA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to identify predictors for neck bleeding after eversion carotid endarterectomy (eCEA). METHODS:A prospectively compiled computerized database of all primary eCEAs performed at a tertiary referral center between September 1998 and December 2009 was analyzed. The end point was any nec...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Baracchini C,Gruppo M,Mazzalai F,Lorenzetti R,Meneghetti G,Ballotta E

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Smoking cessation is one of the few available strategies to decrease the risk for expansion and rupture of small abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). The cost-effectiveness of an intensive smoking cessation therapy in patients with small AAAs identified at screening was evaluated. METHODS:A Markov cohort si...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Mani K,Wanhainen A,Lundkvist J,Lindström D

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate and compare the outcome after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) with the newly released Endurant endograft system in patients with different aortoiliac anatomic characteristics. METHODS:We conducted a prospective observational study assigning patients with infrarenal abdominal ...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Georgiadis GS,Trellopoulos G,Antoniou GA,Gallis K,Nikolopoulos ES,Kapoulas KC,Pitta X,Lazarides MK

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study evaluated the differences between male and female patients undergoing thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (TEVAR) in a pivotal Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved trial. METHODS:The Evaluation of the Medtronic Vascular Talent Thoracic Stent Graft System for the Treatment of Thoracic Aortic...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Jackson BM,Woo EY,Bavaria JE,Fairman RM

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Thoracic endograft placement has become an acceptable treatment alternative to open repair of the thoracic aorta. Cerebral embolization when manipulating the aortic arch during cardiac catheterization is well described, but the influence of thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) on this event remains poo...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Bismuth J,Garami Z,Anaya-Ayala JE,Naoum JJ,El Sayed HF,Peden EK,Lumsden AB,Davies MG

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Critical limb ischemia (CLI) patients who are unsuitable for intervention face the dire prospect of primary amputation. Sequential compression biomechanical device (SCBD) therapy provides a limb salvage option for these patients. This study assessed the outcome of SCBD in severe CLI patients who otherwise wo...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Sultan S,Hamada N,Soylu E,Fahy A,Hynes N,Tawfick W

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Complications after abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair resulting in reintervention increase mortality risk, but have not been well studied. Mortality after reintervention is termed failure to rescue and may reflect differences related to quality management of the complication. This study describes the re...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Mell MW,Kind A,Bartels CM,Smith MA

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) has reduced early adverse outcomes from abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. Preferential use of EVAR may have altered the profile of patients who undergo open repair. The validity of scoring systems such as the Glasgow Aneurysm Score (GAS), devised when open surgery was...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Patterson BO,Karthikesalingam A,Hinchliffe RJ,Loftus IM,Thompson MM,Holt PJ

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 20% of strokes are attributable to carotid stenosis. However, the number of asymptomatic patients needed to prevent one stroke or death with endarterectomy is high at 17 to 32. There is a clear need to identify asymptomatic individuals at high risk of developing future ischemic events to improv...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Jayasooriya G,Thapar A,Shalhoub J,Davies AH

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A protective inferior vena cava (IVC) filter may later be incorporated into a chronic postthrombotic ilio-caval obstruction (occlusive, requiring recanalization, or nonocclusive). This study aims to assess the safety and stent-related outcome following stenting across an obstructed filter. METHODS:From 1997...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Neglén P,Oglesbee M,Olivier J,Raju S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patent false lumen after endovascular stent graft treatment of type B aortic dissection is a predictor for late death and retreatment. Between June 2008 and March 2010, five men with patent false lumen, due to a type B dissection previously treated with thoracic stent graft, underwent endovascular coiling treatment. W...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Norberto EM,Gutiérrez VM,Taylor J,Vaquero C

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Postcarotid endarterectomy hypertension (HTN) is associated with neurological and cardiac complications. The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of eversion carotid endarterectomy (E-CEA) and conventional carotid endarterectomy (C-CEA) on postoperative blood pressure in the first 4 days after su...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Demirel S,Bruijnen H,Attigah N,Hakimi M,Böckler D

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this study was to report the early and late results of primary stenting for focal atherosclerotic lesions of the infrarenal aorta. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of 52 consecutive patients treated for infrarenal occlusive aortic disease with primary stenting between January 2002 and Novem...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Schwindt AG,Panuccio G,Donas KP,Ferretto L,Austermann M,Torsello G

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Brachiobasilic arteriovenous fistulas (BBAVF) can be performed in one or two stages. We compared primary failure rates, as well as primary and secondary patency rates of one- and two-stage BBAVF at two institutions. METHODS:Patients undergoing one- and two-stage BBAVF at two institutions were compared retro...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Reynolds TS,Zayed M,Kim KM,Lee JT,Ishaque B,Dukkipati RB,Kaji AH,de Virgilio C

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The benefit of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in female patients has been questioned by various randomized, prospective trials, particularly in asymptomatic cases; several have noted an increase in perioperative stroke among women after CEA. The outcome of carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) has not been ex...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Rockman CB,Garg K,Jacobowitz GR,Berger JS,Mussa FF,Cayne NS,Adelman MA,Maldonado TS

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Our aim was to identify important microRNAs (miRNAs) that might play an important role in contributing to aortic dissection by conducting a miRNA profile comparison between thoracic aortic dissection (TAD) and normal thoracic aorta. METHODS:The differentially expressed miRNA profiles of the aortic tissue be...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Liao M,Zou S,Weng J,Hou L,Yang L,Zhao Z,Bao J,Jing Z

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Thoracic endograft collapse after thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) is a potentially devastating complication. This study evaluates the management of thoracic stent graft collapse. METHODS:A multicenter review of thoracic stent graft collapse was performed from 2005 to 2009. Diagnosis and preopera...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Tadros RO,Lipsitz EC,Chaer RA,Faries PL,Marin ML,Cho JS

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Successful endovascular exclusion of abdominal aortic aneurysms is largely dependent on adequate apposition of the stent graft to the aortic wall. Proximal endoleaks at the time of stent graft placement are uncommon but are more prevalent in patients with challenging neck anatomy. If these initial leaks do...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Rajani RR,Arthurs ZM,Srivastava SD,Lyden SP,Clair DG,Eagleton MJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The gold standard for the treatment of abdominal aortic infections remains controversial. Cryopreserved arterial homografts and silver-coated Dacron grafts have both been advocated as reasonable grafts. Direct clinical or experimental comparisons between these two treatment options have not been published bef...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Bisdas T,Wilhelmi M,Haverich A,Teebken OE

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycotic aneurysms have a high mortality rate, predominantly driven by sepsis. We present a 61-year-old patient who was treated with a hybrid open-endovascular repair using autologous femoral vein as a single channel revascularization. This provided a practical and innovative approach to a high-risk situation. ...

journal_title：Journal of vascular surgery

authors： Nicolson AM,Dewan V,Smith SR

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00