Safety of elective percutaneous peripheral revascularization in outpatients: A 10-year single-center experience.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and feasibility of peripheral percutaneous endovascular procedures in a large group of outpatients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD).

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively evaluated all consecutive patients who underwent peripheral transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for PAD of the lower extremities as "Out-Patient Admission Protocol" (OPAP) from January 2005 until December 2015. A total of 498 consecutive patients (305 men and 193 women) with mean age of 66±10 (SD) years (range: 37-90 years) were evaluated.

Are Endovascular Interventions for Central Vein Obstructions due to Cardiac Implanted Electronic Devices Effective?

One of the late-onset complications of cardiac implanted electronic devices (CIEDs) is central venous obstruction (CVO). The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility, efficacy, and safety of endovascular treatment of CIED-related CVOs. Eighteen patients who underwent endovascular management of their device-related CVO were reviewed.

Percutaneous intentional intra-luminal-assisted recanalization (PILAR technique) of challenging chronic total occlusions using a high-frequency vibration device.

Objectives: Recanalization of peripheral chronic total occlusions (CTO) is technically challenging especially in cases of in-stent and/or pre-stent and heavily calcified lesions. A high-frequency vibrational device (HFVD) was first used as a secondary-intention device in CTO recanalizations when they were refractory to a guidewire. The aim of this study was to assess the safety and efficacy of the HFVD as a first-line treatment for challenging CTOs and thus to define the percutaneous intentional intraluminal-assisted recanalization (PILAR) technique.