Diagnostic Validation Study. Relationship Between Optical Spectroscopy and Ankle Brachial Index Tests for Peripheral Artery Disease.

Introduction: Ankle brachial index (ABI) is an essential diagnostic test for peripheral artery disease. It has some important limitations so it can´t always be performed. In those cases, tissue oximetry based on near-infrared spectrum could overcome these limitations.

Post-sternotomy intercostal artery pseudoaneurysm. Sonographic diagnosis and thrombosis by ultrasound-guided percutaneous thrombin injection.

Intercostal artery pseudoaneurysms are extremely rare. We present a case of an intercostal artery pseudoaneurysm after median sternotomy that was treated by ultrasound-guided percutaneous thrombin injection. They are a potential source of complications, especially haemothorax, and treatment is mandatory.

Long-term results of femoro-femoral crossover bypass after endovascular aortouniiliac repair of abdominal aortic and aortoiliac aneurysms.

Aortouniiliac stent grafts allow the endovascular treatment of complex anatomy aortoiliac aneurysms. The main drawback is the need for femoro-femoral crossover bypass, with its complications and its patency limitations. However, some authors have shown good results of femoro-femoral crossover bypass in aneurysmal disease.