Publications by authors named "Alvaro Revilla-Calavia"
Unlabelled: Temporal arteritis (TA) is the most common form of systemic vasculitis. Its diagnosis is based on criteria proposed by the American College of Rheumatology (1990), and its treatment is high-dose corticosteroids. Our objective is to assess the cost of diagnosing TA, and secondarily, cost-effective analysis of different diagnostic strategies (clinical, biopsy, doppler ultrasound) and therapeutic strategies (corticosteroid suspension).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: A pro-inflammatory state and a poor nutritional status have been associated with severity and prognosis of patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). The clinical applicability of the different pre-operative nutritional and inflammatory biomarkers in patients with critical limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) was analyzed.
Methods: A retrospective observational study was performed, that included all patients with CLTI revascularized from January 2016 to July 2019.
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- The study evaluated the clinical success and efficacy of the E-liac Stent Graft System after 12 months, defining success as aneurysm exclusion and proper blood flow in the iliac arteries.
- The research involved 45 patients across 11 European centers, with a significant majority being male and an average age of 72 years, focusing on both aorto-iliac and isolated iliac treatments.
- Results indicated a 90% overall clinical success rate, a 100% survival rate, and high primary patency rates of 98% for both the internal and external iliac arteries, highlighting the device's safety and effectiveness, with further long-term data pending.
Objectives: To study the safety and feasibility of the E-liac Stent Graft System® in patients with aorto/iliac aneurysms.
Methods: A prospective multicentric European registry of patients receiving the E-liac Stent Graft System® was conducted. Endpoints of the study included the technical success as well as periprocedural events and 30-day endoleaks, reinterventions, internal and external iliac artery patency and mortality.
Purpose: The clinical utility of monitoring by Doppler ultrasound patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy is not clearly established. Our goal is to evaluate by echo-Doppler the progress of contralateral stenosis in a real environment, in order to assess its usefulness.
Material And Methods: Retrospective study with Doppler ultrasound monitoring in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy for a period of 3 years.