True Brachial Artery Aneurysm after Arteriovenous Fistula for Hemodialysis: Five Cases and Literature Review.

Background: The donor artery after a long-standing arteriovenous fistula (AVF) for hemodialysis usually evolves exceptionally toward a true aneurysmal degeneration (AD). The purpose of this article was to describe true brachial artery AD in end-stage renal disease patients after AVF creation, as well as its influencing factors and treatment strategies.

Methods: We present a retrospective, observational, single-center study realized in Caen University Hospital's Vascular Surgery Department from May 1996 to November 2015.

Midterm results of type B intramural hematoma endovascular treatment.

Background: Recently, intramural hematoma (IMH) has been characterized as a rare variant of aortic dissection, falling within the acute aortic syndromes (AAS). Although aortic endovascular treatment seems to provide good results, no consensus has been established regarding the optimal management of IMH affecting the descending thoracic aorta (IMH B). The aim of this study was to assess long-term clinical and morphological results of IMH B treated with a stent graft.

Intimal angiosarcoma from the common femoral vein in a 27-year-old patient.

Intimal sarcoma is a rare and aggressive vascular pathology. The literature describes about 140 cases. Because of late diagnosis, the median survival time is only a few months.

Technique and results of femoral bifurcation endarterectomy by eversion.

Objective: This study evaluated, in a contemporary prospective series, the safety and efficacy of femoral endarterectomy using the eversion technique and compared our results with results obtained in the literature for the standard endarterectomy with patch closure.

Methods: Between 2010 and 2012, 121 patients (76% male; mean age, 68.7 years; diabetes, 28%; renal insufficiency, 20%) underwent 147 consecutive femoral bifurcation endarterectomies using the eversion technique, associating or not inflow or outflow concomitant revascularization.

Long-term results of 81 prevertebral subclavian artery angioplasties: a 26-year experience.

Background: Long-term results of transluminal angioplasty (TLA) of the prevertebral subclavian artery (PVSA) are not well known. The aim of this work was to present a retrospective analysis of a consecutive series of 81 TLAs of the PVSA, with a mean follow-up of approximately 7 years (82 months).

Material And Methods: From January 1984 to May 2007, 81 TLAs of PVSA were consecutively performed in 72 patients (64% men; median age = 56.

Internal carotid and ipsilateral type II proatlantal artery stenoses causing simultaneous hemispheric and vertebrobasilar transient ischemia.

A case of persistent proatlantal artery (PA) is described in a 60-year-old woman who presented with cerebellar ataxia, homonymous hemianopia, and aphasia. Both Doppler scan and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) showed agenesis of both vertebral arteries, 80% stenosis of the left internal carotid artery (ICA), and an anastomotic vessel between the left external carotid artery (ECA) and the left vertebral artery (LVA) with a tight stenosis at the origin. It was thought to be a type II PA.