Publications by authors named "Baumann Anneliese"
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term results of aortic stent placement in patients with infrarenal aortic occlusive disease.
Methods: Between April 1996 and May 2014, 34 patients with symptomatic infrarenal atherosclerotic aortic stenosis or subtotal aortic occlusion underwent percutaneous angioplasty with primary aortic stent implantation. There were 21 patients with Fontaine stage of the peripheral arterial disease (PAD) II, 5 patients with stage III, and 8 patients with stage IV.
Nearly 20% of patients will need non-cardiac surgery within 1 year of coronary stenting and their management is complicated by concomitant antiplatelet therapy. Platelet function testing may optimize the timing of surgery in these patients. In this prospective observational study, we explored the association between platelet reactivity and bleeding in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery treated with clopidogrel with or without aspirin within 7 days before surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Iatrogenic injury of the vagus nerve or its branches during carotid endarterectomy (CEA) can result in globus sensation, dysphagia, and even vocal fold immobility. Knowledge of morphologic and functional laryngopharyngeal outcomes after CEA is poor. The present study was performed to determine potential iatrogenic damage to the laryngeal innervation after CEA.
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- Preoperative levels of NT-proBNP (a heart failure biomarker) are linked to negative cardiac outcomes, but this study suggests that measuring it post-surgery provides more relevant prognostic information for patients undergoing vascular surgery.
- A total of 218 patients were monitored for about 24-30 months, with findings showing a significant increase in NT-proBNP levels from before to after surgery, indicating a potential cardiac risk.
- The study found that only postoperative NT-proBNP levels were significantly associated with both in-hospital and long-term cardiac outcomes, suggesting it could guide treatment strategies to prevent heart damage.
Purpose: The purpose is to report our experience and revise our previously published results in endovascular repair of short-necked thoracic aortic aneurysms or aortic type B dissections, in which the left subclavian artery (LSA) was occluded by the stent graft intentionally.
Methods: Seven patients with an aortic type B dissection and three patients who had a thoracic aortic aneurysm were treated endovascularly with stent grafts. In all patients the ostium of the LSA was occluded by the stent graft, only in two patients a primary, prophylactic revascularization of the LSA was performed by transposition to the left common carotid artery (LCA).