The impact of female sex on the outcomes of endovascular treatment for iliac lesions.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate early and long-term outcomes of stenting for iliac obstructive disease in women, comparing their results with those of men.

Methods: A single-center retrospective analysis of iliac stenting procedures performed from 2010 to 2017 was conducted. Perioperative clinical, anatomic, and operative data, including mean artery diameters and stent diameters, were collected in a dedicated database.

Quantitative analysis and predictors of embolic filter debris load during carotid artery stenting in asymptomatic patients.

Objective: The objective of this study was to perform a quantitative analysis and to identify predictors of embolic filter debris (EFD) load during carotid artery stenting (CAS) in asymptomatic patients.

Methods: All patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis >70% undergoing CAS between 2008 and 2016 were included in a prospective database. A distal filter protection device was used in all patients.

Current status of thymosin research: evidence for the existence of a family of thymic factors that control T-cell maturation.

Thymosin fraction 5 contains several distinct hormonal-like factors which are effective in partially or fully inducing and maintaining immune function. Several of the peptide components of fraction 5 have been purified, sequenced and studied in assay systems designed to measure T-cell differentiation and function. These studied indicate that a number of the purified peptides act on different subpopulations of T-cells (see Figure 1).