Publications by authors named "Carola M Wieker"

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the long-term outcome after open repair of inflammatory infrarenal aortic aneurysms.

Methods: A total of 62 patients (mean age, 68.9 ± 8.

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Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the impact of completion digital subtraction angiography (cDSA) after carotid endarterectomy (CEA) on technical and early clinical results.

Methods: This retrospective study included consecutive patients undergoing CEA from January 2011 to January 2015. Routine cDSA was performed in all patients.

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Objectives: To analyze the procedural and clinical outcomes of carotid artery stenting (CAS) in the hands of endovascular trained vascular surgeons.

Methods: Between April 2008 to May 2013, 1197 patients were treated for extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis. The proportion of endovascular treated patients was 5.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the long-term outcome of common femoral artery thromboendarterectomy in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease.

Methods: The study retrospectively evaluated 713 vessels in 655 patients (75% male; mean age, 69.4 ± 9.

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The benefits, safety and efficacy of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) is well documented and intensively reported in multiple randomized trials and meta-analysis. Therefore, EVAR became the first choice of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) treatment in almost 70-100% of patients. Consecutively, open repair (OR) is performed less frequently in morphologically preselected patients.

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