Three-Dimensional Printing to Guide Fenestrated/Branched TEVAR in Triple Aortic Arch Branch Reconstruction With a Curative Effect Analysis.

Purpose: To summarize experience with and the efficacy of fenestrated/branched thoracic endovascular repair (F/B-TEVAR) using physician-modified stent-grafts (PMSGs) under 3D printing guidance in triple aortic arch branch reconstruction.

Materials And Methods: From February 2018 to April 2022, 14 cases of aortic arch aneurysms and 30 cases of aortic arch dissection (22 acute aortic arch dissection and 8 long-term aortic arch dissection)were treated by F/B-TEVAR in our department, including 34 males and 10 females, with an average age of 59.84 ± 11.

Treatment of Stanford type A aortic dissection with triple pre-fenestration, reduced diameter, and three-dimensional-printing techniques: A case report.

Background: A 63-year-old female was diagnosed with acute Stanford type A aortic dissection. The patient had pain in the chest and back for 1 wk. The computed tomography angiography (CTA) showed Stanford type A aortic dissection (Myla type III aortic arch).

Use of 3D Printing to Guide Creation of Fenestrations in Physician-Modified Stent-Grafts for Treatment of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Disease.

To summarize the experience and outcomes of total endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic disease using 3-dimensional (3D) printed models to guide on-site creation of fenestrations in aortic stent-grafts. From April 2018 to March 2019, 34 patients (mean age 58±14 years; 24 men) with thoracoabdominal aortic disease were treated in our department. Nineteen patients had thoracoabdominal aortic dissection and 15 had thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm.

Total endovascular repair of an intraoperative stent-graft deployed in the false lumen of Stanford type A aortic dissection: A case report.

Background: A 46-year-old male underwent ascending aortic replacement, total arch replacement, and descending aortic stent implantation for Stanford type A aortic dissection in 2016. However, an intraoperative stent-graft was deployed in the false lumen inadvertently. This caused severe iatrogenic thoracic and abdominal aortic dissection, and the dissection involved many visceral arteries.

Intensified nitrogen removal by heterotrophic nitrification aerobic denitrification bacteria in two pilot-scale tidal flow constructed wetlands: Influence of influent C/N ratios and tidal strategies.

This study investigated the influence of C/N ratios and tidal strategies on nitrogen removal and bacterial communities in two pilot-scale tidal flow constructed wetlands (TFCWs) with simultaneous nitrification-denitrification process. Heterotrophic nitrification aerobic denitrification (HNAD) was the main nitrogen transformation pathway in both TFCWs. High C/N ratios and effluent circulation at low temperature promoted HNAD in TFCWs with high nitrogen removal efficiencies (72.

Three-year follow-up of composite stent grafts used in the repair of Crawford Type III thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms; A case report.

Complex aortic aneurysms are difficult to treat endovascularly and so techniques have been developed to broaden the management options. We report a case of 51-year-old man with several thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs) who underwent endovascular repair with “off-label” stent grafts. Three aortic stent grafts and four branched stent grafts were used in the procedure using chimney and periscope techniques.

Contemporary Results of Endovascular Repair of Isolated Abdominal Aortic Dissection with Unibody Bifurcated Stent Grafts.

Objectives: To report the midterm safety and efficacy of the Aegis™-B (Microport, Shanghai, China) unibody bifurcated stent graft for endovascular treatment of isolated abdominal aortic dissection (IAAD).

Background: Isolated abdominal aorta dissection (IAAD) is a rare event. Endovascular stent grafts seem to offer an efficient therapeutic approach to treat IAAD.

Dual compression is not an uncommon type of iliac vein compression syndrome.

Typical iliac vein compression syndrome (IVCS) is characterized by compression of left common iliac vein (LCIV) by the overlying right common iliac artery (RCIA). We described an underestimated type of IVCS with dual compression by right and left common iliac arteries (LCIA) simultaneously. Thirty-one patients with IVCS were retrospectively included.

Comparison of Foam Sclerotherapy Alone or Combined With Stripping of the Great Saphenous Vein for Treating Varicose Veins.

Background: Varicose veins (VVs) have a substantial impact on patients' quality of life.

Objective: The study aimed to retrospectively compare the short-term clinical outcomes of 2 treatment methods for VVs, namely high ligation and stripping (HL/S) of the great saphenous vein combined with foam sclerotherapy (FS), and FS alone.

Materials And Methods: Totally, 180 patients with VVs were included and treated with FS alone or HL/S+FS.

In vivo study of alginate hydrogel conglutinating cells to polycaprolactone vascular scaffolds fabricated by electrospinning.

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore an innovative cell-seeding technology applied on artificial vascular scaffolds.

Methods: Scaffolds were fabricated by electrospinning polycaprolactone (PCL) and seeded with rat endothelial progenitor cells differentiated from adipose-derived stem cells. Then, we modified the PCL scaffolds through the use of alginate hydrogel conglutinating cells (AHCC), a blank alginate hydrogel coating (BAHC), and natural sedimentation seeding cells (NSSC).

[Qualitative Determination of Organic Vapour Using Violet and Visible Spectrum].

Vapours of organic matters were determined qualitatively employed with ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy. Vapours of organic matters were detected using ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer employing polyethylene film as medium, the ultraviolet and visible absorption spectra of vegetable oil vapours of soybean oil, sunflower seed oil, peanut oil, rapeseed oil, sesame oil, cotton seed oil, tung tree seed oil, and organic compound vapours of acetone, ethyl acetate, 95% ethanol, glacial acetic acid were obtained. Experimental results showed that spectra of the vegetable oil vapour and the organic compound vapour could be obtained commendably, since ultra violet and visible spectrum of polyethylene film could be deducted by spectrograph zero setting.

Endovascular treatment for iliac vein compression syndrome with or without lower extremity deep vein thrombosis: A retrospective study on mid-term in-stent patency from a single center.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate mid-term patency of iliac vein following endovascular treatment for iliac vein compression syndrome (IVCS) with or without deep venous thrombosis (DVT).

Materials And Methods: The authors' institutional review board approved the study. Two hundred and thirty-three consecutive patients with IVCS were treated with endovascular treatment and followed up.

Swine Model of Thrombotic Caval Occlusion Created by Autologous Thrombus Injection with Assistance of Intra-caval Net Knitting.

To evaluate the feasibility of a swine model of thrombotic inferior vena cava (IVC) occlusion (IVCO) created by autologous thrombus injection with assistance of intra-caval net knitting. Sixteen pigs were included and divided into two groups: Group A (n = 10), IVCO model created by knitting a caval net followed by autologous thrombus injection; Group B (n = 6), control model created by knitting a net and normal saline injection. Venography was performed to assess each model and the associated thrombotic occlusion.

Two swine models of iliac vein occlusion: Which form most contributes to venous thrombosis?

Objectives: In the present study, we establish two swine models of iliac vein occlusion (IVO) with spontaneous thrombosis to understand the mechanisms linking IVO and thrombosis.

Methods: Two IVO models were established in 12 swine either by ligating the common iliac vein (CIVO) or both the common and external iliac veins (CEIVO). Venography was performed to assess each model and the associated thrombosis.

Comparison of hybrid procedure and open surgical revascularization for multilevel infrainguinal arterial occlusive disease.

Objective: To compare outcomes of hybrid (combined surgical and endovascular) procedures (HYBRID) with open surgical reconstructions (OPEN) in patients with multilevel infrainguinal artery occlusive diseases.

Design: Case series study with retrospective analysis of prospectively collected nonrandomized data.

Methods: Between 2008 and 2012, 64 patients underwent OPEN and 43 underwent HYBRID.

Pyrroloquinoline quinone protects mouse brain endothelial cells from high glucose-induced damage in vitro.

Aim: To investigate the effects of pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ), an oxidoreductase cofactor, on high glucose-induced mouse endothelial cell damage in vitro.

Methods: Mouse brain microvascular endothelial bEND.3 cells were exposed to different glucose concentrations (5.

Antioxidant Vitamin C attenuates experimental abdominal aortic aneurysm development in an elastase-induced rat model.

Background: We investigated the hypothesis that an antioxidant, Vitamin C, could attenuate abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) development in a rat model.

Methods: An AAA model induced by intraluminal infusion was created in 36 male Sprague Dawley rats, which were randomly distributed into three groups: Sham (saline infused, placebo treated), Control (elastase infused, placebo treated), and Vitamin C (elastase infused, vitamin C treated). Vitamin C and placebo were intraperitoneally injected, initiating 1 wk before the infusion and continuing throughout the study.

Tanshinone IIA attenuates elastase-induced AAA in rats via inhibition of MyD88-dependent TLR-4 signaling.

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine whether myeloid differentiation factor88-dependent Toll-Like Receptor-4 (TLR-4) signaling contributed to the inhibition of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) by Tanshinone IIA (Tan IIA).

Materials And Methods: Male Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 12 / group) were randomly distributed into three groups: Tan IIA, control, and sham. The rats from Tan IIA and control groups under-went intra-aortic elastase perfusion to induce AAAs, and those in the sham group were perfused with saline.

[Combined iliac artery stenting and open femoral endarterectomy in the treatment of multi-level iliac and common femoral occlusive disease].

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of hybrid procedure for the treatment of multi-level iliac and common femoral occlusive disease.

Methods: From January 2008 to June 2011, 36 lower limbs with sever iliac and common femoral occlusive diseases were treated by iliac artery stenting combined with open femoral endarterectomy. The mean age of the whole study population was 65 years (range 49 to 87 years) with a male predominance (26 males, 72.

[Treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic diseases through hybrid operation].

Objectives: To review the experience with the hybrid operations for patients with thoracoabdominal aortic diseases, as well as to evaluate and discuss the outcomes.

Methods: Between June 2008 and September 2011, 11 patients (9 male and 2 female, mean age 52 years) were treated by hybrid operation. Hybrid operation includes debranching of the visceral arteries, followed by endovascular repair of the diseases (include aneurysmal disease, aortic dissection, or Takayasu's arteritis).

[Tanshinone IIA attenuates the development of elastase-induced abdominal aortic aneurysm of rat].

Objective: To determine if tanshinone IIA (Tan IIA) can influence the development of elastase-induced experimental abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs).

Methods: Totally 36 male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly distributed into three groups (12 in each group): Tan IIA group, control group, and sham group. Rats of Tan IIA and control groups underwent intra-aortic elastase perfusion to induce AAAs, while rats of sham-group were perfused with saline.

Pilon fractures: a new classification and therapeutic strategies.

Background: Operative decision-making of Pilon fractures are of great challenges until now. The aim of this study was to investigate the guidance of the four-column theory in decision-making therapeutic strategies for Pilon fractures and its result.

Methods: One hundred and ten cases (107 patients) of Pilon fractures classified by the four-column theory and treated by ORIF, were reviewed.

Inhibition of experimental abdominal aortic aneurysm in a rat model by way of tanshinone IIA.

Background: The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether tanshinone IIA (Tan IIA), one of the major lipophilic components of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, could inhibit the development of elastase-induced experimental abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs).

Methods: Male Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 12/group) were randomly distributed into three groups: Tan IIA, control, and sham. The rats from the Tan IIA and control groups underwent intra-aortic elastase perfusion to induce AAAs, and the rats in the sham group were perfused with saline.

Small-caliber vascular prosthesis prototype based on controlled release of heparin from mesochannels and its enhanced biocompatibility.

A novel small-caliber vascular prosthesis prototype is proposed on the basis of a new heparin release system, that is, the controlled delivery of heparin from mesochannels. Fabrication of mesochannels on artificial biomaterials is successfully achieved through epitaxial growth of mesoporous silica nanoparticles on expanded polytetrafluoroethylene grafts, and thus heparin can be immobilized through a space limitation effect, thereby avoiding the loss of bioactivity and enabling long-lasting release. The adsorption and release of heparin are controlled by adjusting the adsorbate-adsorbent interaction through tailoring the mesostructure.

[Hybrid surgical and endovascular therapy in TASC type D atherosclerotic occlusive disease: a retrospective analysis of 48 cases].

Objective: to retrospectively analyze 4-year results after hybrid (combined surgical-endovascular) therapy in patients with complex peripheral TASC type D atherosclerotic occlusive disease.

Methods: from January 2006 to December 2009, 48 lower limbs in 46 patients with TASC type D atherosclerotic occlusive disease were treated by hybrid surgical and endovascular therapy. There were 32 male and 16 female, age ranged from 54 to 85 years with an average of 67 years.