Angioplasty versus stenting for subclavian artery stenosis.

Background: There is insufficient evidence to guide stent usage following angioplasty in subclavian artery stenosis.

Objectives: The aim of this review was to determine whether stenting is more effective than angioplasty alone for stenosis of the subclavian artery.

Search Strategy: The Cochrane Peripheral Vascular Diseases Group searched their Specialised Register (last searched August 2011) and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (The Cochrane Library 2011, Issue 3).

Emergency room retrograde transbrachial arteriography for the management of axillosubclavian vascular injuries.

Background: Our purpose was to determine the accuracy of single-injection, retrograde transbrachial arteriography (RTBA), performed in the emergency room, for suspected axillosubclavian injuries.

Methods: Thirty-three patients were prospectively assigned for RTBA. Clinical indications for RTBA included high-risk mechanism of injury, decreased (n = 19) or absent (n = 5) brachial pulse, neurologic deficits (n = 11), external or intrathoracic bleeding (n = 4), and bruit (n = 2).

Effect of antibodies to intercellular adhesion molecule type 1 on the protection of distant organs during reperfusion syndrome in rats.

We investigated kidney and lung alterations caused by intercellular adhesion molecule type 1 (ICAM-1) blockade after ischemia and reperfusion of hind limb skeletal muscles. Rats were submitted to ligature of the infrarenal aorta for 6 h. The animals were randomized into three groups of 6 rats each: group I, sacrificed after ischemia; group II, reperfusion for 24 h, and group III, reperfusion for 24 h after receiving monoclonal anti-ICAM-1 antibodies.

Effect of sequential intermittent pneumatic compression on both leg lymphedema volume and on lymph transport as semi-quantitatively evaluated by lymphoscintigraphy.

Sequential Intermittent Pneumatic Compression (SIPC) is an accepted method for treatment of peripheral lymphedema. This prospective study evaluated the effect in 11 patients of a single session of SIPC on both lymphedema volume of the leg and isotope lymphography (99Tc dextran) before SIPC (control) and 48 hours later after a 3 hour session of SIPC. Qualitative analysis of the 2 lymphoscintigrams (LS) was done by image interpretation by 3 physicians on a blind study protocol.

Hemodynamic results of femoral vein valve repair.

Our aim was to assess the hemodynamic and clinical responses associated with valve repair surgery in 37 patients with severe chronic venous insufficiency. Patients classified as C(4-6)E(P)A(SDP)P(R) (primary venous dysfunction with skin changes with reflux of superficial, deep and perforating veins) were submitted to a novel procedure combining the closed technique described by Kistner with the Dacron sleeve technique described by Hallberg (mean follow-up = 24 months). A significant improvement in Valsalva test results (P < 0.