Publications by authors named "F A Damara"
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigates whether using an endovascular approach, with or without common femoral endarterectomy (CFE), is safe and effective for treating patients with intermittent claudication due to complex aortoiliac occlusive disease (AIOD).
- - A review of 245 limbs from 180 patients treated from 2010 to 2020 showed low complication rates, with most patients showing improved Rutherford classification and favorable patency rates at 1, 2, and 5 years.
- - While patients undergoing CFE had more health issues and complex disease, the study found no significant differences in outcomes between those receiving only endovascular treatment and those who had combined procedures, indicating both approaches could be effective.
Background: Vessel wall calcification is associated with stent under-expansion and in-stent restenosis. The traditional approaches to treat peripheral artery calcification are percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and atherectomy. Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) uses sonic wave pressure to disrupt calcium of the severely calcified lesions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClinical trial enrollment provides various benefits to study participants including early access to novel therapies that may potentially alter the trajectory of disease states. Trial sponsors benefit from enrolling demographically diverse trial participants enabling the trial outcomes to be generalizable to a larger proportion of the community at large. Despite these and other well-documented benefits, clinical trial enrollment for Black and Hispanic Americans as well as women continues to be low.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The epidemic of obesity and associated cardiovascular morbidity continues to grow, attracting public attention and healthcare resources. However, the impact of malnutrition and being underweight continues to be overshadowed by obesity, especially in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). This study assesses the characteristics and outcomes of patients with low body mass index (BMI ≤ 18.
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