Factors that affect cost and clinical outcome of endovascular aortic repair for abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Objective: This study evaluated the effect of indication for use (IFU), additional graft components, and percutaneous closure of endovascular aortic repair (PEVAR) on clinical outcomes and cost of endovascular aortic repair (EVAR).

Methods: Clinical and financial data were obtained for all elective EVARs completed at a university-affiliated medical center between January 2012 and June 2013. Data were analyzed by χ, Student t-test for independent samples, and Kaplan-Meier survival.

A retrospective review of basilic and cephalic vein-based fistulas.

This study compares outcomes of basilic and cephalic vein fistulas for hemodialysis. A retrospective review of arteriovenous fistulas in a university hospital system was performed using charts and hemodialysis records. Patency and demographic data were assessed with life table analysis.

Thoracic outlet syndrome in children and young adults.

Objectives: Thoracic outlet syndrome has been well described in the population between 25 and 40 years of age, and is less frequently reported in those in the first two decades of life. The objective of this study was to review results with onset of TOS in the first two decades of life to determine type of presentation and outcomes from surgical intervention.

Methods And Materials: Charts of all patients in the first two decades of life, operated on for TOS between 1994 and 2006 were reviewed with follow-up by clinic visit and phone survey to assess the patients' current level of activity and relief from symptoms.

Stent-related iliac artery and iliac vein infections: two unreported presentations and review of the literature.

Purpose: To discuss the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of stent-related infections on the basis of 2 new cases and historical review.

Case Reports: Two previously unreported cases of vascular stent infection are presented with a summary of cases from the literature. One case involved an iliac artery stent infection secondary to a remote bacteremia 6 months after stent placement.

Premature peripheral vascular disease: clinical profile and abnormal lipid peroxidation.

The aim of this study was to determine any biochemical differences between early-onset peripheral vascular disease and typical onset atherosclerosis, and age-matched controls. A subset of patients present at a young age ( < 50 years) with peripheral vascular disease which pursues an aggressive course. As lipid oxidation seems important in atherosclerosis, total lipid peroxides, oxidized subfractions, and Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) were studied in patients with premature peripheral vascular disease.