Clinical Characteristics, Treatment, and Prognosis of Diabetic Foot Disease in Macao and Beijing: A Retrospective Study.

Introduction: There has been no epidemiological study of diabetes mellitus (DM) in Macao. Also, multidisciplinary treatment is yet to be popularized and complications of DM cannot be managed promptly in this region. Therefore, this study was performed to compare the clinical characteristics, treatment, and prognosis of diabetic foot disease between patients in Macao and Beijing.

A national survey on management of varicose veins in China.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the current clinical practice and management strategies for varicose veins among Chinese physicians in general and in specific case vignettes.

Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted among 726 Chinese physicians who were attending the vascular surgery academic conferences during August 2016 to May 2017 in China. Physicians were eligible if they were familiar with several currently used treatment techniques for varicose veins.

Routine Use of Surgical Retrograde Transtibial Endovascular Approach for Failed Attempts at Antegrade Recanalization of Chronic Peripheral Artery Total Occlusions.

Purpose: Our aim was to describe the technical aspects and clinical outcomes of an open surgical approach to retrograde transtibial endovascular therapy for recanalization of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) of peripheral arteries because of inability to acquire antegrade intravascular access across the occlusion.

Materials And Methods: Between January 2011 and May 2014, conventional antegrade revascularization failed in 15 limbs of 15 patients (11 males, 4 females) with complex CTOs. The mean age of the patients was 74 years (range 48-83 years).

[Risk factors associated with the severity of pulmonary embolism in patients with acute deep venous thrombosis of lower extremities].

Objective: To identify the risk factors associated with the severity of pulmonary embolism among patients with deep venous thrombosis of lower extremities.

Methods: This prospective study enrolled 208 patients with acute deep venous thrombosis to screen for pulmonary embolism between July 2010 and July 2012 in Beijing Shijitan Hospital. There were 101 male and 107 female patients, with a mean age of (59 ± 16) years.

Preparation and experimental research into retrievable rapamycin- and heparin-coated vena cava filters: a pilot study.

The use of retrievable vena cava filters (RVCFs) was once commonplace, but filter retrieval was often very difficult. Most unsuccessful retrieval was due to intimal hyperplasia of the inferior vena cava and in-filter thrombosis. This pilot study aimed to design a drug-eluting RVCF.

[Recent progress in application of local drug delivery for preventing restenosis after peripheral arterial revascularization].

Restenosis following vascular revascularization remains an important clinical problem. Local drug delivery which can provide enough drug concentration in the lesion location without causing adverse systemic effect is an excellent solution for this question. We conducted a systematic literatory search on PubMed and CKNI through May 2014.

Development and evaluation of a new biodegradable vena cava filter in a canine model.

Purpose: Preliminary testing of a new biodegradable inferior vena cava filter in a canine model.

Methods: The biodegradable filter consisted of two parts, a filter cone and a stent. The filter cone was constructed of six polyglycolic acid polymer strands anchored to a handmade absorbable stent.

[Exercise versus immobilization in the treatment of acute deep vein thrombosis during different clot-organized stage: an animal experiment].

Objective: To evaluate the corresponding influence on pulmonary embolism incidence between immobilization and exercise in different stage of thrombus after acute deep vein thrombosis in rabbits.

Methods: Forty-eight New Zealand rabbits were randomly divided into three groups depending on the different organized stage of thrombus: the early, medium and later stage group.Each group was subdivided into two sub groups: the immobile and mobile subgroup.

Catheter-directed thrombolysis-assisted angioplasty for chronic lower limb ischemia.

Background: Thrombolysis is an appropriate treatment for acute arterial occlusion. There remains controversy as to whether thrombolysis before angioplasty helps to identify the underlying lesion and improve results for chronic ischemia of the lower extremity. We sought to investigate the feasibility of catheter-directed thrombolysis-assisted angioplasty for chronic lower limb ischemia.

A prospective randomized controlled clinical trial on clopidogrel combined with warfarin versus clopidogrel alone in the prevention of restenosis after endovascular treatment of the femoropopliteal artery.

Background: We sought to compare the effects of clopidogrel combined with warfarin with clopidogrel alone in the prevention of restenosis after endovascular treatment (EVT) of the femoropopliteal artery.

Methods: Between June 2008 and May 2009, 88 consecutive patients referred for EVT were randomly divided into a clopidogrel group (42 cases) and a clopidogrel combined with warfarin group (46 cases) before the procedure. Examinations including staging of peripheral arterial disease by Rutherford, ankle-brachial index, and color duplex ultrasonography were performed at baseline, 1 week, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after procedure.

[A prospective randomized control clinical trial about clopidogrel combined with warfarin versus clopidogrel alone in the prevention of restenosis after femoral-popliteal artery angioplasty].

Objective: Using two antithrombotic treatment (clopidogrel vs. clopidogrel combined warfarin) strategies after femoral-popliteal artery angioplasty prospectively, to evaluate which strategy is more effective for the restenosis prevention.

Methods: Totally 50 patients referred for endovascular treatment (including the percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and stent implantation) of the superficial femoral artery and popliteal artery from January 2008 to May 2009 were randomly divided into clopidogrel group (group A, 25 cases, 30 limbs) and clopidogrel plus warfarin group (group B, 25 cases, 33 limbs) before operation.

Endovascular repair of an infected ruptured isolated iliac artery aneurysm combined with congenital lymphedema: report of a case.

Purpose: A novel technique using the reversed iliac leg of a Zenith device has been reported. This study reports a complicated isolated iliac artery aneurysm (IIAA) using this novel technique and reviews the relative literature to discuss current treatment modalities.

Case Report: A 46-year-old man presented with a mass in the left lower quadrant accompanied by abdominal pain for 60 days.

Effect of hydrogen sulfide on restenosis of peripheral arteries after angioplasty.

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) may lead to a poor quality of life. Although percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) is widely used for the treatment of PAD, restenosis remains a major drawback. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) plays potential roles in many physiological processes, such as vasodilatation and inhibition of smooth muscle cell proliferation.

Analysis of serum enzyme levels in a rabbit model of acute mesenteric ischemia.

Early diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) remains very difficult, partly due to the fact that useful markers of early small bowel ischemia have not yet been identified. Thus, in this study, we aimed to evaluate the levels of serum intracellular enzymes in the tissues and organs in a controlled animal model of mesenteric intestinal ischemia. Forty-eight New Zealand rabbits were divided into 4 groups including the control, artery ligation, vein ligation, and both artery and vein ligation groups.