Foot Revascularization Avoids Major Amputation in Persons with Diabetes and Ischaemic Foot Ulcers.

The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of foot revascularization in persons with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and below-the-ankle (BTA) arterial disease. Consecutive patients referred for a new active ischaemic DFU requiring lower limb revascularization were considered. Among those, only patients with a BTA arterial disease were included.

Virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound as a diagnostic alternative for morphological characterization of carotid plaque: comparison with histology and high-resolution magnetic resonance findings.

Background: Stroke is the third most common cause of death and one of the most common cause of long-term disability in the Western world. Carotid plaque morphology is the main predictor of cerebrovascular accidents, more than the degree of stenosis.

Aims: The primary aim was to validate virtual histology- intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) as a diagnostic tool for carotid plaque characterization, by comparison with histology, through ex-vivo evaluation of carotid plaques.

Radiation dose among different cardiac and vascular invasive procedures: The RODEO study.

Background: Interventional radiology and cardiology procedures contribute significantly to the collective dose of radiation exposure from medical interventions. Recent and dedicated studies comparing directly these procedures in term of patient radiation exposure are lacking. Our aim was to compare radiation exposure among different interventional procedures performed under fluoroscopic guidance.

Endovascular Stroke Treatment of Acute Tandem Occlusion: A Single-Center Experience.

Purpose: To evaluate outcomes and prognostic factors in patients with acute ischemic stroke caused by tandem internal carotid artery/middle cerebral artery occlusion undergoing endovascular treatment.

Materials And Methods: Characteristics of consecutive patients with tandem occlusion (TO) were extracted from a prospective registry. Collateral vessel quality on pretreatment computed tomographic (CT) angiography was evaluated on a 4-point grading scale, and patients were dichotomized as having poor or good collateral flow.

Third-line treatment of colorectal liver metastases using DEBIRI chemoembolization.

To evaluate safety, efficacy of drug-eluting beads with irinotecan (DEBIRI) on local response and survival of patients affected by colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) progressing during or after second line was evaluated. Sixty-two patients, with colorectal liver metastases, not suitable for surgery or thermal ablation treatments, progressing during or within 6 month from the end of second-line chemotherapy, were treated with DEBIRI chemoembolization between February 2009 and July 2014. CRLM were histologically confirmed.

Relevance of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging for penile metastasis after prostatectomy: uncommon case report and brief review of the literature.

Penile metastasis from prostate cancer represents a rare condition, associated with poor prognosis. In the literature, authors have reported less than 500 cases of secondary penile cancers, and among these cases of metastases, only 33% are from prostate cancer. Overall reported rate of survival is about 1-24 months.

Medial gastrocnemius vein aneurysm development after compressive trauma in the knee.

Objectives Venous aneurysms are uncommon. They can involve both superficial and deep venous systems. We hereby present a unique case of gastrocnemius venous aneurysm developed after compressive knee trauma.

Factors Affecting Long-Term Results of Above-Knee Femoropopliteal Bypass: A Single-Center Contemporary Study.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess whether individual patients' or bypass characteristics may influence long-term results of prosthetic above-knee femoropopliteal bypasses in patients with claudication in today's endovascular era.

Methods: Seventy-one consecutivee Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene (e-PTFE) bypasses were considered. All patients presented a debilitating claudication.

Long-term follow-up of endovascular treatment of renal artery aneurysms with covered stent deployment.

Background: The aim of this study was to assess the technical success and clinical long-term results of renal artery aneurysm (RAA) treatment using covered stents.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study on endovascular treatment of nine patients with 10 RAAs, arising from the main renal artery or from the proximal portion of large segmental arteries. All procedures were performed in our department between 2004 and 2011.

Treatment of type II endoleak after endovascular aneurysm repair: the role of selective vs. nonselective transcaval embolization.

Purpose: To assess the technical and midterm results in the treatment of type II endoleaks comparing nonselective (nTCE) vs. selective (sTCE) transcaval embolization.

Methods: During a 4-year period, 26 patients (18 men; median age 73 years, range 68-78) underwent direct transcaval aneurysm puncture followed by embolization of the sac (nTCE, n=9) or of the feeding vessels (sTCE, n=17).

Intravascular ultrasound assisted carotid artery stenting: randomized controlled trial. Preliminary results on 60 patients.

Aims: The primary aim is the evaluation of the usefulness of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in the identification of otherwise unnoticed complications during carotid stenting. The secondary aim is the evaluation of the impact of IVUS assistance in the procedural outcomes and long-term patency rates of carotid artery stenting.

Materials And Methods: Sixty patients who underwent carotid artery stenting (CAS) during a 14-month period were evaluated prospectively.

Intracranial atheromatous disease treatment with the Wingspan stent system: evaluation of clinical, procedural outcome and restenosis rate in a single-center series of 21 consecutive patients with acute and mid-term results.

Background: Intracranial atherosclerosis may be the underlying pathology in up to 15% of ischemic strokes, but may account for about 40% of strokes in some populations. After an ischemic event determined by intracranial atherosclerosis, patients have a 12% annual risk of stroke recurrence, mostly during the first year.

Objective: To evaluate procedural safety, clinical outcome and restenosis rate of Wingspan stent placement.