Twenty-Five Year Multicentre Experience of Explantation of Infected Abdominal Aortic Endografts.

We report a multicenter experience of open conversions (OC) for aortic endograft infections (AEI). We retrospectively analyzed all patients who underwent OC for AEI after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), from 1997 to 2021 in 12 Italian centers. The endpoints were as follows: mortality (30-days, in-hospital), major postoperative complications.

Retrograde Deep Femoral Artery Access as Bailout Technique to Rescue Unexpected Ostial Occlusion during Antegrade Superficial Femoral Artery Recanalization.

We report a case of deep femoral artery (DFA) retrograde access for recanalization of an accidental ostial occlusion complicating an antegrade-retrograde superficial femoral artery (SFA) procedure. A 77-year-old man with chronic limb-threatening ischemia of the right lower limb was submitted to a duplex ultrasound that showed a heavy calcified SFA chronic total occlusion. During antegrade and retrograde attempts to cross the SFA obstruction, a control angiogram unexpectedly showed the ostial occlusion of the DFA.

Arteriovenous Fistula of the Peroneal Artery Complicating a Retrograde Access: Successful Endovascular Treatment with Covered Stent Implantation.

An 80-year-old woman developed a recurrent chronic limb-threatening ischemia of the right lower limb after a popliteal artery (PA) recanalization with retrograde puncture of the peroneal artery (PR). The angiography showed the PA restenosis and an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) at the previous peroneal retrograde access site. After the PA angioplasty, the AVF was identified through selective contrast injections in multiple projections.

emoral Balloon-riented Punctue for True umen Rntry in the Common Femoral Artery After Subintimal Retrograde Recanalization of Superficial Femoral Artery Ostial Occlusion: The FORLEE Technique.

To report a new technique to reenter the common femoral artery (CFA) true lumen after retrograde recanalization of a superficial femoral artery (SFA) with flush ostial occlusion. The technique is demonstrated in a 76-year-old woman with critical limb ischemia previously submitted to several surgical revascularizations. A duplex ultrasound showed flush ostial occlusion of the SFA and patency of the anterior tibial artery at the ankle as the sole outflow vessel.

Substent Anchor Technique for Recanalisation of a Full Metal Jacket Femoropopliteal In-Stent Occlusion.

Purpose: To report the endovascular treatment of a full metal jacket (FMJ) femoropopliteal chronic total occlusion (CTO) using a new ancillary retrograde technique.

Case Report: An 80 year old woman with type 2 diabetes presented to the Diabetic Foot Clinic with critical limb ischaemia with tissue loss in the right leg. Her comorbidities included coronary artery disease, morbid obesity, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and active smoking habit.

Unstable thoracic spine fracture with aortic encroachment: A potentially fatal association and a suggested treatment.

Background: The coexistence of an unstable spinal fracture with a pending aortic lesion is potentially catastrophic and a therapeutic challenge as to timing of treatment, assigning priorities and selecting the best approach.

Case Report: A 41 year-old healthy male victim of bike accident. Imaging revealed a fracture of 6th and 7th thoracic vertebrae with a bone fragment in close proximity to the descending thoracic aorta.