Amputation and mortality rates of patients undergoing upper or lower limb surgical embolectomy and their predictors.

Purpose: To provide information on the outcomes of upper and lower limb surgical embolectomies and the factors influencing amputation and mortality.

Methods: A retrospective, single-center analysis of 347 patients (female, N = 207; male, N = 140; median age, 76 years [interquartile range {IQR}, 63.2-82.

Incidence of and predisposing factors for pseudoaneurysm formation in a high-volume cardiovascular center.

Purpose: To evaluate factors associated with pseudoaneurysm (PSA) development.

Methods: Between January 2016 and May 2020, 30,196 patients had invasive vascular radiological or cardiac endovascular procedures that required arterial puncture. All patients with PSA were identified.

High frequency of brachiocephalic trunk stent fractures does not impair clinical outcome.

Objective: Stenting is the preferred, minimally invasive treatment for innominate artery (IA) stenosis or occlusion. Stent fractures in the IA have not been assessed in larger cohorts. In this retrospective study, we examined the frequency and risk factors of IA stent fractures.

Bone mineral density is associated with site-specific atherosclerosis in patients with severe peripheral artery disease.

Recent studies have highlighted a significant association between the severity of atherosclerosis and bone mineral density (BMD) among healthy subjects, although its connection to angiographically determined peripheral artery disease (PAD) has never been investigated. We evaluated the connection between the angiographic severity and site specificity of peripheral atherosclerosis and osteoporosis among patients with chronic lower limb ischemia. In our cross-sectional study we investigated 172 patients with PAD.

Serum level of soluble Hsp70 is associated with vascular calcification.

It has been previously reported that serum levels of 70-kDa heat shock protein (Hsp70) are elevated in peripheral artery disease. The aim of the present study was to examine whether increased serum Hsp70 levels are related to the extent of arterial calcification and standard laboratory parameters of patients with peripheral artery disease, as well as to markers of inflammation (C-reactive protein), atherosclerosis (homocysteine), and calcification (fetuin-a). One hundred eighty chronic atherosclerotic patients with significant carotid stenosis and/or lower extremity vascular disease were enrolled in this cross-sectional study.

Fetuin-A serum levels in patients with aortic aneurysms of Marfan syndrome and atherosclerosis.

Background: Fetuin-A is a glycoprotein that inhibits extraosseous and vascular calcification. Its serum level is lower in patients with atherosclerosis compared with healthy controls, but its role is unknown in aneurysmal diseases. The aim of our study was to investigate the association of serum fetuin-A levels with aortic aneurysms of different aetiology: Marfan syndrome and atherosclerosis.