[Remote results of infrainguinal bypass graft procedures for critical lower limb ischaemia].

Aim: The study was aimed at assessing the remote results of infrainguinal reconstructions in patients with critical lower limb ischaemia depending upon the bypass graft material used.

Patients And Methods: Analysed herein are the results of 237 infrainguinal bypass procedures performed over a 9-year period from January 1st, 2010 to December 31st, 2018. The patients were divided into three groups depending on the level of the distal anastomosis.

[Endovascular revascularisation in patients with necrotic wounds and extended infrainguinal arterial disease].

Objective: To report own experience of endovascular interventions in patients with extended occlusive lesion (TASC II D) of the femoral-popliteal and tibial arteries and concomitant purulent-necrotic wounds.

Material And Methods: We have analyzed literature data and own experience of endovascular interventions in patients with extended occlusive lesion (TASC II D) of the femoral-popliteal and tibial arteries and concomitant purulent-necrotic wounds.

Results: Endovascular strategy is preferable in a certain subgroup of patients with extended infrainguinal lesions.

Basal-like breast cancer: molecular profiles, clinical features and survival outcomes.

Background: Basal-like constitutes an important molecular subtype of breast cancer characterised by an aggressive behaviour and a limited therapy response. The outcome of patients within this subtype is, however, divergent. Some individuals show an increased risk of dying in the first five years, and others a long-term survival of over ten years after the diagnosis.

Alzheimer's disease patient groups derived from a multivariate analysis of cognitive test outcomes in the Coalition Against Major Diseases dataset.

Aim: The mini-mental state examination, commonly used to measure cognitive impairment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, consists of five test categories. The final score is calculated as their total sum, implying a loss of information.

Materials & Methods: In this study, we propose a new multivariate approach to address this issue.

[Two-year results of infrainguinal reconstructions using autovenous shunts and xenografts].

The authors analysed two-year results of inftrainguinal distal arterial reconstructions using xenograft ("kemAngioprosthesis") as compared with an autovein. Ours was a retrospective study including a total of 110 patients who endured 57 femoropopliteal (distal) and 54 femorotibial bypasses by means of both an autovein and a xenograft used as a shunt. The indications for reconstructive operation in the majority of cases was critical ischaemia induced by an atherosclerotic lesion of the femoropoplitealtibial segment corresponding to type D according to the TASC II classification.