A Prospective Multicenter Trial of the TransForm Occlusion Balloon Catheter: Trial Design and Results.

Background And Purpose: Adjunctive treatments like balloon-assisted coil embolization (BACE) and stent-assisted coil embolization play a major role in the treatment of wide-neck and large intracranial aneurysms. The TransForm™ Occlusion Balloon Catheter (TOBC) registry is intended to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and efficiency of BACE using the TOBC.

Method And Study Design: The TOBC registry is a prospective multicenter registry trial.

Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms With the SILK Embolization Device in a Multicenter Study. A Retrospective Data Analysis.

Background: Flow-diverter technology has become an important stent-based embolization tool in the treatment of complex cerebrovascular pathology. We report here the experience of 4 Spanish centers with using the SILK flow-diverter (SFD) device.

Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of using the SFD in the endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms with complex morphology.

Initial experience using the 3MAX cerebral reperfusion catheter in the endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke of distal arteries.

Introduction: The advancement of technology has allowed the development of new catheters that may provide safe intracranial navigation.

Objective: To report our first experience with the direct aspiration first pass technique in small arteries as the primary method for recanalization with the Penumbra 3MAX cerebral reperfusion catheter.

Methods: A retrospective case series analysis study of patients with acute ischemic stroke endovascularly treated with the direct aspiration technique using the 3MAX reperfusion catheter in our hospital in the past year.

Using ankle-brachial index to detect peripheral arterial disease: prevalence and associated risk factors in a random population sample.

Background And Aim: The ankle-brachial index (ABI) is being used increasingly to diagnose peripheral arterial disease (PAD) that predicts cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of PAD and associated risk factors in a Spanish random population sample of age > or =40.

Methods And Results: PAD is defined as an ABI<0.

Home-based self-measurement of blood pressure: a proposal using new reference values (the PURAS study).

Objectives: To establish reference values for blood pressure by means of self-measurement of blood pressure (BP) conducted at home.

Design: Descriptive study of the distribution of self-measured BP at home and its correspondence with clinic-based measurements of BP.

Methods: The aim of this study is to define the home BP levels that correspond to clinic BP thresholds 140/90 mmHg (hypertension) and 130/85 mmHg (normality).