Predictive value of plasma ephrinB2 levels for amputation risk following endovascular revascularization in peripheral artery disease.

Background: The aim of this study is to investigate the expression levels of ephrinB2 in patients with lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and explore its association with the severity of the disease and the risk of amputation after endovascular revascularization.

Methods: During the period from March 2021 to March 2023, this study collected blood samples and clinical data from 133 patients diagnosed with lower extremity PAD and 51 healthy volunteer donors. The severity of lower extremity PAD patients was classified using the Rutherford categories.

Foam Sclerotherapy in the Treatment of Hemangiomas and Venous Malformations.

Background: Sclerotherapy has achieved great success in treating most venous malformation (VM) lesions.

Objective: To compare the effects of foam sclerotherapy on infantile hemangioma and pyogenic granuloma (PG). In addition, we analyzed the data and outcomes of foam sclerotherapy for the VM.

Use and Acceptance of Smart Elderly Care Apps Among Chinese Medical Staff and Older Individuals: Web-Based Hybrid Survey Study.

Background: With the advent of China's aging population and the popularization of smartphones, there is a huge demand for smart elderly care apps. Along with older adults and their dependents, medical staff also need to use a health management platform to manage the health of patients. However, the development of health apps and the large and growing app market pose a problem of declining quality; in fact, important differences can be observed between apps, and patients currently do not have adequate information and formal evidence to discriminate among them.

Diagnosis and outcomes of surgical treatment of carotid bifurcation tumors.

Objective: To retrospectively review our experience with the diagnosis and treatment of carotid bifurcation tumors (CBFT).

Methods: This was a retrospective study of 60 patients with CBFT who underwent surgical and conservative treatment. The patients' clinicopathological features, imaging examination findings, treatment strategy, and prognosis were analyzed.

EphB4 signaling maintains the contractile phenotype of adult venous smooth muscle cells.

Background: Autologous vein grafting remains the gold standard for surgical bypass grafts. However, vein bypasses still have significant incidence of failure. Ephrin type-B receptor 4 (EphB4), the embryonic venous determinant, may modulate vein graft adaptation.

Early experience and technical aspects of physician-modified fenestration in thoracic endovascular aortic repair for aortic arch pathologies.

Objective: This study was performed to describe the treatment of aortic arch pathologies with a physician-modified fenestration (PMF) technique in thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR).

Methods: From August 2015 to August 2017, 32 patients with aortic arch pathologies underwent TEVAR with the PMF technique. All patients' clinical data were analyzed with GraphPad Prism 7.

Comparison of Stanford B Aortic Dissection Patients Who Received Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair Combined with or without Sleep Apnea Syndrome.

Background: Patients with Stanford B aortic dissection (AD) are usually found to have sleep apnea syndrome (SAS). This condition always complicates the patients' respiration. In this study, we collected and analyzed data of patients' perioperative managements during thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for treating patients with Stanford B AD and SAS.