[Thromboendarterectomy of the superficial femoral artery with a femoro-popliteal endoprosthesis. Technical note on a preliminary experience].

Background: The authors report an early experience with a new endovascular approach in the treatment of occlusive superficial femoral artery disease to evaluate the efficacy and the feasibility of the new technique.

Methods And Results: Four patients with disabling claudication or leg rest pain were treated for long segment occlusion of superficial femoral artery (SFA). A remote endarterectomy (EA) of SFAs has been performed using a single groin incision and a conventional Vollmar ring stripper to remove the entire atheroma core for a length of 20, 10, 9 and 8 cm.

[Thromboendarterectomy and angioplasty of the carotid bifurcation. Technical notes].

Exceptional surgical reports of widespread atherosclerotic involvement of both internal and external carotid arteries required us to carry out an unusual surgical procedure. During a four years period an original carotid endarterectomy's technique was performed in four patients. We point on the importance of a correct external carotid endarterectomy on maintaining an effective intracranial arterial flow, especially when atherosclerotic lesions are contemporary present in the extra and intracranial internal carotid arteries.

[Bypass of the outlet of the left ventricle with a Hancock valve tube: report of two cases surgically treated (author's transl)].

The Authors describe two cases in which the outlet of the left ventricle was recreated by means of a bypass with a valve tube. The first is a case of correct levo-transposition of the great vessels with atresia of the pulmonary, in which a valve tube was applied between the inverted left ventricle and the right branch and trunk of the pulmonary. The second is a case of "long" fibrous subvalvular aortic stenosis, a relapse from former correction of membranous subaortic stenosis, in which bypass was applied between the left ventricle and the ascending aorta.