Publications by authors named "Laurentiu Onea"
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) represents a high burden on the healthcare and social assistance systems. Revascularization reduces symptoms, amputation rate and increases the chances of social reintegration. Our aim was to evaluate the benefits of vascular duplex ultrasonography (DUS) for identifying patients suitable for direct percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) without the need for a prior angiography.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF(1) Background: The success of carotid revascularization depends on the accurate grading of carotid stenoses. Therefore, it is important for every vascular center to establish its protocols for the same. In this study, we aimed to determine the peak systolic velocity (PSV) thresholds that can predict moderate and severe internal carotid artery (ICA) stenoses.
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- Cardiovascular diseases, particularly coronary artery disease, are the leading global cause of death, mainly due to atherosclerotic plaques but less commonly due to non-atherosclerotic lesions.
- The article highlights a gap in knowledge about the causes, prevalence, and treatments for these less common coronary lesions, including spontaneous coronary artery dissection and others.
- Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is introduced as an advanced imaging technique that helps overcome the diagnostic limitations of traditional methods, providing detailed, histological-like information about these coronary lesions in real-time.