Directional Atherectomy With Antirestenotic Therapy Versus PTA/Supera Stenting for Popliteal Artery Lesions: A Propensity-Matched Analysis.

Purpose: This study examines the use and impact of directional atherectomy with antirestenotic therapy (DAART) versus angioplasty plus Supera stent implantation on the outcomes during endovascular treatment of popliteal lesions in clinical practice.

Methods: Overall 143 consecutive patients (mean age 75.0±12.

Quality of Life for Patients Receiving Elective Interventions for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.

Information on the quality of life of patients operated on for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is scarce. The objective of this study was to analyse these patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This was a cross-sectional observational study.

Association of Age and Surgical Technique with the Quality of Life of Male Patients Treated for Abdominal Aorta Aneurysms: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Objectives: The achievement of a good health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has become one of the primary objectives of medical-surgical interventions. The objective of this study is to determine the HRQoL of patients who underwent abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) surgery and to analyse the influence of age on HRQoL.

Materials And Methods: This is an observational cross-sectional study with 151 male patients who underwent an operation for AAAs between January 2013 and December 2020 in two hospital centres.

Quality of Life of Patients Treated for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Open Surgery and Endoprosthesis.

Objectives: To determine the degree of long-term health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients undergoing surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and to analyze the results according to the type of treatment, namely, open abdominal repair (OAR) or endoprosthesis (EVAR).

Patients And Methods: This was a prospective cross-sectional observational study. Patients receiving intervention for AAA between January 2013 and December 2020 were included.

Effectiveness and safety of 1470-nm diode laser fulguration in the management of diffuse venous malformations.

Background: Venous malformations (VMs) are the most frequent congenital vascular malformations. Pain and deformity are the main symptoms and usually progressive in untreated patients. Current therapeutic options are surgery (frequently partial resections with an uncomfortable postoperative period), sclerotherapy (often limited because of the need for high doses and the potential subsequent toxicity), and percutaneous intralesional laser treatment.

The effects of allogenic stem cells in a murine model of hind limb diabetic ischemic tissue.

Background: Diabetes is one of the major risk factors for peripheral arterial disease. In patients in whom surgery cannot be performed, cell therapy may be an alternative treatment. Since time is crucial for these patients, we propose the use of allogenic mesenchymal cells.

Endovascular treatment of posttraumatic pseudoaneurysm of the common carotid artery.

Carotid artery injuries with pseudoaneurysm are uncommon but associated with central neurologic dysfunction. We present a case of posttraumatic pseudoaneurysm of the right common carotid artery treated by implantation of a covered stent. A 44-year-old woman with multiple injuries after fall from height presents a small dissection flap of the right common carotid artery (RCCA) on the initial computed tomography angiography (CTA).

Experimental model for coadjuvant treatment with mesenchymal stem cells for aortic aneurysm.

Unlabelled: Many factors are possibly involved in the inflammatory process which causes the degeneration of the arterial wall in the formation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. During the last years different experimental models have been published to treat this fault of the arterial walls. Parallel the clinical treatment has evolved.