Prognostic value of preoperative echocardiography in predicting myocardial injury after open abdominal aortic surgery.

Introduction: Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) and peripheral arterial and aortic diseases (PAADs) are associated with increased risk of myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery (MINS).

Objectives: Our aim was to evaluate whether preoperative transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) abnormalities are linked to MINS in patients undergoing open vascular surgeries involving the abdominal aorta due to AAA and / or PAAD.

Patients And Methods: We analyzed a retrospective cohort of consecutive patients who underwent open abdominal aortic surgery due to infrarenal AAA and / or aortoiliac occlusive disease in a single tertiary center.

The incidence of cardiovascular and other major complications after open abdominal aortic surgery.

Background: Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) and peripheral artery disease significantly increase the risk of perioperative complications.

Aim: The study aimed to determine the incidence of myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery (MINS), its association with 30-day mortality, as well as predictors of postoperative acute kidney injury (pAKI) and bleeding independently associated with mortality (BIMS) in patients undergoing open vascular surgeries involving the abdominal aorta.

Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study using a sample of consecutive patients who underwent open abdominal aortic surgery due to infrarenal AAA and/or aortoiliac occlusive disease in a single tertiary center.

Prevalence of Renal Masses Suspected of Malignancy and Adrenal Incidentalomas in Patients With Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.

Objective: The aim of our study was to assess the prevalence of renal masses suspected of malignancy and adrenal incidentalomas in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm based on the computed tomography angiography (CTA).

Methods: In the retrospective cross-sectional study, the CTA scans of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms and thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysms type II-IV were assessed. Patients with thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysms type I and V and history of abdominal aortic surgery were excluded from the study.

Clinical evaluation of endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm based on long-term experiences.

Introduction: The endovascular method as a less invasive treatment for patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) has become an alternative to conventional open surgery.

Aim: The objective of the present study was to analyse the outcomes of endovascular treatment of AAA patients in long-term observation.

Material And Methods: A group of 236 AAA patients subjected to planned endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) between 2010 and 2015 was reviewed.

Intermittent Claudication in Physiotherapists' Practice.

Intermittent claudication is a symptom of atherosclerosis of the lower limbs (peripheral arterial disease (PAD)) and is characterized by pain and cramps of lower limb muscles during exercise. Claudication leads to a reduction in physical activity of patients. PAD is a systemic disease.

Varicose veins of lower extremities, hemodynamics and treatment methods.

Chronic venous insufficiency is one of the most common disorders of the vascular system, affecting approximately 50% of adults. If left untreated it can lead to a number of complications, including venous ulceration and venous thrombosis. This review paper outlines the epidemiology and ethiopathogenesis of the disease with regard to hemodynamics and microcirculation disturbances.

Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery: a large, international, prospective cohort study establishing diagnostic criteria, characteristics, predictors, and 30-day outcomes.

Background: Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery (MINS) was defined as prognostically relevant myocardial injury due to ischemia that occurs during or within 30 days after noncardiac surgery. The study's four objectives were to determine the diagnostic criteria, characteristics, predictors, and 30-day outcomes of MINS.

Methods: In this international, prospective cohort study of 15,065 patients aged 45 yr or older who underwent in-patient noncardiac surgery, troponin T was measured during the first 3 postoperative days.

The impact of weather factors, moon phases, and seasons on abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture.

Background: Several studies have documented that weather factors, seasons of the year, time of the day, and even changes in moon phases have an impact on the occurrence of rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (RAAA); however, the available data are confounding. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of these factors on the prevalence and mortality rate of RAAA.

Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of medical records of patients treated for RAAA over a 10-year period.

Mechanisms of oxidative stress in human aortic aneurysms--association with clinical risk factors for atherosclerosis and disease severity.

Unlabelled: Aortic abdominal aneurysms (AAA) are important causes of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Oxidative stress may link multiple mechanisms of AAA including vascular inflammation and increased metalloproteinase activity. However, the mechanisms of vascular free radical production remain unknown.

Mechanisms of increased vascular superoxide production in human varicose veins.

Introduction: Varicose vein disease is one of the most common morbidities in the developed countries. Recent studies have shown that oxidative stress is increased in varicose veins (VV) and venous insufficiency. However, the exact mechanisms of oxidative stress in VV remain unknown.

Red blood cell rheology in patients with chronic venous disease (CVD).

Rheological studies concerning aggregation and elongation of erythrocytes were carried out in 21 patients (mean age 56 years) with chronic venous disease (CVD) and 10 (mean age 45 years) healthy control subjects, with the use of a LORCA device. Higher values of parameters characterizing both erythrocyte elongation (EI) and aggregation (gammathr) in non-control patients than in the control group were found. These values differed significantly ranging from 1.