Early-Staged Carotid Artery Stenting Prior to Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Analysis of the Early and Mid-Term Results in Comparison with a Consecutive Cohort of Isolated Coronary Artery Surgery Patients.

Aim: The aim of the present study was to analyze retrospectively the results of patients who underwent early-staged, i.e., within 24-48 h, carotid artery stenting (e-s CAS) before coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Recanalization of Chronic Femoropopliteal Total Occlusions after Failed Anterograde Attempt: Use of an Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Re-entry Catheter versus the Bidirectional Approach.

Purpose: To analyze the feasibility and effectiveness of the use of an intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided re-entry catheter (IGRC) for femoropopliteal chronic total occlusions (FP-CTOs) after a failed anterograde approach compared with the bidirectional approach without the IGRC.

Materials And Methods: Between June 2019 and December 2022, an IGRC (Pioneer Plus; Philips Volcano, San Diego, California) was used in 52 patients after failure of conventional recanalization techniques (Group A). In the same period, 48 patients who were also eligible for IGRC use were treated without IGRC using the bidirectional approach (Group B).

Polyester Stent Graft Devices and Higher Risk of Post-Implantation Syndrome after EVAR: Single-Center Analysis of 367 Patients.

Background: The post-implantation syndrome may occur shortly after endovascular aneurysm repair in patients treated for abdominal aortic aneurysm. Different types of biomaterials may provoke varying inflammatory responses in patients receiving different endografts. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the PIS after EVAR and the influence of different types of device fabric.

Clinical worsening despite intravenous thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke secondary to carotid plaque rupture.

First-line therapy of acute ischemic stroke is intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) irrespective of etiology. We report on a patient with acute ischemic stroke secondary to carotid plaque rupture who experienced plaque thrombosis and marked clinical worsening despite IVT. While the latter is the gold standard therapy optimal platelets inhibition should be guaranteed to allow a safe as possible carotid intervention.

Nellix Endovascular Aortic Sealing Endoprosthesis Late Explantation for Concomitant Type I Endoleak and Stent Frames Proximal Caudal Migration.

Endovascular aneurysm sealing (EVAS) using the Nellix™ System was introduced in clinical practice with the aim of reducing the incidence of complications such as migration, endoleaks, and reinterventions after conventional endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). Although, initial efficacy data on this device have been encouraging, EVAS has also demonstrated to undergo adverse events. Herein, we report a case of Nellix graft explant due to endobags shrinkage after air bubble reabsorption leading to proximal type I A endoleak and stent migration.

Internal Carotid Stenosis Associated with Compression by Hyoid Bone.

Atherosclerotic plaques concomitantly with the hyoid bone protrusion into the internal carotid artery (ICA) are rarely reported in the literature. These plaques can be considered as arising from the turbulent flow and the shear stress caused by the close contact between the hyoid bone and the arterial wall carotid artery. The carotid stenosis was greater than 70%.

One-Year Outcomes after Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Repair: Is Endovascular Aortic Repair the Best Choice? A Single-Center Experience.

Background: Treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAAs) is still burdened by high morbidity and mortality. Although endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) offers encouraging results in elective setting, its role as first-line strategy to treat rAAA is still debated. Our aim was to compare early and late outcomes in patients undergoing open surgical repair (OSR) versus EVAR for rAAAs.

An Alternative Approach for Treating a Type Ia Endoleak after Conventional EVAR Using the Nellix Endovascular Aneurysm Sealing.

Background: To report the use of a Nellix endovascular aneurysm sealing (EVAS) device, to successfully treat a type Ia endoleak (EL) after an endovascular aortic repair (EVAR).

Case Report: A 70-year-old man was diagnosed with a 90-mm aortic aneurysm, suspicious for being inflammatory. It was initially treated successfully, with a Medtronic Endurant (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA).

A Peculiar Case of Type 1 Endoleak after Nellix Endovascular Aneurysm Sac Sealing: Clinical Presentation and Management.

We report a case of type 1 endoleak with an outflow via a lumbar artery (LA) following Nellix endovascular aneurysm sealing (EVAS) to discuss the specific peculiarities and management of this complication. A 64-year-old man (acetylsalicylic acid 3) underwent Nellix EVAS for an asymptomatic infrarenal aortic aneurysm. The 6-month duplex scanning ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging showed a type IA endoleak with an outflow via an LA combined with a stable aneurysmal sac size.

Treatment of a Juxtarenal Aneurysm with a Parallel Graft in the Left Renal Artery and Polymer-Based Technology to Seal the Entire Aneurysmal Sac.

Background: Presenting the treatment of a juxtarenal aneurysm using a Nellix device combined with a chimney stent in a renal artery.

Case Report: A 72-year-old woman was diagnosed with a 5.5-cm bilobed juxtarenal aneurysm.