[The cost of surgical and endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm - a retrospective comparative study].

Introduction: A comparison of the costs of a surgery and an endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) for the General Health Insurance Company (VšZP) in 2009-2010.

Material And Methods: Between 2009 and 2010, VšZP paid for treatment of 211 patients with AAA with an average age of 69 years (range: 41-91 years). Out of these, 174 patients underwent surgical treatment and 37 patients were treated by endovascular means.

[Clinical significance of venoplasties in infragenicular prosthetic bypass grafts].

Aims: Analysis of medium-term patency of prosthetic infragenicular bypass grafts with venoplasty of distal anastomosis and evaluation of venoplasties in patients with critical limb ischemia.

Study Design: A single centre, retrospective, non-randomised study.

Methods And Results: In 1998-2005, 42 patients with critical limb ischemias were surgically managed at our clinic using infragenicular prosthetic bypass graft implantation with distal anastomosis venoplasty.

[Arthroscopy of the ankle joint--A rare cause of a pseudoaneurysm of the dorsalis pedis artery--A case review].

The arthroscopy is an attractive method for the diagnosing and treatment of injured joint structures in contemporary sport medicine. Vascular complications of this technique are very rare but generally extremely dangerous for the extremity salvage. We describe a rare case of the pedal artery pseudo aneurysm after ankle arthroscopy and the treatment of this complication.

[The influence of chloroquine on some biochemical and hematological parameters in patients with critical limb ischemia].

CLI represents a major medical and social problem. The incidence is increasing and currently it was estimated 500-1000 per 1 million inhabitants. We carried out a clinical study (2000-2004) concerning monitoring of some hematological and biochemical markers during reperfusion in patients with CLI.

[Recent patho-biochemical view of ischemia-reperfusion injury].

Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) in patients with limb ischaemia remains still a topical problem and it is a subject of research. Some degree of tissue injury is expressed in each patient, regardless of type of ischaemia (acute or chronic). The difference is stated in extent of injury and in clinical relevance.

[Post-catheterization pseudoaneurysm of the femoral artery--an unusual cause of femoral vein thrombosis--case report and review of the literature].

Invasive diagnostic procedures cause considerable increase of local arterial complications. Common femoral artery represents the most frequently used access artery. Our short report describes indications for treatment and treatment modalities of postcathterization false aneurysms with review of the literature.

Acoustic inhomogeneity of carotid arterial plaques determined by GHz frequency range acoustic microscopy.

Characterization of the structure and composition of carotid arterial plaques is important to predict the risk of embolic and thrombotic events. In clinical echography, echolucent lesions seem to be more associated with stroke than echogenic lesions, and a low grey-scale median is associated with a fivefold increase in the incidence of silent infarcts. In the present study, five fixed human carotid atherosclerotic lesions were observed by GHz-range scanning acoustic microscopy (SAM).

[Cystic degeneration of the adventitia of the popliteal artery--case report].

Cystic adventitial disease (CAD) is a rare diagnosis with a higher number of the patients in recent years. The article gives a brief of the pathology and etiolopathogenesis of adventitial cystic disease and two case reports of the patients with CAD of the popliteal artery treated in our department between 1997 and 2001. Successful results are achieved only with surgical treatment.

[Regional biochemical and hematologic changes in patients after revascularization of the lower extremities in ischemia of the extremities].

Introduction: Surgical treatment of PAOD is related to iatrogenic ischaemia caused by arterial clamping and ischaemia which is result of natural development of the disease. The pathway of skeletal muscle reperfusion injury is complex and one of the most important factors related to injury is endothelial damage. The expected reason of endothelial damage is increased production of oxygen free radicals by prematurely activated PMN (polymorphonuclear) leukocytes (direct injury).

[The popliteal artery entrapment syndrome--personal experience].

Objective: In a retrospective study we analyze 5 patients with popliteal artery entrapment syndrome who were treated since 1999 to 2000 in our department.

Methods And Results: 5 patients were found to have popliteal vascular entrapment during a two-year period. From the total number of 5 patients, we performed surgery in 3 patients (5 operations).

Diagnostic importance of magnetic resonance angiography in arterial reconstructive surgery.

Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) permits the non-invasive visualisation of blood flow in arteries and veins. It has an enormous potential in imaging of various vascular pathologies and it has been establishing itself as a reliable alternative to widespread contrast X-ray methods explaining morphology of vascular system. This advanced and safe diagnostic method is very rarely used in the clinical practice of vascular surgeons in Slovak republic.

[Surgical treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms in severe ischemic coronary disease].

Background: The abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is one of the most serious problems of vascular surgery and general medicine, as well. Endovascular methods of treatment have been developing very rapidly, however, the conventional treatment of the AAA still predominates. The results of operative treatment have been influenced besides the delayed diagnostics of the AAA resulting in a high rate of ruptured AAA by the high comorbidity of the AAA patients population.