Objective: The objective of this study is to report the medium-term results of GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis (IBE, W. L. Gore & Associates, Flagstaff, Ariz) for the treatment of aortoiliac aneurysms by using the GALIBER registry.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Horseshoe kidney is a congenital abnormality, with an incidence of 0.25% of the total population. Only 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Endovascular anatomic reconstruction of iliac artery bifurcation in aorto-iliac aneurysms using commercial stentgrafts in sandwich-technique by bilateral transfemoral approach.
Methods: 24 patients (mean 73.8±standard deviation 6.
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino)
October 2016
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a chronic condition; an increasing number of patients affected. Infrapopliteal disease is related to critical limb ischemia (CLI). Amputation-free survival in these situations is the goal to achieve; it is well-known that life expectancy and quality of live are reduced by this condition.
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June 2015
Purpose: This case demonstrates the use of carotid stents in off-label emergency condition where standard self-expandable stents doesn't fit to native artery and balloon-expandable stents could not be also recommended.
Case Report: 56 years old patient, EVAR therapy performed 2 months before, suffering acute severe abdominal pain; emergency angioCT showed oclusion of superior mesenteric artery (SMA) and no complications related to previous EVAR. A percutaneuos supraselective trombolysis was performed.