Mid-Term Outcomes of the Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis with Standardized Combinations of Bridging Stent-Grafts for Endovascular Treatment of Aortoiliac Disease with or Without Co-existing Hypogastric Aneurysms (The HYPROTECT Study).

Purpose: To evaluate retrospectively the 2-year outcomes of the Gore Excluder Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis (IBE) in patients with and without coexisting hypogastric artery (HA) aneurysms in a large contemporary multicentric European experience using dedicated bridging devices.

Methods: The study included all consecutive patients treated at participating institutions with the Gore Excluder IBE device who received a covered stent (i.e.

[Revascularisation of Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis - Reasonable or Obsolete?].

Recommendations for surgical versus conservative treatment of asymptomatic carotid stenosis (ACS) are based on prospective randomized trials, some of which were performed several decades ago. However, during this time, "best medical treatment" (BMT) for conservative therapy of arteriosclerotic patients has evolved significantly. Because of the associated risk reduction of ACS, surgical therapy is increasingly being questioned.

[Age-related vascular changes exemplified by the carotid artery].

One of the main risk factors for the presence of carotid stenosis and carotid-related stroke is age. The aim of this review article is to present the current state of knowledge on age-related vascular changes using carotid stenosis as an example.Vascular aging (vascular senescence) is a decrease of structural and functional properties of the vessel wall that takes place on different levels.

Retrograde Aortomesenteric Bypass with Left Retrorenal Route-"French Bypass" in 16 Cases of Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia.

Background: There are several options for treating patients suffering from chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI). One possibility contains bypass grafting following a left renal route to avoid inter alia kinking of the bypass. This study reviews the results of 16 patients suffering from CMI treated with this bypass technique, called "French Bypass" (FB).

Duplex ultrasound findings before and after surgery in children and adolescents with renovascular hypertension.

We report our experience with duplex ultrasound in young patients with renal artery stenosis (RAS) or middle aortic syndrome (MAS) before and after surgery (1995 and 2009). Of 36 patients (mean age: 13 ± 7 y), 21 had RAS and 15 had MAS. For patients with RAS, the Vmax in the affected artery was 350 ± 111 cm/s before surgery and 145 ± 55 cm/s after surgery.