Embolization of persistent type 2 endoleaks after endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms: a study of long-term success.

Endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (EVAR) has been shown to be effective, with lower perioperative mortality and morbidity than open surgical treatment in patients with compatible anatomy. This benefit is lost after three years of follow-up. This could be explained by the higher rate of reintervention in EVAR patients due to endoleaks.

Contemporary Minimally Invasive Surgery for TASC-D Aorto-Iliac Lesions: Analysis of Outcomes and Risk Factors for Primary and Secondary Patency.

Background: For complex extensive TASC-II D lesions, the standard of care remains conventional surgery. Nevertheless, guidelines tend to broaden endovascular surgery indications in expert centers for patients at high surgical risk with TASC-II D lesions. Due to the increasing use of endovascular surgery in this setting, we planned to evaluate the patency rate of this approach.

Under-Prescription of Medical Treatment for Peripheral Artery Disease in the Under 50s: A Retrospective Study.

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality; however, data on its etiology and evolution in patients under 50 years old are scarce. Therefore, we performed a retrospective analysis of data from medical records, including cardiovascular risk factors, etiology, medical and surgical treatment, and follow-up. We included all patients with PAD aged between 18 and 50 years attending our university hospital between 2005 and 2015.

Prospective Multicentre Cohort Study of Fenestrated and Branched Endografts After Failed Endovascular Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysm Repair with Type Ia Endoleak.

Objective: Failed endovascular infrarenal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) due to development of late type Ia endoleak exposes patients to the risk of rupture and should be treated. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of fenestrated/branched EVAR (F/BEVAR) for treatment of failed EVAR with type Ia endoleak.

Methods: From January 2010 to December 2019, a prospective multicentre study was conducted (ClinicalTrials.

The frozen elephant trunk technique in an emergency: THORAFLEX French National Registry offers new insights.

Objectives: Our goal was to study the immediate outcome after an emergency frozen elephant trunk procedure with a Thoraflex™ Hybrid prosthesis (THP) in patients included in the EPI-Flex national registry and operated on in 21 French centres.

Methods: All patients operated on in France between April 2016 and April 2019 for acute aortic syndromes and who had an frozen elephant trunk procedure with a THP were included in the study. The main end point was in-hospital mortality.

Computed Tomography-Aortography Versus Color-Duplex Ultrasound for Surveillance of Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: A Prospective Multicenter Diagnostic-Accuracy Study (the ESSEA Trial).

Background Color-duplex ultrasonography (DUS) could be an alternative to computed tomography-aortography (CTA) in the lifelong surveillance of patients after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), but there is currently no level 1 evidence. The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of DUS as an alternative to CTA for the follow-up of post-EVAR patients. Methods Between December 16, 2010, and June 12, 2015, we conducted a prospective, blinded, diagnostic-accuracy study, in 15 French university hospitals where EVAR was commonly performed.

The Common Femoral Artery Bifurcation Lesions: Clinical Outcome of Simple Versus Complex Stenting Techniques - An Analysis Based on the TECCO Trial.

Background: Common femoral artery (CFA) stenting appears as a promising alternative treatment to the open surgery for de novo CFA stenosis. The stenting of lesions just located at the CFA is simple, whereas stenting of CFA bifurcation lesions is more complex, and outcomes are still matter of debate. The aim of this study was to describe and to compare clinical outcomes of techniques used to treat simple over complex lesions for the stenting of CFA lesions.

The Involvement of miRNA in Carotid-Related Stroke.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developed countries. Stroke is associated with a marked disability burden and has a major economic impact; this is especially true for carotid artery stroke. Major advances in primary and secondary prevention during the last few decades have helped to tackle this public health problem.

Stenting or Surgery for De Novo Common Femoral Artery Stenosis.

Objectives: The TECCO (Traitement des Lésions Athéromateuses de l'Artère Fémorale Commune par Technique Endovasculaire Versus Chirurgie Ouverte [Endovascular Versus Open Repair of the Common Femoral Artery]) trial is a randomized comparison of safety and efficacy of stenting versus open surgery for de novo common femoral artery (CFA) stenosis.

Background: Surgery for CFA lesions is considered effective and durable. Despite the widespread use of endovascular repair for infrainguinal disease, the value of this procedure for such lesions is uncertain.

Type II endoleak after endoluminal repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm associated with native coarctation.

Aneurysm formation and recurrent coarctation are common complications of coarctation repair, and various types of treatment have been described. Native aortic coarctation during adult life is rarer and can be responsible for severe complications. We report an original case of thoracic aortic aneurysm associated with native coarctation successfully treated by a hybrid approach, comprising retrograde implantation of a thoracic stent graft and carotid-axillary bypass graft.

Iliofemoral endarterectomy associated with systematic iliac stent grafting for the treatment of severe iliofemoral occlusive disease.

Objective: Iliofemoral endarterectomy with external iliac artery (EIA) stent grafting can be an alternative to traditional open surgery in patients with severe iliac occlusive disease extending to the common femoral artery. We report the midterm outcomes of this approach.

Methods: Between 2009 and 2015, 108 patients (76% male; median age, 63 years) underwent a total of 127 iliofemoral endarterectomies combined with EIA stent grafting.

Randomized Study of Noninferiority Comparing Prosthetic and Autologous Vein Above-Knee Femoropopliteal Bypasses.

Background: The main aim of this study was to compare the 5 years rates of secondary patency of above-knee femoropopliteal revascularizations with autologous veins or prosthetic grafts. The secondary objectives were to compare the rates of primary patency, limb salvage, morbidity, and mortality between the 2 groups.

Methods: This was a single-blind randomized study of noninferiority (ratio 1:1), carried out in 11 centers of vascular surgery with 2 parallel groups between July 2002 and November 2005.

Treatment of sac expansion after endovascular aneurysm repair with obliterating endoaneurysmorrhaphy and stent graft preservation.

Background: Persistent type II endoleaks (T2Ls) with sac enlargement after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair are still of concern in view of the potential for rupture. Current treatments (embolization and stent graft [SG] explantation) are associated with lack of efficacy or high perioperative morbidity and mortality. This study evaluated an alternative technique that combines sacotomy, ligation of patent back-bleeding vessels, and SG preservation for T2L or unspecified endoleak repair.

Obliterative Endoaneurysmorrhaphy with Stent Graft Preservation for Treatment of Type II Progressive Endoleak.

Objective/background: Persistent type II endoleak (EL II) with sac enlargement after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm requires treatment to prevent rupture. Embolization is not always effective. Conversion to open repair with stent graft (SG) explantation is a high risk option.

MicroRNA deregulation in symptomatic carotid plaque.

Objective: Embolization of carotid stenotic plaques is the direct cause of stroke in nearly 20% of cases. Genetic mechanisms and especially the roles played by microRNAs in the regulation of plaque destabilization and rupture are mostly unknown. The aim of this pilot study was to compare the expression of seven microRNAs allegedly involved in plaque growth and instability (miR-100, 125a, 127, 133a, 145, 155, and 221), between symptomatic and asymptomatic human carotid plaques.

Superficial femoral artery transposition repair for traumatic popliteal rupture.

Closed dislocation of the knee with complete popliteal rupture is an uncommon injury. It requires prompt recognition and treatment to prevent limb loss. We describe a case of acute ischemia caused by complete knee dislocation with rupture of the popliteal artery that was successfully repaired with superficial femoral artery transposition.

Perioperative evaluation of iliac ZBIS branch devices: a French multicenter study.

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate short-term results of endovascular treatment of common iliac artery (CIA) aneurysms without a distal neck by using iliac branch devices (IBDs), which enable maintenance of antegrade perfusion to the internal iliac artery (IIA).

Methods: Our investigation was done in a prospective, multicenter, nonrandomized manner. IBD were implanted to exclude CIA aneurysms with a diameter >25 mm in patients unfit for open repair.

[Conservative treatment of an aortoduodenal fistula after paraaortic lymphadenectomy in hepatobiliary malignancy surgery with aortic endoprosthesis].

Lower gastrointestinal bleeding from a primary aortoduodenal fistula is unusual and usually fatal. Postoperative aortoduodenal fistula after biliary surgery is a very rare complication. We report hence a 69-year-old female patient who underwent a main bile duct resection with extended paraaortic lymphadenectomy for a cholangiocarcinoma.

[Tuberculous aneurysm of abdominal aorta: case report and literature review].

Tuberculous aneurysms of aorta are rare. They expose to a very high risk of unpredictable rupture with serious hemodynamic consequences. We report a 82-year-old male who presented with an tuberculous aortic aneurysm in a prerupture state.

Characterization and comparison of bone marrow and peripheral blood mononuclear cells used for cellular therapy in critical leg ischaemia: towards a new cellular product.

Background And Objectives: Autologous transplantation of either bone marrow (BM) or peripheral blood (PB) mononuclear cells (MNC) induces therapeutic angiogenesis in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease. Yet, the precise nature of the cellular product obtained from BM or PB and used in these therapeutic strategies remains unclear.

Materials And Methods: We have analysed the characteristics of BM-MNC and PB-MNC collected without mobilization and implanted in patients with critical limb ischaemia in a clinical trial of cellular therapy including 16 individuals treated by BM-MNC and eight by PB-MNC.

[Inferior mesenteric arteriovenous fistulas. Report of a case].

We report a case of postoperative inferior mesenteric arteriovenous fistula. Arteriovenous fistula represents a rare disease. Symptoms are due to portal hypertension and distal ischemy.

[Aortobronchial fistulas].

Introduction: Aortobronchial fistulas are uncommon but generally fatal if not treated surgically. Haemoptysis is the main symptom of this pathology. STATES OF ART AND PERSPECTIVES: Aortobronchial fistulas occur most commonly in patients with thoracic aneurysms (atherosclerosis, mycotic, aortic surgery's complication.