Persistent mycotic superficial femoral artery pseudoaneurysm after endovascular treatment: a case report.

Mycotic pseudoaneurysms of the superficial femoral artery (SFA) are rare and are usually secondary to colonization of an atherosclerotic plaque during an episode of bacteremia. We describe the case of a 68 year-old diabetic male who presented to the Emergency Department with pyrexia and a painful expanding mass in the left thigh. He had a history of diarrhea and had been treated 16 days earlier for an SFA pseudoaneurysm that had been excluded with a covered stent with no adjunctive antibiotic therapy.

Impact of Implantation Defects on Intermediate Outcome of Supera Stent for Popliteal Artery Stenosis.

Background: This study reports our experience during the first 50 cases of use of Supera stent for popliteal atherosclerotic lesions treatment.

Methods: This prospective single-arm trial enrolled the first 50 limbs (46 patients) treated in our center with a Supera stent for symptomatic atherosclerotic disease of the popliteal artery and a follow-up longer than 12 months.

Results: Tissue loss (43.

New scale for predicting mortality in ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms.

Introduction: To determine the usefulness of mortality risk scores for the endovascular treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms.

Methods: Retrospective study of 61 patients undergoing endovascular repair between 2009 and 2014. Preoperative variables and in-hospital mortality were collected.