Aim: Management of pseudoaneurysms in intravenous drug users poses many questions regarding need for revascularization and type of surgery. The aim of this study was to report on the frequency and management of femoral artery pseudoaneurysms in our department during the last twelve years.
Methods: Retrospective report on patients hospitalized in the Department of Vascular Surgery in Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece between January 1999 and May 2010 with femoral artery pseudoaneurysms due to intravenous drug abuse.
Metab Syndr Relat Disord
August 2012
Background: Uncoupling proteins are attractive candidate genes for obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Our aim was to investigate the potential association of the uncoupling protein-2 (UCP2) 45-bp insertion/deletion (ins/del) polymorphism with obesity, as well as the potential effect of this polymorphism on weight loss variability in severely obese subjects.
Methods: A total of 158 severely obese subjects (94 without and 64 with metabolic syndrome) and 91 age and sex-matched lean controls were recruited.
This study reports on the frequency and management of aortocaval fistulas (ACFs) in our department between 1998 and 2009. Overall frequency of ACFs among ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms was 5.5%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The structure of health care in Greece is receiving increased attention to improve its cost-effectiveness. We sought to examine the epidemiological characteristics of patients presenting to the vascular emergency department of a Greek tertiary care hospital during a 2-year period. We studied all patients presenting to the emergency department of vascular surgery at Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece between 1st January 2009 and 31st December 2010.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFoetal-type posterior circle of Willis is a common anatomical variation with a variable degree of vessel asymmetry. In patients with this abnormality, carotid endarterectomy (CEA) may create cerebral hypo-perfusion intraoperatively, and this may be underestimated under general anaesthesia. There is currently no evidence that anatomical variations in the circle of Willis represent an independent risk factor for stroke.
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