Publications by authors named "Suleyman Akturk"
Background: The aim of this study was to compare drug eluting balloon (DEB) angioplasty with and without mechanical thrombectomy system in patients with chronic (> 6 months) femoropopliteal occlusions.
Methods: We retrospectively identified patients from May 2012 to September 2014 at our clinic with severely diseased femoropopliteal arteries treated by endovascular approach with or without adjunctive thrombectomy system. All patients had ankle-brachial index (ABI) measured before and after the intervention, and regular clinical follow-up with Doppler ultrasonography performed at 1 month, 6 months and 1 year.
Background: The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility and outcome of balloon angioplasty for the treatment of below the ankle (BTA) lesions in addition to below the knee (BTK) lesions in diabetic patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI).
Methods: Inclusion criteria are diabetes mellitus (DM), CLI (Rutherford class 4 or higher) and revascularized significant stenosis or occlusion of at least 1 below-the-knee vessel with incomplete or no pedal loop. Target BTK vessel restenosis and reocclusion at 1-year follow-up was the primary end point whereas minor or major amputation at 1-year follow-up was the secondary end point.
Objective The aim of this study was to compare the drug-eluting balloon with self-expanding interwoven nitinol stent deployment in patients with complex femoropopliteal lesions. Methods We retrospectively identified patients at our clinic with complex femoropopliteal artery lesions treated either with self-expanding interwoven nitinol stent or drug-eluting balloon. All patients had ankle-brachial index measured before and after the intervention, and regular clinical follow-up with Doppler ultrasonography was performed at six months and one year.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: In this study, we investigated the safety and effectiveness of the Aspirex mechanical thrombectomy system for the treatment of acute infrainguinal arterial thromboembolic occlusions.
Methods: We retrospectively identified consecutive patients at our clinic with infrainguinal thromboembolic acute occlusions treated with the Aspirex mechanical thrombectomy device. Primary end points included technical success, defined as the complete revascularization of the acutely occluded vessel, and clinical success, defined as the absence of amputation within 60 d.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and to assess the characteristics of these patients.
Materials And Methods: Stable COPD patients (age, >40 years) were included in the study between January 2014 and June 2014. Patients with acute exacerbations and a previous lung resection were excluded.
Background: The 1-year restenosis rate after standard balloon angioplasty (BA) of long lesions in below-the-knee arteries may be as high as 70%. Our aim was to investigate the efficacy and safety of paclitaxel drug-eluting balloon (DEB) for treatment of below the knee lesions in end stage renal disease patients (ESRD) with critical limb ischemia (CLI).
Methods: Our study is a retrospective, single-center study.