[Management of complications after revascularization due to peripheral arterial occlusive disease : Prophylaxis and consistent adequate therapy after timely diagnostics].

Background: Complications are a threat to successful revascularization for treatment of perpheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) and must, therefore, be either primarily prevented or effectively treated after having occurred.

Objectives: The aim of this article is to give a survey of possible complications after revascularization for treatment of PAOD and their management.

Material And Methods: A systematic literature review was performed in PubMed and Medline.

[Aneurysms of the abdominal aorta and iliac arteries: paradigm shift - operative therapy, if possible endovascular?].

Background: Therapy of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) is currently based on a high level of evidence. This is not true in the same manner for iliac artery aneurysms (IAA) which are frequently associated with AAAs and occur only rarely as isolated lesions. The therapeutic principles apply in the same way to both aneurysm locations.

[Aneurysms of the deep femoral artery: a systematic review of literature].

Introduction: True aneurysms of the deep femoral artery (APFA) are rare and are usually presented as case reports. Recommendations for diagnostics and therapy of APFAs are based on low-level evidence only. The purpose of this paper was to summarise the existing world experience with APFA.

Effect of preoperative aneurysm diameter on long-term survival after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair.

Objective: To investigate the effect of aneurysm size on long-term survival after endovascular repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs).

Methods: Retrospective study of all consecutive patients treated with EVAR for AAA at a single institution.

Results: One hundred and nineteen patients (mean age 71, range 45-91) underwent EVAR during a 4-year period.

Thrombus in the non-aneurysmal, non-atherosclerotic descending thoracic aorta--an unusual source of arterial embolism.

Introduction: Mural thrombus of the thoracic aorta is a rare clinical finding in the absence of aneurysm or atherosclerosis.

Methods: The medical records of all patients diagnosed with a thrombus of a non-aneurysmatic and non-atherosclerotic descending thoracic aorta (NAADTA) and treated by the senior author between 04/1997 and 04/2010 were reviewed.

Results: Eight patients with mural thrombus of the NAADTA were identified.