[Choice of hybrid interventions for iliac-femoral arterial lesions].

Objective: To compare the short-term and long-term outcomes of hybrid interventions after various infrainguinal reconstructions (restoration of blood flow through superficial femoral artery and pulsatile blood flow through deep femoral artery) in patients with iliac-femoral arterial disease.

Material And Methods: A retrospective analysis included patients after hybrid iliac-femoral interventions between 2014 and 2018. These interventions included stenting of iliac arteries and various open infrainguinal reconstructions.

Comparative analysis of calcified soft tissues revealed shared deregulated pathways.

Introduction: Calcification of soft tissues is a common age-related pathology that primarily occurs within vascular tissue. The mechanisms underlying pathological calcification in humans and tissue specificity of the process is still poorly understood. Previous studies examined calcified tissues on one to one basis, thus preventing comparison of deregulated pathways across tissues.

Anemia as a Risk Factor for Organ Dysfunctions in Patients Operated on Heart Valves.

Aim      To study the effects of pre- and postoperative anemia on the risk and the structure of internal organ dysfunction in patients undergoing surgery for acquired heart diseases (AHD).Material and methods  This was a retrospective cohort study including 610 primarily operated patients with AHD. A comparative analysis of the incidence and the structure of internal organ dysfunction was performed, and the likelihood of intraoperative hemotransfusion was determined for patients with preoperative anemia (Hb <130 g/l) and without it.