Buerger Disease: Pathological Changes in Elderly Patients.

Reports of vascular lesion changes in elderly Buerger disease patients are rare. Patients are expected to continue to have typical Buerger disease even after the age of 50. However, after 50, when patients suffer from atherosclerotic risk factors, such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, or hyperlipidemia, what kind of changes will occur? We will report on 3 cases of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, or hyper lipidemia after or around 50 years of age.

An Experimental Model of Peripheral Vascular Disease Involving the Intravenous Injection of Oral Bacteria.

The purpose of this study was to observe the direct effects of oral bacteria, such as () and (), on the peripheral vasculature. Beagles were directly injected (at various doses) with or . Each leg vein was exposed, ligated at proximal and distal sites, and then injected with bacteria diluted with sterile saline.

The Epidemiologic and Clinical Findings of Patients with Buerger Disease.

Background: Buerger disease is a nonatherosclerotic peripheral arterial disease, which is mostly observed in young male smokers. Buerger disease is characterized by the observation of peripheral arterial occlusion by angiography. The condition may be caused by microembolization in the small-sized arteries of the distal extremities.

The infrapopliteal arterial occlusions similar to buerger disease: report of two cases.

We herein present two cases that required the differential diagnosis of Buerger disease. Case 1 involved a 55-year-old male with a smoking habit who was admitted with ulcers and coldness in his fingers and toes. Angiography showed blockage in both the radial and posterior tibial arteries, which led to an initial diagnosis of Buerger disease.

Surgical treatment for popliteal artery entrapment syndrome.

Objective: To evaluate the long-term outcomes of surgical treatment for popliteal artery entrapment syndrome (PAES).

Materials And Methods: This study was undertaken from a retrospective review of case notes of patients treated for PAES between August 1974 and July 2013. We examined patients' characteristics and surgical procedures, and evaluated long-term outcomes including clinical symptoms and graft or native artery patency.

Are There Any Objections against Our Hypothesis That Buerger Disease Is an Infectious Disease?

In 1878, Winiwarter used a microscope and reported a case of 57 year-old man demonstrating Buerger disease. After that, 134 years passed. Leo Buerger and Edgar V.

Clinical Study of Phlebitis Migrans and Incompetence of the Leg's Superficial Vein in Buerger Disease.

Three of four (75%) vein biopsy samples from four patients (all male, mean onset: age 33.0, mean biopsy: age 59.7) of chronic phase phlebitis migrans showed positive periodontal bacteria DNA under the PCR (polymerase chain reaction) method.

Periodontal bacteremia and various vascular diseases.

Background And Objective: Weak oral bacteria, such as periodontal bacteria, have been found in various vascular lesions, including atheroma, the thrombus of the occluded artery of Buerger's disease, the abdominal aortic aneurismal wall and varicose veins. Serum titer levels of each bacterium are now available and have shown a significant relationship between severity and individual differences.

Material And Methods: The Medline and Tokyo Medical and Dental University databases were searched to identify the literature currently available on oral bacteria and vascular diseases.

Buerger disease, smoking, and periodontitis.

Weak oral bacteria such as periodontal bacteria or Chlamydia pneumoniae have been observed in various arterial and venous lesions with epidemiological data reported prior to the discovery of bacterial invasion into vessels. Rich lymph vessels easily bring the bacteria from the mouth to the neck and the venous angle, which is directly open to the blood vessels. Periodontal bacteria travel within platelets and Chlamydia pneumoniae can be carried by monocytes.