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Treatment Effect of Drug-Coated Balloons Is Durable to 3 Years in the Femoropopliteal Arteries Open
Background— Randomized controlled trials have reported favorable 1-year outcomes with drug-coated balloons (DCBs) for the treatment of symptomatic peripheral arterial disease when compared with standard percutaneous transluminal angioplast…
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Stellarex Drug-Coated Balloon for Treatment of Femoropopliteal Disease Open
Background: Drug-coated balloons (DCBs) are a predominant revascularization therapy for symptomatic femoropopliteal artery disease. Because of the differences in excipients, paclitaxel dose, and coating morphologies, varying clinical outco…
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Limb ischemia in peripheral veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a narrative review of incidence, prevention, monitoring, and treatment Open
Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-A ECMO) is an increasingly adopted life-saving mechanical circulatory support for a number of potentially reversible or treatable cardiac diseases. It is also started as a bridge-to-tran…
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MicroRNA-146a Regulates Perfusion Recovery in Response to Arterial Occlusion via Arteriogenesis Open
The growth of endogenous collateral arteries that bypass arterial occlusion(s), or arteriogenesis, is a fundamental shear stress-induced adaptation with implications for treating peripheral arterial disease. MicroRNAs (miRs) are key regula…
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SCAI consensus guidelines for device selection in femoral‐popliteal arterial interventions Open
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has a history of prioritizing quality initiatives in the field of endovascular therapy (EVT) for peripheral artery disease (PAD). In 2017, SCAI updated the 2014 Appropriat…
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Long-Term Clinical Effectiveness of a Drug-Coated Balloon for the Treatment of Femoropopliteal Lesions Open
Background: While randomized trials have demonstrated the superiority of drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty versus standard percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) in patients with femoropopliteal peripheral artery disease, the long…
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Comparison of vascular closure devices for access site closure after transfemoral aortic valve implantation Open
Prostar XL-based vascular closure in transfemoral TAVI procedures is associated with higher major vascular complication rates when compared with ProGlide; however, in-hospital mortality is similar with both devices.
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Wire-Interwoven Nitinol Stent Outcome in the Superficial Femoral and Proximal Popliteal Arteries Open
Background— Stent-based therapy in the superficial femoral and popliteal arteries in patients with peripheral artery disease i s compromised by restenosis and risk of stent fracture or distortion. A novel self-expanding nitinol stent was d…
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Radial Artery Catheterization for Neuroendovascular Procedures Open
Background and Purpose— Radial artery catheterization is an alternate route of access that has started to gain more widespread use for neuroendovascular procedures, and there have been few studies that describe its safety and efficacy. We …
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Low-Dose Paclitaxel–Coated Versus Uncoated Percutaneous Transluminal Balloon Angioplasty for Femoropopliteal Peripheral Artery Disease Open
Background: Numerous studies have reported favorable outcomes using drug-coated balloons (DCBs) for treatment of symptomatic peripheral artery disease of the superficial femoral and popliteal arteries. However, the treatment effect compare…
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Augmentation of Limb Perfusion and Reversal of Tissue Ischemia Produced by Ultrasound-Mediated Microbubble Cavitation Open
Background— Ultrasound can increase tissue blood flow, in part, through the intravascular shear produced by oscillatory pressure fluctuations. We hypothesized that ultrasound-mediated increases in perfusion can be augmented by microbubble …
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<i>Porphyromonas gingivalis</i> is the most abundant species detected in coronary and femoral arteries Open
An association between oral bacteria and atherosclerosis has been postulated. A limited number of studies have used 16S RNA gene sequencing-based metagenomics approaches to identify bacteria at the species level from atherosclerotic plaque…
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Drug-Coated Balloon vs Standard Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty for the Treatment of Atherosclerotic Lesions in the Superficial Femoral and Proximal Popliteal Arteries: One-Year Results of the MDT-2113 SFA Japan Randomized Trial Open
Purpose: To assess the safety and effectiveness of the MDT-2113 (IN.PACT Admiral) drug-coated balloon (DCB) for the treatment of de novo and native artery restenotic lesions in the superficial femoral and proximal popliteal arteries vs per…
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Axillary versus femoral arterial cannulation in type A acute aortic dissection: evidence from a meta-analysis of comparative studies and adjusted risk estimates Open
The present meta-analysis demonstrated that AXC is superior to FAC in reducing in-hospital mortality and the incidence of PND in patients operated on for type A acute aortic dissection.
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Effects on Mortality and Major Bleeding of Radial Versus Femoral Artery Access for Coronary Angiography or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data From 7 Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trials Open
Background: In some randomized clinical trials, transradial access (TRA) compared with transfemoral access (TFA) was associated with lower mortality in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing invasive management. We analyzed the e…
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Two‐year results of a low‐dose drug‐coated balloon for revascularization of the femoropopliteal artery: Outcomes from the ILLUMENATE first‐in‐human study Open
Objectives To assess the safety and effectiveness of the Stellarex™ drug‐coated angioplasty balloon (DCB) to inhibit restenosis in the superficial femoral and/or popliteal artery. Background Treatment of peripheral arterial disease is chal…
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Intravenous synthetic platelet (SynthoPlate) nanoconstructs reduce bleeding and improve ‘golden hour’ survival in a porcine model of traumatic arterial hemorrhage Open
Traumatic non-compressible hemorrhage is a leading cause of civilian and military mortality and its treatment requires massive transfusion of blood components, especially platelets. However, in austere civilian and battlefield locations, a…
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Epiphyseal Arterial Network and Inferior Retinacular Artery Seem Critical to Femoral Head Perfusion in Adults With Femoral Neck Fractures Open
3-D anatomic evidence of intraosseous arterial distribution of the femoral head and the high frequency with which the inferior retinacular arteries remained patent after femoral neck fracture lead us to consider the necessity of drilling a…
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Efficacy of a Drug-Eluting Stent Versus Bare Metal Stents for Symptomatic Femoropopliteal Peripheral Artery Disease: Primary Results of the EMINENT Randomized Trial Open
Background: A clear patency benefit of a drug-eluting stent (DES) over bare metal stents (BMSs) for treating peripheral artery disease of the femoropopliteal segment has not been definitively demonstrated. The EMINENT study (Trial Comparin…
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Ultrasound-guided access to the distal radial artery at the anatomical snuffbox for catheter-based vascular interventions: a technical guide Open
Conventional radial access has been shown to have many advantages over the transfemoral approach. The risk of potential radial artery occlusion and subsequent hand ischaemia can be reduced further by accessing the vessel distally at the an…
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Supera self-expanding stents for endovascular treatment of femoropopliteal disease: a review of the clinical evidence Open
Femoropopliteal lesions account for a significant proportion of endovascular interventions for peripheral artery disease in patients with disabling claudication or chronic limb ischemia. The femoropopliteal artery crosses two joint structu…
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Outcomes of the Japanese multicenter Viabahn trial of endovascular stent grafting for superficial femoral artery lesions Open
Stent grafting appears to be a safe and less invasive alternative to above-knee bypass surgery, providing 88% to 92% primary patency at 12 months in long, complex lesions.
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Drug-Coated Balloon Treatment for Femoropopliteal Artery Disease Open
Results from the ISR imaging cohort demonstrate high patency and a low rate of CD TLR at 12 months. These data confirm the safety and effectiveness of the IN.PACT Admiral DCB (Medtronic, Dublin, Ireland) in complex femoropopliteal lesions,…
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Sponges with Janus Character from Nanocellulose: Preparation and Applications in the Treatment of Hemorrhagic Wounds Open
The development of a rapid and effective hemostatic dressing is highly desired in the treatment of hemorrhagic wounds. In this study, sponges with Janus character are developed using cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) that exhibit materials facet…
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The cannulation strategy in surgery for acute type A dissection Open
The rates of mortality and morbidity remain high in surgery for acute type A dissection. There is controversy regarding the best cannulation strategy for achieving good clinical results. Each cannulation technique has different anatomical …
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Directional Atherectomy With Antirestenotic Therapy vs Drug-Coated Balloon Angioplasty Alone for Common Femoral Artery Atherosclerotic Disease Open
Purpose: To report an experience using directional atherectomy (DA) with antirestenotic therapy (DAART) in the form of drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty vs DCB angioplasty alone in common femoral artery (CFA) occlusive lesions. Methods…
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Reference values of vessel diameters, stenosis prevalence, and arterial variations of the lower limb arteries in a male population sample using contrast-enhanced MR angiography Open
We present reference values for different pelvic and leg artery segment diameters in men that decrease from proximal to distal and increase with age. Stenoses were most prevalent in lower leg arteries and type I-A was the most common varia…
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Nitrite and <i>S</i> -Nitrosohemoglobin Exchange Across the Human Cerebral and Femoral Circulation Open
Background: The mechanisms underlying red blood cell (RBC)–mediated hypoxic vasodilation remain controversial, with separate roles for nitrite ( ) and S -nitrosohemoglobin (SNO-Hb) widely contested given their ability to transduce nitric o…
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Economic analysis of endovascular drug-eluting treatments for femoropopliteal artery disease in the UK Open
Objectives To estimate the clinical and economic impact of drug-eluting endovascular treatment strategies for femoropopliteal artery disease compared with current standard of care. Design Systematic literature search to pool target lesion …
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The modified Dunn procedure for slipped capital femoral epiphysis: The Bernese experience Open
Purpose Based on previous investigations on the vascular blood supply to the femoral head, a technique for anatomical reduction after slipped capital femoral epiphysis was developed. This technique is a modification of the original techniq…