January 2019 – Vascular and Endovascular Review

The Role of Atherectomy in Peripheral Artery Disease: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives

Volume 2, 2019 / dhtal

Grigorios Korosoglou, Sorin Giusca, Martin Andrassy, Michael Lichtenberg Abstract An ageing population and the increasing prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors have aggravated the burden of peripheral artery disease (PAD). Despite advances in the pharmacological treatment of atherosclerosis, many patients with symptomatic PAD require invasive procedures to reduce the symptoms of claudication, salvage tissue and prevent […]

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Combined Less-invasive Surgical and Endovascular Technique to Minimise Operative Trauma and Treat Excessive Aortoiliac Thrombotic Obliteration with Popliteo-crural Involvement and Acute Limb Ischaemia

Volume 2, 2019 / dhtal

Gergana Todorova Taneva, Georgios Karaolanis, Marco Pipitone, Giovanni Torsello, Konstantinos P Donas Abstract This article demonstrates a less-invasive combined surgical and endovascular alternative approach in a case in which an excessive thrombotic formation in the infrarenal aorta caused occlusion of the iliac artery and the ipsilateral crural arteries. A 51-year-old man was admitted to the

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Insights and Clinical Implications from the pELVIS Registry for the Treatment of Aneurysms Involving the Iliac Bifurcation

Volume 2, 2019 / dhtal

Gergana Todorova Taneva, Giovanni Torsello, Konstantinos P Donas AbstractThe pErformance of iLiac branch deVIces for aneurysmS (pELVIS) Registry is the largest retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data on the use of iliac branch devices (IBD) for the treatment of iliac and aortoiliac aneurysms. It shows the feasibility of the technique with good short- and mid-term

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