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Background and Proposed Design for a Metformin Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Suppression Trial

Ronald L Dalman, Ying Lu, Kenneth W Mahaffey, Amanda J Chase, Jordan R Stern, Robert W Chang Abstract Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) may lead to rupture and death if left untreated. While endovascular or surgical repair is generally recommended for AAA greater than 5–5.5 cm, the vast majority of aneurysms detected by screening modalities are […]

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Catheter Interventions for Acute Deep Venous Thrombosis: Who, When and How

Catherine Go, Rabih A Chaer, Efthymios D Avgerinos Abstract Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is common and can be a source of morbidity by way of pulmonary embolism and post-thrombotic syndrome. Recent trials have demonstrated both early and late symptomatic benefit in venous thrombolysis and early recanalisation of the iliocaval system of selected patients. Based on

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Stiff to Dilate and Risky to Cut Through: Iliac Radiation Arteritis

Huthayfa Ghanem, Sadia Jaskani, Mohamed Alloush, Ibrahim Hanbal, Marzouk Albader, Hussein Safar, Jassim Al-Ali, Sami Asfar Abstract Radiation arteritis is not an uncommon clinical situation, given that almost 50% of patients with cancer receive radiotherapy in the course of treatment. Radiation effects are non-specific, and late radiation tissue injury presentation can be very variable. However,

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BEST Endovascular Versus Best Surgical Therapy in Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia (BEST-CLI) Trial

Raghu Motaganahalli, Matthew Menard, Matt Koopman, Alik Farber   Abstract The Best Endovascular versus Best Surgical Therapy in Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia trial (BEST-CLI) is an international, prospective, multicentre, multidisciplinary and pragmatic, open-label, superiority-based, comparative-effectiveness randomised controlled trial designed to address the knowledge gap in choosing the appropriate therapy for the treatment of critical

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The Role of Wearable Technologies and Telemonitoring in Managing Vascular Disease

Calvin Chan, Viknesh Sounderajah, Amish Acharya, Pasha Normahani, Colin Bicknell, Celia Riga Abstract Wearable devices and telemonitoring are becoming increasingly widespread in the clinical environment and have many applications in the tracking and maintenance of patient wellbeing. Interventions incorporating these technologies have been used with some success in patients with vascular disorders. Wearable fitness monitors

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Below-the-ankle Angioplasty: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives

Stavros Spiliopoulos, Lazaros Reppas, Konstantinos Palialexis, Elias Brountzos Abstract Over 20 million adults in Europe suffer from peripheral arterial disease (PAD). The annual incidence of PAD is approximately 2.4%, while the annual incidence of critical limb ischaemia (CLI), the last and most severe stage of PAD, has been reported to be 0.4%. Endovascular angioplasty and/or

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Bilateral Lower Limb Disabling Claudication in a Young Man: A Case of Mönckeberg’s Arteriosclerosis

Khalid Abdelaziz Mowafy, Mosaad Soliman, Ahmed Magdy Hammoda, Reem Mosaad Soliman AbstractMönckeberg’s arteriosclerosis, also called medial calcific sclerosis or Mönckeberg’s sclerosis, is a form of vessel hardening due to increased calcium deposits in the tunica media layer. There is disagreement over its clinical significance and aetiology and its relation to atherosclerosis and vascular calcification. Its

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Importance of Follow-up Imaging in the Detection of Delayed Type 2 Endoleaks Despite Complete Aneurysmal Sac Shrinkage

Gergana Todorova Taneva, Omid Shafe, Giovanni B Torsello, Arne Schwindt, Jamal Moosavi, Parham Sadeghipour, Konstantinos P Donas AbstractType 2 endoleaks usually constitute a benign and self-limited phenomenon, which rarely leads to aneurysmal sac expansion. However, in a small subset of patients, a persistent type 2 endoleak might pressurise the aneurysmal sac causing expansion. The authors

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Foreword

Stephen Black Published online: 15 April 2019; Citation: Vascular & Endovascular Review 2019;2(1):5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/ver.2019.6.1 Open Access:This work is open access under the CC-BY-NC 4.0 License which allows users to copy, redistribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes, provided the original work is cited correctly. It is with great pleasure that we introduce to you, our

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