Hemingway, Jake F French, Bryce Caps, Michael Benyakorn, Thoetphum Quiroga, Elina Tran, Nam Singh, Niten Starnes, Benjamin W
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Journal of vascular surgery
Various risk score calculators used to predict 30-day mortality after treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAAs) have produced mixed results regarding their usefulness and reproducibility. We prospectively validated the accuracy of our preoperative scoring system in a modern cohort of patients with rAAAs. A retrospective review of all...
Meiler, Laura J Beach, Elsworth C Chavan, Bhakti Conrad-Schnetz, Kristen J Stanley, Jeffrey A Ramon, Nicole
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Journal of vascular surgery
Within the vascular patient population, there is an increased risk of developing wound complications especially in infrainguinal incisions. There has been increasing interest in using closed incisional negative pressure dressings to decrease the risk of wound complications. To assess the efficacy of these incisional wound dressings, we studied surg...
Barbosa Lima, Guilherme Tenorio, Emanuel R Marcondes, Giulianna B Wong, Joshua Saqib, Naveed Mendes, Bernardo C De Luccia, Nelson Oderich, Gustavo S
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Journal of vascular surgery
The purpose of the present study was to assess the outcomes of fenestrated-branched endovascular aortic repair (FB-EVAR) using infrarenal aortic vs iliac sealing zones. We reviewed the clinical data of 430 consecutive patients enrolled in a prospective nonrandomized study to evaluate FB-EVAR from 2013 to 2020. The outcomes were analyzed for patient...
Panthofer, Annalise M Olson, Sydney L Rademacher, Brooks L Grudzinski, Jennifer K Chaikof, Elliot L Matsumura, Jon S
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Journal of vascular surgery
Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) is a widely used option for patients with suitable vascular anatomy who have a large infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Patients with small AAAs are managed with careful surveillance and it is a common concern that their anatomy may change with AAA growth, and their option for EVAR may become limited. De...
Charlton-Ouw, Kristofer M Ikeno, Yuki Bokamper, Matthew Zakhary, Emad Smeds, Matthew R
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Journal of vascular surgery
Endograft sizing for endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) is not consistent despite published instructions for use (IFU). We sought to identify factors associated with over/undersizing, determine sex influence on sizing, and examine sizing effects on endoleak, reintervention, and mortality by analyzing data obtained from the W.L. Go...
Slysz, Joshua T Tian, Lu Zhao, Lihui Zhang, Dongxue McDermott, Mary M
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Journal of vascular surgery
Supervised exercise therapy (SET) improves walking ability in people with peripheral artery disease (PAD). However, the effects of SET on cardiovascular health in PAD remain unclear. Using data from a randomized clinical trial, this post hoc analyses investigated the effects of a 6-month SET intervention, compared with a control group, on changes i...
Kronfli, Anthony Atnip, Robert G Aziz, Faisal
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Journal of vascular surgery
Although conventional angiography remains the reference standard for the grading of carotid stenosis, carotid duplex ultrasound (CDUS) is the most commonly used modality for determining the degree of carotid stenosis. The validity of CDUS findings for patients after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation is questionable, because the vel...
Ji, Yi Chen, Siyuan Yang, Kaiying Zhou, Jiangyuan Zhang, Xuepeng Jiang, Xian Xu, Xuewen Lu, Guoyan Qiu, Liqing Kong, Feiteng
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Journal of vascular surgery
Complicated vascular anomalies (VAs) can be intractable and uncontrollable using conventional treatment and can result in lethal outcomes. We undertook a prospective, multicenter phase II trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of sirolimus in pediatric patients with complicated VAs. Eligible patients were required to be aged 0 to 14 years and to...
Charisis, Nektarios Bouris, Vasileios Rakic, Alexander Landau, David Labropoulos, Nicos
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Journal of vascular surgery
Our aim was to systematically review results of endovascular aneurysm repair for isolated common iliac artery aneurysms (CIAA) regarding outcomes and to determine if changes should be made to current diameter threshold recommendations for intervention. A comprehensive systematic review was performed according to the PRISMA guidelines. PubMed, Scopu...
Novak, Zdenek Zaky, Ahmed Spangler, Emily L McFarland, Graeme E Tolwani, Ashita Beck, Adam W
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Journal of vascular surgery
Postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) may complicate both open and endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) and is associated with substantial morbidity, mortality, and health care expense. We aim to evaluate the incidence of postoperative AKI and factors associated with its occurrence and the effects of postoperative AKI on long-term renal fun...
