On the one hand, chronic peripheral vascular disease is on the rise. On the other, over the past 20 years, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has gained considerable ground thanks to various new devices, replacing surgery as an alternative in most scenarios. Both strategies have shown similar results, but PCI has fewer complications and shorter hospital stays....
The Most Important Articles of 2022 in Peripheral Vascular Disease
Discover the most important scientific articles of 2022 in peripheral vascular disease in our website. EMINENT Trial | Stent Eluvia vs BMS in Femoropopliteal Territory Endovascular therapy in femoropopliteal territory has become the standard, mainly with self-expanding stents, aimed at preventing early vascular recoil and late constrictive remodeling. Thromboendarterectomy vs. Endovascular Therapy in Common Femoropopliteal...
IVUS Use in Peripheral Vascular Disease: Should this Tool Be Used More Frequently in Peripheral Interventions?
Use of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) has increased rapidly, and several randomized and observational studies have shown improved results in patients who underwent coronary angioplasty using this tool. However, evidence on IVUS on peripheral interventions is more limited. Observational studies have found similar benefits when IVUS was part of the revascularization strategy. In a meta-analysis of...
Making Peripheral Vascular Disease visible. Watch again our event
You can now relive the event that we held together with the Cardiology Society of Rosario, the Argentine College of Interventional Cardioangiologists and the MIL Group, on Visibility of Peripheral Vascular Disease. The event was held in mixed mode (face-to-face and virtual), and featured an outstanding scientific program and the participation of important specialists from...
Sept 28 – SOLACI@CACI@Grupo MIL Activity | Session on Peripheral Interventions: Making Peripheral Vascular Disease Visible
The Latin American Society of Interventional Cardiology (SOLAC) in conjunction with the Argentine College of Interventional Cardioangiologists (CACI) and the Group of Latin American Interventional Women (MIL) will hold a special day to make peripheral vascular disease more visible. The event will last 2 hours and a half and will be held in a hybrid...
The Most Read Articles of 2021: Peripheral Vascular Disease
A new year is coming to an end and at SOLACI we are going over the most read studies on our website, on a vital topic, peripheral vascular disease. Follow us to keep up to date. 01- SOLACI PERIPHERAL | 6th Clinical Case: Common, Superficial and Deep Femoral Artery Recanalization Dr. Ana Paula Mollón (Arg.)...
Diabetes and Peripheral Vascular Disease: Old Drugs, New Evidence
This paper, recently published in JAHA, showed that patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus exhibiting lower-limb vascular disease benefit from combining cilostazol and clopidogrel. Treatment for at least 6 months with clopidogrel (75 mg/QD) plus cilostazol (100 mg/BID) significantly reduces ischemic events—including stroke, infarction, and death from vascular causes—compared with clopidogrel monotherapy. Adding cilostazol reduces ischemic events, but that...
The Key We Are Overlooking in Peripheral Vascular Disease
To change the prognosis of peripheral vascular disease patients, a referral for supervised exercise is paramount. This should be a cultural change, not only an individual recommendation. A physically active lifestyle reduces the risk of cardiovascular events and functional impairment in patients with peripheral vascular disease. The novelty of this work (forthcoming in Eur J...
Consensus on How to Conduct Follow-Up in Peripheral Vascular Disease
Peripheral vascular disease involves multiple areas and, therefore, can have very different presentations (from complete lack of symptoms to disabling symptoms). Depending on clinical presentation, general condition, anatomical localization, and lesion extension, revascularization can be indicated alongside optimal medical treatment. In 2017, guidelines with indications for revascularization were published; however, maintaining long-term patency can be...
Safety of Paclitaxel-Coated Balloons in Peripheral Vascular Disease
Everybody keeps wondering whether drug-coated balloons can actually increase mortality. If that is the case, there is an even harder question in need of an answer: what would be the physiopathology for such increase in mortality? As a lukewarm message, the US Food and Drug Administration recommended a special informed consent form when these devices...