Peripheral vascular disease articles

Resultados a 2 años de los stents liberadores de Zotarolimus vs stents libres de polímero liberadores de Biolimus. ¿Son seguros en pacientes con alto riesgo de sangrado?

IN.PACT Outcomes at 5 Years

IN.PACT Outcomes at 5 Years

Over time, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug coated balloons (DCB) have been shown more beneficial than conventional PCI. However, in many cases, stenting is required to treat suboptimal results.  Even though several studies have looked into this scenario, long term durability still calls for research. This was a 5 year thorough analysis of the

Acceso retrógrado mediante la arteria tibial para el tratamiento de oclusiones en territorio femoropoplíteo: ¿es una estrategia segura?

Treatment of Femoropopliteal Lesions with Low-Dose vs. High-Dose Drug-Coated Balloons

The use of drug-covered balloons (DCBs) has increased significantly for the endovascular treatment of femoropopliteal arterial disease. Previous studies on first-generation high-dose DCB (HD-DCB) have validated its benefits, thus supporting its recommendation in current clinical guidelines. However, there have been reports of adverse effects associated with paclitaxel and its excipients. Second-generation, lower-dose DCBs (LD-DCB) have

SAFE-AAA: ¿Son seguros los dispositivos Endologix en aneurisma de aorta abdominal? Seguimiento a 3 años

Intramural Hematoma

Intramural hematoma (IMH) is considered a subtype of acute aortic syndrome (AAS), and some authors describe it as a developmental stage that might cause high morbimortality events such as dissection, aneurysm, or aortic rupture.  One of the CT findings associated with IMH is focal contrast enhancement (FCE) within the intramural hematoma, with a reported incidence

ATC guiada por iFR ¿es igual en la DA que en el resto de los vasos?

LIFE-BTK | Critical Limb Ischemia: Use of Bioresorbable Scaffold in Infrapatellar Lesions (LIFE-BTK)

Advanced stages of peripheral artery disease cause significant limitations in patients, such as critical limb ischemia (CLI), which manifests with resting pain and gangrene or ulcers of difficult resolution. Uncontrolled progression of this pathology might lead to major amputation, reduced life expectancy and increased healthcare costs.  Prior research on infrapopliteal territory have shown contradicting results.

Cilostazol en pacientes diabéticos con revascularización periférica endovascular: Un paso más allá de la mejoría sintomática

Cilostazol in Diabetic Patients with Endovascular Peripheral Revascularization: One Step Beyond Symptom Improvement

In patients with peripheral vascular disease (PVD), the presence of diabetes has been significantly associated with increased failure of critical lower limb ischemia (CLI) treatment, and higher incidence of amputation. This relationship has been attributed mainly to comorbidities and patient characteristics, concomitant peripheral neuropathy and marked microvascular alteration. Also, a high proportion of these patients

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Renal Denervation is Safe and Reduces Blood Pressure and Medication

We are well aware of the multifactorial nature of hypertension, as well as the fact that it responds well to medication and lifestyle changes.  It can be treated with renal denervation (RDN), which has been shown safe and effective in several randomized and non-randomized studies. However, the group of patients that will benefit most from

Nuevas estrategias en el territorio femoropoplíteo

Low vs High Dose Drug Coated Balloons in Femoropopliteal Territory

The use of drub coated balloons (DCB) in the treatment of femoropopliteal artery disease has grown. Studies on first generation high dose DCB (HD-DCB) have shown benefits, which has led to their recommendation by current guidelines. However, there have been reports of secondary effects caused by paclitaxel and its excipients.  Second generation low dose DCB

TCT 2023 | ALIGN AR trial

TCT 2023 The LIFE-BTK Trial

This was a randomized study including 261 patients treated with infrapatellar percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.173 of these patients received an everolimus bioresorbable scaffold while the remaining 88 were treated with balloon angioplasty.  The efficacy primary end point was limb salvage and primary patency rates at 12 months and the safety primary end point was freedom from

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