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Filter use in inferior vena cava for unstable elderly patients with pulmonary embolism reduces mortality.

Original title: Vena cava filters in unstable elderly patients with acute pulmonary embolism Reference: Stein PD et al. Am...

Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: lower mortality with endovascular treatment at an experienced center.

Original title: Mortality from ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms: clinical lessons from a comparison of outcomes in England and...

Prophylactic vena cava filters in trauma patients effectively reduces pulmonary embolism

Original title: The effectiveness of prophylactic inferior vena cava filters in trauma patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Reference: Haut...

Endovascular treatment in critical limb ischemia, better permeability with similar mortality and amputation than surgery.

Original title: Comparative effectiveness of endovascular and surgical revascularization for patients with peripheral artery disease and critical...

The ball drug is effective in the femoropopliteal area

Original title: Drug-Eluting Balloon in Peripheral Intervention for the Superficial Femoral Artery. The DEBATE-SFA Randomized Trial (Drug Eluting...

The RELID study about radiation related cataracts was the ´Editor Award´ winner of JVIR as the Outstanding Clinical Research Paper for 2013

The development of interventional cardiology has led us to successfully treat injuries and angiographic situations increasingly complex....

Amputation, one of worse prognostic variables

Original title: Lower Extremity Amputation: Factors Associated With Mortality or Contralateral Amputation Reference: Samir K. Shah, et; al. Vascular and...

Renal angioplasty versus medical treatment, no clinical benefit and only a modest help to control blood pressure

Original title: Stenting and Medical Therapy for Atherosclerotic Renal-Artery Stenosis. CORAL trial. Reference: Christopher J. Cooper et al. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1310753  Between...