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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...

Infrapatellar balloon angioplasty, the easiest option and with better results in critical ischemia with tissue loss

Original title: Longitudinal outcomes After Tibioperoneal Angioplasty Alone Compared to Tibial Stenting and Atherectomy for Critical Limb ischemia. Reference: Shaun...

Clinical factors to help decide between angioplasty and carotid endarterectomy

Original title: A clinical rule (sex, contralateral occlusion, age, and restenosis) to select patients for stenting versus carotid...

Endoprosthesis for the treatment of type A aortic dissection

Original title: Application of Open Triple-Branch Aortic Arch Stent Graff for Acute Stanford Type A Aortic Dissection Reference: Fei Hua,...