Original Title: Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty and Drug-Eluting Stents for Infrapopliteal Lesions in Critical Limb Ischemia (PADI) Trial. Reference: Marlon I. Spreen et al. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 Feb;9(2):e002376. The treatment of infrapopliteal lesions in patients with critical limb ischemia is limited by the high rates of restenosis. The most frequent course of treatment is...
Original Title: Outcomes of Straight-Line Flow UIT and Without Pedal Arch in Patients UIT Critical Limb Ischemia. Reference: Akihiro Higashimori, et al. Catheterization and cardiovascular Intervention 2016;87:129-133 Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Establishing one straight line flow into a patent pedal arch in critical limb ischemia is a real challenge occasionally achieved. This study analyzed 137...
Bluro, Ignacio Martin (Argentina)2014-04-24
Stone, Gregg W. (USA )2014-04-24
Review: Stable coronary disease remains a scenario where percutaneous coronary intervention, (PCI), has not cleared the edges. In a study conducted in 28 centers in Europe and the United States, a design model was created where all patients enrolled consecutively, (all comers trial in order to avoid selection bias), received an invasive functional assessment using...
Felix Damas De Los Santos2013-03-10
Original title: Peripheral arterial disease and critical limb ischaemia: still poor outcomes and lack of guideline adherence. Reference: Reinecke H et al. Eur Heart J. 2015; Epub ahead of print. This work included 41882 patients retrospectively from health insurance in Germany admitted with diagnosis of peripheral vascular disease between 2009 and 2011 and followed until 2013. Patients...
Original title: Atherosclerotic Plaque Characteristics by CT Angiography Identify Coronary Lesions That Cause IschemiaA Direct Comparison to Fractional Flow Reserve. Reference: Hyung-Bok Park et al. J Am CollCardiolImg. 2015;8(1):1-10. This trial evaluated the characteristics of arteriosclerotic plaques and its association with lesion ischemia by CT angiography (CTA) vs fractional flow reserve (FFR). FFR is the gold standard to...
Original title: Comparative effectiveness of endovascular andsurgical revascularization for patients with peripheralartery disease and critical limb ischemia: Systematicreview of revascularization in critical limb ischemia. Reference: W Schuyler Jones, et al. (Am Heart J 2014; 167:167:489-498.e7) Lower limbs critical ischemia is the most severe condition of PAD. The morbidity, mortality and costs related thereto are well documented; however, the...
Original title: Comparative effectiveness of endovascular and surgical revascularization for patients with peripheral artery disease and critical limb ischemia. Reference: W. Schuyler Jones et al. American Heart Journal 2014. Epub ahead of print. Critical limb ischemia is the most severe condition affecting patients with peripheral vascular disease. Mortality, morbidity, and costs associated with this condition are...