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Postepy Kardiol Interwencyjnej 2021 Mar 27;17(1):124-125. Epub 2021 Mar 27.

Department of Cardiology, 2 Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.

Hypertens Res 2021 Apr 15. Epub 2021 Apr 15.

Department of Nephrology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.

Although central hemodynamics are known to be closely associated with microvascular damage, their association with lesions in the small renal arteries has not yet been fully clarified. We focused on arterioles in renal biopsy specimens and analyzed whether their structural changes were associated with noninvasive vascular function parameters, including central blood pressure (BP) and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV). Forty-four nondiabetic patients (18-50 years of age) with preserved renal function underwent renal biopsy. Read More

J Endovasc Ther 2021 Apr 14:15266028211007458. Epub 2021 Apr 14.

Department of Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Introduction: While the operator radiation dose rates are correlated to patient radiation dose rates, discrepancies may exist in the effect size of each individual radiation dose predictors. An operator dose rate prediction model was developed, compared with the patient dose rate prediction model, and converted to an instant operator risk chart.

Materials And Methods: The radiation dose rates (DR for the operator and DR for the patient) from 12,865 abdomen X-ray acquisitions were selected from 50 unique patients undergoing standard or complex endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) in the hybrid operating room with a fixed C-arm. Read More

Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars 2021 Apr;49(3):237-241

Department of Cardiology, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.

Summary- Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has been increasingly used in patients with severe aortic stenosis. The femoral artery is the most commonly used entry site for TAVI; however, other entry sites were also reported as transapical, transaortic, transaxillary/subclavian, and transcarotid in patients with occlusive peripheral arterial disease. In this report, a case of TAVI procedure through the brachial artery is presented. Read More

Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2021 Apr 9. Epub 2021 Apr 9.

Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.

Objective: Although screening for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) seems obvious due to its two to three times increased mortality, high prevalence in the elderly, ease of detection, and relatively harmless prevention, the evidence is sparse.

Methods: A Markov decision model was created to model the lifetime effectiveness and cost effectiveness of general population PAD screening and relevant intervention in 65 year old men. The model was informed by original estimates from the VIVA trial data except for ankle brachial systolic blood pressure index test accuracy, quality of life, and background mortality, which were adopted from the literature. Read More