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Peripheral Vascular Disease

Home Healthcare Now, 2020
Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is a leading health concern in the United States, with an estimated prevalence of 8.5 million. The incidence of PVD is growing due to increasing rates of obesity and diabetes, as well as an aging population. Peripheral vascular disease is categorized as either venous, arterial, or mixed.
Constance F, Swenty, Mellisa, Hall
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Kallistatin limits abdominal aortic aneurysm by attenuating generation of reactive oxygen species and apoptosis

Scientific Reports, 2021
Inflammation, vascular smooth muscle cell apoptosis and oxidative stress are believed to play important roles in abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) pathogenesis.
Smriti Murali Krishna, Jiaze Li, Yutang Wang, Corey S. Moran, Alexandra Trollope, Pacific Huynh, Roby Jose, Erik Biros, Jianxing Ma, Jonathan Golledge   +9 more
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Pulmonary hypertension phenotypes in patients with systemic sclerosis

European Respiratory Review, 2021
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) commonly affects patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and is associated with significant morbidity and increased mortality.
Ashraful Haque, David G. Kiely, Gabor Kovacs, A.A. Roger Thompson, Robin Condliffe   +4 more
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Elective lower limb orthopedic arthroplasty surgery in patients with pulmonary hypertension

Pulmonary Circulation, 2022
Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (PH) are at increased risk when undergoing anesthesia and major surgery. Data on outcomes for elective orthopedic surgery in patients with PH are limited.
Mikaela Wardle, Amanda Nair, Sarah Saunders, Iain Armstrong, Athanasios Charalampopoulos, Charlie Elliot, Abdul Hameed, Neil Hamilton, John Harrington, Carol Keen, Robert Lewis, Ian Sabroe, A. A. Roger Thompson, Robert M. Kerry, Robin Condliffe, David G. Kiely   +15 more
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Aortic Geometric Alteration Associated With Acute Type B Aortic Dissection: Angulation, Tortuosity, and Arch Type

Frontiers in Physiology, 2021
Background: Acute type B aortic dissection is a highly serious aortic pathology. Aortic geometric parameters may be useful variables related to the occurrence of acute type B aortic dissection (aTBAD).
Likun Sun, Likun Sun, Jiehua Li, Jiehua Li, Lunchang Wang, Lunchang Wang, Quanming Li, Quanming Li, Hao He, Hao He, Xin Li, Xin Li, Ming Li, Ming Li, Tun Wang, Tun Wang, Chenglei Zhao, Chenglei Zhao, Xiaolong Zhang, Xiaolong Zhang, Chang Shu, Chang Shu, Chang Shu   +22 more
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Short endovenous laser ablation of the great saphenous vein in a modified CHIVA strategy

Veins and Lymphatics, 2013
Mini-invasiveness, ease of use and execution speed represent the reasons for endovenous laser ablation success. Nevertheless, the strategic choice remains the ablation of the saphenous trunk.
Sergio Gianesini, Erica Menegatti, Michele Zuolo, Mirko Tessari, Simona Ascanelli, Savino Occhionorelli, Paolo Zamboni   +6 more
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BNP/NT-proBNP in pulmonary arterial hypertension: time for point-of-care testing?

European Respiratory Review, 2020
Despite the advent of new therapies and improved outcomes in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), it remains a life-shortening disease and the time to diagnosis remains unchanged.
Robert A. Lewis, Charlotte Durrington, Robin Condliffe, David G. Kiely   +3 more
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Spontaneous thrombosis of primary external jugular veins aneurysms

Veins and Lymphatics, 2013
External jugular vein (EJV) aneurysms represent a rare condition whose origin, evolution and consequent best therapeutic options still need further investigations. We present herein two peculiar clinical cases. In the first one, an EJV aneurysm developed
Sergio Gianesini, Erica Menegatti, Michele Zuolo, Savino Occhionorelli, Simona Ascanelli, Paolo Zamboni   +5 more
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NAD+ exhaustion by CD38 upregulation contributes to blood pressure elevation and vascular damage in hypertension

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2023
Hypertension is characterized by endothelial dysfunction and arterial stiffness, which contribute to the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases.
Yumin Qiu, Shiyue Xu, Xi Chen, Xing Wu, Zhe Zhou, Jianning Zhang, Qiang Tu, Bing Dong, Zhefu Liu, Jiang He, Xiaoyu Zhang, Shuangshuang Liu, Chen Su, Hui Huang, Wenhao Xia, Jun Tao   +15 more
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Application of a Novel Common-Iliac-Artery Skirt Technology (CST) in Treating Challenge Aorto-Iliac or Isolated Iliac Artery Aneurysms

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021
Purpose: To report a novel common-iliac-artery skirt technology (CST) in treating challenge iliac artery aneurysms.Methods: When required healthy landing zone of common iliac artery (CIA) is not available, CST is a strategy to exclude the internal iliac ...
Lunchang Wang, Lunchang Wang, Chang Shu, Chang Shu, Chang Shu, Quanming Li, Quanming Li, Ming Li, Ming Li, Hao He, Hao He, Xin Li, Xin Li, Yin Shi, Jian Qiu, Jian Qiu, Tun Wang, Tun Wang, Chenzi Yang, Chenzi Yang, Mo Wang, Mo Wang, Jiehua Li, Jiehua Li, Hui Wang, Hui Wang, Likun Sun, Likun Sun   +27 more
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