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Outcomes mixed for endovascular vs. surgical revascularization in CTO PAD

Endovascular intervention conferred less in-hospital mortality but more postprocedural complications compared with surgical revascularization in patients with peripheral artery disease due to chronic total occlusion, new data suggest.

source: Healio

Ideal cardiovascular health and vascular phenotype associations in mothers with obesity and their 6-year-old children

Heredity and family-shared lifestyle contribute to cardiovascular risk, but the magnitude of their influence on arterial structure and function in early childhood is unknown. We aimed to assess associations...

source: Dove Press

Why we need to talk openly about vaccine side effects

Concerns have been raised about the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines regarding very rare but potentially fatal side effects related to low blood platelet counts and blood clots. Recently, reports also emerged that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine may cause a rare yet...

source: Aarhus University via Medical Xpress

Traumatic arteriovenous fistula of superficial temporal vessel: a rare case report

Arteriovenous fistulae is direct communication between feeding high flow arterial segment and the low flow venous drainage system without intervening capillaries, resulting in a pulsatile, tortuous dilated vein. Patient may present...

source: Dove Press

1st report of intravascular ultrasound-guided intravascular lithotripsy to treat an underexpanded stent in the superficial femoral artery

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and utility of a new in Europe intravascular ultrasound catheter in a case of peripheral arterial disease caused by in-stent restenosis of the superficial femoral artery.

source: DocWire News

Engineers find imaging technique could become treatment for deep vein thrombosis

Penn State College of Engineering researchers set out to develop technology capable of localizing and imaging blood clots in deep veins. Turns out their work may not only identify blood clots, but it may also be able to treat...

source: MDLinx

Vivasure Medical initiates development of sutureless venous closure device

Vivasure Medical announced today that it launched a development program for its PerQseal Blue investigational product. Galway, Ireland-based Vivasure designed PerQseal Blue for sutureless and fully absorbable large-bore venous vessel...

source: Mass+Device

Iliac vein stenting for chronic venous obstruction 'significantly' improves venous disease-specific quality of life

Venous disease-specific quality of life, as measured by the VEINES (Venous insufficiency epidemiological and economic study)-QoL/Sym, improves significantly after iliac vein stenting for chronic venous obstruction....

source: Venous News

HIV and coronary artery plaque

Significant amounts of atherosclerotic plaque have been found in the coronary arteries of people with HIV, even in those considered by traditional measures to be at low-to-moderate risk of future heart disease, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. This finding...

source: Harvard Medical School

Rivaroxaban, aspirin benefit CAD/PAD patients despite number of comorbidities

A recent study showed the addition of low-dose rivaroxaban to patients with coronary artery disease =or peripheral arterial disease to aspirin reduced cardiovascular events and mortality. Investigators, led by Thomas Vanassche,...

source: HCP Live

Clinical patterns of endothelial damage and thrombotic events in 2 patients with COVID-19: A case report

In this study, two patients with probability of endothelial damage and different clinical manifestations of COVID-19 were presented. It seems that besides increasing coagulation, the main cause of these events can...

source: Wiley Online Library

Risk factors for venous thromboembolism in patients with diabetes undergoing joint arthroplasty

Venous thromboembolism is a significant complication after joint arthroplasty. Diabetes is related to a few changes in coagulation and fibrinolysis that may lead to thrombophilia. We aimed to investigate the incidence...

source: DocWire News

Lung ultrasound findings in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in relation to venous thromboembolic events: the ECHOVID-19 study

Several studies have reported thromboembolic events to be common in severe COVID-19 cases. We sought to investigate the relationship between lung ultrasound (LUS) findings in hospitalized COVID-19 patients and the development of venous thromboembolic events (VTE).

source: DocWire News

University at Buffalo gets $1.6 million NIH grant to improve medical imaging for leg ulcers

The National Institutes of Health are helping to fund an evolution in medical imaging, and a University at Buffalo-led research team is leading the way. Jun Xia, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical...

source: UB News Center

Echocardiography, lung ultrasound, and cardiac magnetic resonance findings in COVID-19: A systematic review

The manifestations of COVID-19 as outlined by imaging modalities such as echocardiography, lung ultrasound (LUS), and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging are not fully described. We conducted a systematic review...

source: Wiley Online Library

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New blood test can detect whether chest pain is a heart attack

Outcomes mixed for endovascular vs. surgical revascularization in CTO PAD

Ideal cardiovascular health and vascular phenotype associations in mothers with obesity and their 6-year-old children

Why we need to talk openly about vaccine side effects

Traumatic arteriovenous fistula of superficial temporal vessel: a rare case report

1st report of intravascular ultrasound-guided intravascular lithotripsy to treat an underexpanded stent in the superficial femoral artery

Engineers find imaging technique could become treatment for deep vein thrombosis

Vivasure Medical initiates development of sutureless venous closure device

Iliac vein stenting for chronic venous obstruction 'significantly' improves venous disease-specific quality of life

HIV and coronary artery plaque

Rivaroxaban, aspirin benefit CAD/PAD patients despite number of comorbidities

Clinical patterns of endothelial damage and thrombotic events in 2 patients with COVID-19: A case report

Risk factors for venous thromboembolism in patients with diabetes undergoing joint arthroplasty

Lung ultrasound findings in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in relation to venous thromboembolic events: the ECHOVID-19 study

University at Buffalo gets $1.6 million NIH grant to improve medical imaging for leg ulcers

Echocardiography, lung ultrasound, and cardiac magnetic resonance findings in COVID-19: A systematic review

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