Wire injury of an artery has been recognized as a standard model of vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis; however, the mechanism of leukocyte recruitment has not been studied in this model. In this study, we documented the recruitment of leukocytes to the murine femoral artery after a wire injury. A transluminal mechanical injury was generated by insertion of a wire into the femoral artery...

BACKGROUND Central venous access is a mandatory part of patient management in many clinical settings and is usually achieved with a blind, external landmark-guided technique. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether an ultrasound technique can improve on the external landmark method. METHODS We prospectively evaluated an ultrasound-guided method in 28 patients undergoing femoral vein ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy and safety of a haemostatic bovine collagen plug (VasoSeal) in reducing patient immobilisation after cardiac catheterisation from a percutaneous femoral arterial approach. DESIGN A non-randomised, prospective analysis of a new biodegradable haemostatic agent on an intention to treat basis. SETTING The catheterisation suite of a regional cardiothoracic unit. ...

Marked calcifications in the femoral artery obscured imaging of the artery in computed tomography (CT) and duplex ultrasonography. The presence of corkscrew collateral arteries in patients with Atherosclerosis obliterans (ASO) indicates total artery occlusion.

OBJECTIVES Arterial graft spasm occasionally causes circulatory collapse immediately following coronary artery bypass graft. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of our developed materials, which were composed of milrinone (phosphodiesterase III inhibitor) or diltiazem (calcium-channel blocker), with nano-scaled fibre made of biodegradable polymer to prevent arterial spasm. METHO...

A noninvasive method based on high-resolution B-mode ultrasonography and a computerized image-analyzing system were used for the quantification of early (thickening of the intima-media complex) and late (plaque) atherosclerosis in the carotid and the femoral artery. The difference between repeated measurements was assessed to estimate intraobserver and interobserver differences. The results wer...

BACKGROUND Adductor canal compression syndrome is a rare non-atherosclerotic cause of arterial occlusion and limb ischemia. PRESENTATION OF CASE The patient is an 18-year-old healthy female who presented to the emergency department with acute left lower extremity ischemia. Her symptoms began as sudden onset mild foot pain approximately two months ago. Over the 72h prior to presentation, she d...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although it is known that smoking is associated with an increase in arterial wall thickness, most studies have been performed in heterogeneous groups of older age, already suffering from atherosclerotic diseases or having additional cardiovascular risk factors. The purpose of this study is to assess the effect on arterial wall thickness of the carotid and femoral artery i...

Treatment of the lesions located in popliteal artery and superficial femoral are potentially clinical challenge because long length lesions, high- calcium content vessel wall inside plaques, individual dynamic forces found within these vessels. Intraluminal or subintimal recanalization lumen is achieved mostly by ipsilateral antegrade contralateral retrograde approach treatment total occlusion ...