PURPOSE To report a single-center study comparing drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty vs directional atherectomy with antirestenotic therapy (DAART) for isolated lesions of the popliteal artery. METHODS Seventy-two patients were treated with either DCB angioplasty alone (n=31) or with DAART (n=41) for isolated popliteal artery stenotic disease between October 2009 and December 2015. The maj...

Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome is a rare but potentially limb threatening peripheral vascular disease occurring predominantly in young adults. We report a case of a 17-year-old boy who presented with intermittent claudication on the right side. Digital subtraction angiography revealed bilateral, focal narrowing of the popliteal arteries. Magnetic resonance imaging displayed compression of...

Kompresivní syndrom a. poplitea vzniká útlakem vaskulárních struktur ve fossa poplitea. Nejčastěji se projevuje klaudikacemi dolních končetin. Včasná diagnostika a léčba může zabránit poškození tepny, které nejčastěji jejím aneurysmatickým rozšířením s možnou nasedající trombózou následnou embolizací do bércového řečiště příznaky akutní končetinové is...

To cite: Shalabi ST, Hussain N, Shalabi HT, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-202199 DESCRIPTION A 54-year-old man presented with claudication in his left calf with a walking distance of 200 m. There was no history of hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, thrombophilia, smoking or any risk factors associated with atherosclerosis. Doppler scan d...

Ali Yeşiltaş M, Aycan Kavala A, Türkyılmaz S, Kuserli Y, Toz H. Outcomes of open surgery in popliteal artery aneurysms: Five years experience a single center. Turk J Vasc Surg 2022; 31(2): 108-114. http://dx.doi.org/10.9739/tjvs.2022.1193

An 81-year-old female was referred for myocardial infarction with heart failure. She was successfully treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and left ventriculogram revealed an apical thrombus 20 mm in diameter. Multiple simultaneous thromboemboli occurred in her right renal artery, supramesenteric artery (SMA), and right popliteal artery on the fifth day after PCI despite antic...

INTRODUCTION Cystic adventitial disease of the popliteal artery is a rare cause of non-atheromatous claudication. It usually requires surgery to improve the distance walked by patients. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 44-year-old Caucasian man with unilateral symptomatic popliteal cysts extending to his genicular branches and associated with multilevel stenosis of his anterior tibia...