OBJECTIVE To compare the prevalence of APC-resistance (APC-R) in patients with peripheral vascular disease and the general population. DESIGN Prospective cohort examination. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three hundred and eleven patients (group A) suffering from arterial occlusive disease or an abdominal aortic aneurysm were prospectively screened for APC-R. There were 228 men and 83 women with a m...

the aim of this study was to compare the effect of resistance training with vascular occlusion with traditional resistance training on muscle function and cardiovascular endurance in young females. for this purpose, 43 female students were randomly divided into three groups: traditional resistance training (trt, 70-80% 1rm, n=14), resistance training with vascular occlusion (rtvo, 20-30% 1rm wi...

a 43-year-old man with liver cirrhosis received transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (tips) for the treatment of recurrent variceal bleeding and f3 esophageal varices. during routine follow up liver ultrasound examination, six months after the implantation, tips occlusion was suspected and tips revision was performed. during the revision, moderate to severe stenosis at the hepatic veno...

OBJECTIVES We examined the association between the preoperative SYNTAX score and graft patency after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG). METHODS Of 912 consecutive patients undergoing isolated CABG (906 by the off-pump technique) between 2002 and 2011, 217 underwent computed tomography (CT) angiography. From this cohort, we studied 189 patients for whom preoperative SYNTAX scores ...

This meta-analysis evaluates the diagnostic accuracy of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for bypass graft occlusion and stenosis detection compared with coronary angiography in post-coronary artery bypass graft patients. The indication for noninvasive imaging in post-coronary artery bypass graft patients with these techniques is discussed. Overall, M...

Although early occlusion of saphenous vein coronary artery bypass grafts is usually thrombotic, late occlusion is most often a result of progressive intimal fibromuscular proliferation or atheroma formation in the implanted vein. We describe another mechanism of late graft occlusion: atheromatous plaque rupture with superimposed occlusive thrombosis. Four men, ages 48-67 years underwent repeat ...

Although early occlusion of saphenous vein coronary artery bypass grafts is usually thrombotic, late occlusion is most often a result of progressive intimal fibromuscular proliferation or atheroma formation in the implanted vein. We describe another mechanism of late graft occlusion: atheromatous plaque rupture with superimposed occlusive thrombosis. Four men, ages 48-67 years underwent repeat ...

Late upper extremity embolic complications of occluded axillofemoral bypass graft (AxFG) or occluded axillo- axillary bypass graft (AxAG) are not frequently noted. A patient presented with acute right upper extremity thromboembolism 2 years after an AxFG occlusion. Computed tomography (CT) findings revealed kinking and occlusion of the axillary artery at the anastomosis. Another patient present...