Catheter directed thrombolysis (CDT) has been approved by national institute of clinical excellence (NICE) in June, 2012 according to certain criteria for proximal and extensive deep venous thrombosis (DVT). This procedure entitles medical thrombolysis in addition to endovascular thrombectomy which would help in prevention of long-term consequences of post thrombotic syndrome. The introduction ...

PURPOSE To study the surgical outcomes of radical nephrectomy with thrombectomy and to determine prognostic factors for survival of Korean patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and venous tumor thrombus. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 124 patients with RCC and venous tumor thrombus who underwent radical nephrectomy and thrombectomy were included in this retrospective study. Cancer-specif...

Inferior sinus venosus arterial septal defect (ASD) is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly. As with other types of ASDs and patent foramen ovale (PFO), this results in arteri-venous shunting the risk developing paradoxical embolism (PDE) to systemic circulation from venous emboli. We report case 67-year-old lady presented emergency department (ED) massive pulmonary (PE) recurrent acute limb ischa...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the clinical and oncological outcomes and to identify prognostic factors for survival in Chinese patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and venous tumor thrombus (VTT). METHODS A total of 86 patients who underwent nephrectomy and tumor thrombectomy for RCC and venous tumor thrombus extension from 2003 to 2013 were included in this retrospective study. The records of t...

A 29-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency room of our hospital with sudden dyspnea and pleuritic pain. Ten months previously she had had a normal full term delivery, after which she experienced deep venous thrombosis. At emergency room admission, her heart rate was 110 bpm and blood pressure was 90/69 mmHg. An S1Q3T3 pattern was observed on electrocardiography. Computed tomography (CT) ...

Objectives. To present a series of ipsilateral axillary artery to axillary vein loop arm grafts as an alternative vascular access procedure for haemodialysis in patients with difficult access. Design. Retrospective case series. Methods. Patients who underwent an axillary loop arteriovenous graft from September 2009 to September 2012 were included. Preoperative venous imaging to exclude central ...

Patients with chronic venous insufficiency arguably have been relegated to a standard of care that is lower than that for those with the more appealing entity of peripheral arterial disease. Fortunately, the collaboration of an expanding group of clinicians (including cardiologists and vascular medicine specialists) with vascular surgeons is stimulating a renewed interest in the management of p...