Methods Patients with AAAs are defined as male or female patients with asymptomatic,
symptomatic or ruptured AAA with fusiform dilatation. This document does not cover patients with …

Ulcerated diabetic foot is a complex problem. Ischaemia, neuropathy and infection are the
three pathological components that lead to diabetic foot complications, and they frequently …

OBJECTIVE: Many studies have been published regarding the influence of smoking on the
incidence and prevalence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD). A systematic review was …

BACKGROUND: The role of carotid surgery for the management of restenosis after carotid
endarterectomy (CEA) is challenged by carotid artery stenting (CAS). We reviewed redo CEA …

1.1. Purpose The European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) appointed the Descending
Thoracic Aorta (DTA) Writing Committee (WC) to produce the current clinical practice …

Background— Identification of patients at risk for primary and secondary manifestations of
atherosclerotic disease progression is based mainly on established risk factors. The …

Background and objectives: Vascular access standards are predominantly based on older,
single-center reports; however, the hemodialysis population has changed dramatically and …

Background The frequency of secondary interventions after endovascular repair of abdominal
aortic aneurysms (AAAs) was assessed and correlated with findings at clinical and …

… 30 Hellings WE, Pasterkamp G, Verhoeven BAN, De Kleijn DPV, De Vries JP, Seldenrijk
KA, van den Broek T, Moll FL. Gender-associated differences in plaque phenotype of patients …

PURPOSE: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) is one of the treatment options for
localized obstruction of the subclavian artery. To document long-term durability of this kind of …