Intravascular Ultrasound Use is Associated with Improved Patency in Lower Extremity Peripheral Arterial Interventions
Brahmandam A, Kim T, Parziale S, Deng Y, Setia O, Tonnessen B, Ochoa Chaar C, Guzman R, Aboian E. Intravascular Ultrasound Use is Associated with Improved Patency in Lower Extremity Peripheral Arterial Interventions. Annals Of Vascular Surgery 2024, 106: 410-418. PMID: 38810722, DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2024.03.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic limb-threatening ischemiaChronic limb threatening ischemia patientsGeneralized estimating equationsPeripheral vascular interventionsPeripheral arterial diseaseAssociated with improved patencyPredictors of 1-year outcomeIntravascular ultrasound useVascular Quality InitiativeSubgroup analysisAdjunctive useD lesionsTASC CPropensity matchingTreatment modalitiesTrans-Atlantic Inter-Society Consensus (TASC) classificationMajor amputationLimb-threatening ischemiaBalloon angioplastyIntravascular ultrasoundImproved patencyUltrasound useOne-year followQuality InitiativePredictors of patencyPerioperative complications of minor and major reinterventions for peripheral arterial disease.
Huttler J, Satam K, Kim T, Zhuo H, Zhang Y, Aboian E, Guzman R, Chaar C. Perioperative complications of minor and major reinterventions for peripheral arterial disease. Vascular 2024, 17085381241246907. PMID: 38597200, DOI: 10.1177/17085381241246907.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCatheter-directed thrombolysisLower-extremity revascularizationPeripheral arterial diseaseSurgical reinterventionPerioperative morbidityPerioperative outcomesAssociated with greater perioperative morbiditySubgroup analysisArtery diseaseReturn to the ORRetrospective review of electronic medical recordsPost-operative bleedingReview of electronic medical recordsIncreased perioperative morbidityAcute renal failureVascular Surgery guidelinesTertiary care centerSurgery guidelinesOpen surgeryPerioperative mortalityPerioperative complicationsRetrospective reviewWound infectionRenal failureReintervention